If you’ve ever wanted to go to space, might I suggest not watching the new trailer for Alien: Romulus?
The latest look at the next film in the Alien franchise is chock-full of spooky abandoned spaceships, malfunctioning equipment, and frightening beasties, to the point that you’ll go, “I’m actually completely fine with staying on Earth for the rest of my life, thank you very much!”
In the trailer, we meet a group of young space colonizers — played by an ensemble including Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla, Civil War), David Jonsson (Rye Lane), Archie Renaux (Shadow and Bone), and Isabela Merced (Turtles All the Way Down) — on a scavenging mission that might change their lives forever. That change could mean a ticket out of a miserable life, or it could mean meeting an army of facehuggers, up close and personal. Based on the trajectory of the trailer, we’re going to guess the latter option is more likely. Here’s hoping our soon-to-be-traumatized heroes can get some real hugs instead of hugs of the facial variety.
Alien: Romulus hits theaters August 16.