Warning! Spoilers ahead for Alien: Romulus
New Alien: Romulus concept art shows off some alternate designs for the Offspring, a Xenomorph hybrid. Directed by Fede Alvarez, the latest installment in the Alien franchise follows Cailee Spaeny’s Rain Carradine and a young crew as they find themselves trapped in a Xenomorph-infested space station. The movie has been a hit with audiences and critics alike, and the Alien: Romulus ending, especially, has been among the most talked-about aspects of the film due to its introduction of a terrifying Xenomorph hybrid known as the Offspring (Robert Bobroczkyi).
Artist @coldesign_ltd now shares new concept art of the Offspring, revealing some alternate design ideas for the Alien: Romulus creature. The post features four images in total, with the Offspring taking on a much less human look in all of them. All four images give the creature a more elongated head reminiscent of a classic Xenomorph, but the design of the body varies quite drastically, with one giving it a long tail. Check out the art below:
What The Offspring’s Introduction Means For An Alien: Romulus Sequel
Ridley Scott’s Prequel Ideas Aren’t Dead Yet
Just when it seems as if the film is winding down, Kay (Isabela Merced), some time after injecting herself with the black goo seen in Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant (2017), gives birth to the Offspring. Many of the Alien: Romulus reviews have praised this entire ending sequence for just how inventive, surprising, and scary it is, especially after other parts of the film caught flack for feeling too similar to what’s to come before. Alvarez’s film ends with the Offspring essentially disintegrating after being jettisoned off into space, but the creature’s introduction could have ramifications moving forward.
No Alien: Romulus sequel has yet been given the greenlight, but the film has been a critical and commercial success, suggesting that one is likely. The black goo and the Offspring’s birth serve as a semi-continuation of certain ideas introduced in Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant, meaning a sequel could blend the Xenomorph action of the 1979 and 1986 original films with the loftier ideas of Scott’s prequels. While the story of David (Michael Fassbender) seems unlikely to continue at this point, key themes regarding the creation of humankind and Xenomorphs could continue to be explored.
In a recent interview with
THR
, Alvarez expressed interest in
returning for an
Alien: Romulus
sequel
to explore what happens when Rain reaches Yvaga. He does say, however, that he would want a break of a few years before making another entry in the franchise.
Our Take On The Offspring In Alien: Romulus
Why It’s Such A Great Addition To Fede Alvarez’s Film
The Alien: Romulus ending serves as a kind of fourth act for the film, and it’s similar in many ways to the blood rain sequence at the end Alvarez’s Evil Dead remake from 2013. Though the sequence has proven somewhat divisive, I loved that the Offspring fight manages to serve as simultaneously a surprise narrative left turn and the perfect throwback to both the end of 1979’s Alien and 1979’s Alien: Resurrection. Though this specific Xenomorph hybrid may be dead, any follow-up to Alien: Romulus would do well to further explore the ramifications of the black goo and potentially introduce another new form of the iconic alien.
Source: @coldesign_ltd
