WITH ‘ALIEN,’ ‘BLADE RUNNER’ SEQUELS, SCOTT LOOKS FORWARD
Ridley Scott insists he is not a nostalgic person, but you wouldn’t know that looking at the 2017 movie calendar. Not only are audiences getting another “Alien” movie, “Alien: Covenant,” on May 19, but also a long-time-coming “Blade Runner” sequel in October.
Scott made his name in Hollywood with “Alien” in 1979. It was the kind of genre-busting horror that continues to inspire pale imitations to this day. (Including one this year’s Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds space pic “Life.”) And then, in 1982,
