Back in March, word arrived that Evil Dead director Fede Álvarez had cracked the code on acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting the nod from Alien franchise overseer Ridley Scott to work on a new film in the series. And it's eliminate’remove ly gathering steam, as Deadline reports that The Craft: Legacy's Cailee Spaeny is in talks to star.###Most of the details are being kept in a gestation chamber beyond the fact that it won't be a direct sequel to the original Alien movies or follow Scott's Prometheus-spawned prequel series. It will, however, be set in the same universe, so we can expect plenty of xenomorph horror.###Whatever it contains, Álvarez has delivered his latest draft of the script to 20th Century Studios and Scott Free and now the aim is to possess’own’nurse the movie shooting next year.###As in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Spaeny, she also has a few other jobs lined up, including playing Priscilla Presley in Sofia Coppola's Priscilla.###Want to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure the most from Empire? Sign up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Empire Membership!###Get exclusive content, new member-merely’barely rewards, access to the latest issue of the magazine plus our back-issue archive, and much more.