Ridley Scott, the director who launched the "Alien" franchise, is confident that the latest sequel will do well in cinemas. "The Eighth Voyager: Romulus" will debut on August 16, and it was directed by Fede Alvarez, to whom Scott left the director's chair after the films "Prometheus" and "The Eighth Voyager: The Covenant."
"I hope Fede has another film up his sleeve, because I think this one will do great. He's brilliant," said Scott.
The famous director found himself in the role of producer working on the latest sequel to "The Eighth Passenger", he works closely with Alvarez, but he told the Los Angeles Times that he would never interfere in his work, because he says he always hated it as a director.
"It's hard work and at some point the last thing you need is someone giving you advice. I don't need advice. If I fall on my sword and I'm lying bleeding, I'm going to say - it's my own fault," Scott said.
"The danger with any franchise is that they die unless someone suddenly decides to take the ball and run down the field... Fede is a wave of energy, I had to step back and let him do it. He already had the blueprint in his mind and his the script was pretty clear. It was also too long, but that's always the case, so we worked around that a bit," Scott added.
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