20th Century Fox CEO talks Future of Alien Franchise

"It got great reviews and was everything we set out for it to be, it just didn't hit the note at the box office," says Fred Baron, the 20th Century Fox executive on the movie: "It will be a profitable film for the studio but whether there's another one [is uncertain]."

Source: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/after-thor-and-aquaman-the-battle-to-land-the-next-hollywood-blockbuster-continues-20170704-gx4atr.html

"It got great reviews and was everything we set out for it to be" - what is this corporate bs. The critical results were slightly worst than that of Prometheus and they stirred in an other direction. Give as a break.

I also remember that "Blade Runner" had a Deckard's voice over, but, in the end (after the director's cut was released), the studio went: "So wrong, we were sooooo wrong." ;)

I guess they've learned from their usual mistake...

I made this comment earlier, before this post was made, that the executives at Fox are not going to be quick to finance another Alien movie.  What he is saying to Ridley is, "back to the drawing board".  And Ridley is no spring chicken.

Thanks for posting this Corporal Hicks! :)

Daszkowski 

Wow, that article was back in July. Glad to hear they were happy with the product though.

Yes it was a disappointment, it could have been so much better. Better human characters less AI focus please.

 (double, please delete this if possible)