Dora vs. the Xenomorph: Isabela Merced cast in Fede Alvarez’s Alien movie
Dora The Explorer star Isabela Merced is apparently set to face off against the Xenomorph in Fede Alvarez's still-in-the-works Alien movie
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You’d be forgiven for forgetting, but it’s now been six long years since the Alien franchise last blasted its way into theaters, with Ridley Scott’s 2017 Fassbinder Vs. Fassbinder feature Alien: Covenant. In that gap, the franchise has been hit, strangely enough, with many of the same issues that have been hampering its far more optimistic sci-fi cousins over in the world of Star Trek: An inability to put together a film project that can guarantee the studio “Marvel money” (as opposed to Covenant’s modest-but-extant $130 million return on investment); seeming inertia with new ideas; and even the presence of Fargo creator Noah Hawley, whose FX TV adaptation of the franchise is supposedly set to start filming later this year.
Now, though, Deadline reports that the film branch of the House That Xenomorphs Built (Out Of, We Think, Some Sort Of Mucus) is actually showing some signs of forward movement. Which is to say that the other in-the-works Alien project, the Scott-produced, Fede Alvarez-directed movie continuation of the series, has just cast some new monster chum: Rosaline star Isabela Merced, a.k.a. the live-action Dora the Explorer from the… holy shit, we just remembered they made a live-action Dora The Explorer movie.
Okay, sorry, give us a second.
Anyway: Merced joins a cast that, so far, has only one other name on it, i.e., Cailee Spaeny, lately of Mare Of Easttown. And that’s basically all we actually know about this latest installment in one of the longest-running film franchises on the planet, beyond the fact that it’s being directed by Alvarez, who made a name for himself with taut 2016 thriller Don’t Breathe and the 2013 remake of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead franchise. Alvarez’s Alien film was originally announced on March 4, 2022, so the news of Merced’s casting comes as a sort of early birthday present for its own existence. Happy birthday, news that a new Alien movie exists!
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The weird thing is the film’s right now is Alien: Romulus, which sounds like a crossover.
*Fassbender
Covenant and Prometheus are better than you remember.
I appreciated the body horror as extremely disturbing as it was. But the science is still bad in Covenant. I enjoyed Prometheus way more. People complain about the ship crashing and no one going in a different directions, but its also weirdly accurate from how I see everyday people as silly as it is. So I can easily look past that. Otherwise it’s still a pretty good movie. People take issue with just that one scene like it matters for the whole movie. Same with the scientists taking their helmets off. As weird as it is, makes more sense for them than the crew in Covenant. They should at least know better. They are walking on a completely foreign planet. That is absolutely not the same as any other Sci-fi show. The incompetence in Covenant is just so unbelievable. Prometheus is an amateur team of scientists. They will absolutely take risks.
But still terrible. Just a little less terrible than you might think.
It better have that monkey who steals shit from Dora in it.
The monkey is Dora’s sidekick. It’s the fox that steals shit.
There’s a monkey AND a fox, but no gerbil? WTF?!?
I mean, fer chrissake, how many goddamn animals do they have to have in a show before they have gerbil representation? Pocket pets are extremely affordable and require only a modicum of care to thrive.
There’s a squirrel. That’s kinda close, right?https://dora.fandom.com/wiki/Tico
Animals in nature aren’t pets, dude. Unless they are in a rescue situation, they belong in their habitat. You can find lots of adorable pocket pets like gerbils at your local pet store!