it was always imagined newt niger from aliens what if she would have had a life you know

her and her friends living in a colony with nothing to do and you can either be a farmer or a minor

and that's all you got to do and and there's a deleted scene on aliens where you can see all this

kids running around in the extended version of that film and when we see in that, it goes like, wow, those poor kids, they're happy now.

But once they grow and they realize their circumstances, what are they going to do?

So I was attracted to those characters, the idea of seeing those 20-something on that reality.

I was a group of young space colonists come face And welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In this episode, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe,

and director Fide Alvarez's science fiction horror, Alien Romulus.

This continuation of the alien franchise tells the story of a group of young space colonizers with a plan to scavenge a derelict space station. Instead, once they arrive, they discover

they might not be alone. In addition to Alien Romulus, Alvarez's other directorial credits

include the feature films, The Girl and the Spider's Web,

Don't Breathe, and Evil Dead, and episodes of the series, Calls, and From Dusk Till Dawn, the series.

Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Alvarez spoke with director Lee Wynel about filming Alien Romulus.

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

Hey, um, before we even, by the way, thank you for staying, um, Hey.

Thank you for staying, by the way.

Thank you, guys.

Before I even get started asking questions, I just have to ask Feday.

Was that a mold of your face in the astronaut that was hanging in the docking bay all melted?

Yes, yes, it was.

It was.

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