Romulus

‘Alien' director teases how the new film connects

Ridley Scott's "Alien" was back in theaters on April 26 for its 45th anniversary and to get audiences excited about the new installment coming in August.

The Alien franchise has sunk its teeth into different genres over the years, but for "Alien: Romulus," filmmaker Fede Álvarez wanted to take it back to its roots: Horror.

Rome, sacred ground for nearly 3,000 years, and counting

According to legend, Rome was born April 21, 753 BC, when Romulus, the survivor of its feuding twin founders, hitched his plow and furrowed a circular perimeter in the hills above the Tiber River. Everything inside was urbs, city space consecrated by priests who interpreted the will of the gods; everything outside was ager - unhallowed open territory.