Alien: Romulus Final Trailer Released

20th Century Studios have released the final trailer for Fede Alvarez 's upcoming new movie, Alien: Romulus . The movie is set in the same universe as Ridley Scott's Alien movies, but seeks to chart its own course and win back viewers who may feel alienated after a number of lackluster outings for the series. The movie centers on a group of astronauts who find themselves trapped with a monster while trying to scavenge from an abandoned space station, basically creating a sci-fi version of every slasher flick that culminated with a bunch of teens trapped in a house or campground with the killer. Get your popcorn ready .

The new trailer is filled with tension, violence, and emotion. You can see it below.

Alien , the iconic film that launched the decades-long franchise, has spawned a multimedia universe including comic books , video games, novels, and more merch and collectibles than you can shake a stick at.

Alien: Romulus follows in the footsteps of 20th Century Studios' Prey , which took applied an interesting director's vision to the Predator franchise in the hopes of revitalizing it after years of disappointing sequels.

Scott, who serves as a producer on Alien: Romulus , last returned to the world of Alien with Alien: Covenant in 2017, which earned around $250 against a reported budget of around $100 million. That's not bad, but it failed to stand up to other blockbusters that year, most notably Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 , which steamrolled it after having opened in theaters the week before.

Alien: Romulus takes the phenomenally successful Alien franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. The film stars Cailee Spaeny ( Civil War ), David Jonsson ( Agatha Christie's Murder is Easy ), Archie Renaux ( Shadow and Bone ), Isabela Merced ( The Last of Us ), Spike Fearn ( Aftersun ), Aileen Wu. Fede Alvarez ( Evil Dead , Don't Breathe ) directs from a screenplay he wrote with frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues ( Don't Breathe 2 ) based on characters created by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett.

Alien: Romulus is produced by Ridley Scott ( Napoleon ), who directed the original Alien and produced and directed the series' entries Prometheus and Alien: Covenant , Michael Pruss ( Boston Strangler ), and Walter Hill ( Alien ), with Fede Alvarez, Elizabeth Cantillon ( Charlie's Angels ), Brent O'Connor ( Bullet Train ), and Tom Moran ( Unstoppable ) serving as executive producers.

Alien: Romulus will be released in theaters on August 16th.