Alien Covenant sequel canceled by Fox

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https://screenrant.com/alien-covenant-sequel-canceled/

Fox has reportedly canceled plans for a sequel to 2017’s Alien: Covenant. Prospects for a sequel have long looked shaky, ever since Covenant limped to just $74 million in domestic box office grosses. Even the polarizing Prometheus was able to scare up $126 million in the U.S.

The sequel to Covenant was originally due to start pre-production this month in Sydney. After the box office results filming was canceled, and a warehouse storage unit full of stuff was auctioned off a few months ago. So the original plan of pumping out another quickly has definitely changed with no immediate plans for anything.

Now that Disney owns Fox, I'm curious to see if they'll reboot the entire Alien franchise. Or at least, only keep Alien and Aliens canon and retcon everything else.

Maybe we'll see a 70 year old Sigourney Weaver reprise her role.