Romulus, which boasts a Certified Fresh score of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and grossed $350.7 million against its $80 million budget, is the ninth theatrical installment in the long-running franchise ...

The British actor, who passed away in 2020, memorably portrayed the franchise’s first-ever android character, Ash, in Ridley Scott ’s original Alien film. In 1979, the late-stage reveal that Ash is ...

That conversation led directly to a shocking reveal in Alien: Romulus, one that’s been kept out of trailers and even the film’s Comic-Con panel. As the characters make their way through the titular ...

The Alien Franchise Doesn’t Need Comebacks Outside of Prometheus’s Breakout Star In Alien: Romulus, the late Alien star Ian Holm returns to the franchise not as Ash, but as the android Rook.

That would be the reappearance of Ian Holm as a “synthetic” android in Alien: Romulus, a secret held back from the film’s marketing and even its San Diego Comic-Con panel. As Holm died in 2020 at 88, ...

Given that Rook could've easily been played by another actor, to many fans this felt like a desperate attempt at nostalgia-driven fan service - something the movie already had far too much of.

A recent Visual Effects Society panel explored the delicate work to bring Holm’s likeness to “Alien: Romulus,” which introduces the late actor as a new android named Rook. Director Fede Alvarez ...