Ridley Scott Has No Control Over His Most Famous Franchises

“I should have locked them up, as [Steven] Spielberg did with Jurassic, and everything he does, and James Cameron has done with what he has,” Scott told THR. “I resurrected a dead Alien [franchise] with Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, and we should have rejoined the ownership right then, and we didn’t, because someone was careless.” Scott was speaking about his production company Scott Free and blames his lack of control over the franchises he created on a mistake made by some of the previous leadership. At the time, however, it may have seemed strange, considering the fact that Scott hadn’t been involved. Still, that seems like a pretty big mistake considering that both Blade Runner (owned by Alcon Entertainment) and Alien (owned by 20th Century) are now prolifically huge franchises with more films and TV shows on the horizon, but Scott has been pretty lucky.