"Otherwise, you never want to fall into the mistake of making [a sequel] just because the first one is a big hit … [making a sequel] just because you can make it, that’s always a recipe for disaster," he continued. Ridley Scott is also said to be working on a new Alien movie, so there could be plenty more where that came from, too.

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There are five different Alien characters that appear in multiple movies throughout the franchise, beyond the most obvious character, Ellen Ripley.