The "Prometheus" trilogy

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...Fox is remaking Alien.

Yes...

ALIEN!!!


:mad: :mad: :mad:


Fox is said to be digging into its back catalogue once again after its remake of Predator to unleash a new version of Ridley Scott's Alien.

According to BloodyDisgusting.com, the plan for the new movie is to stick very much to the original concept, which saw the crew of a spaceship investigating a transmission from another planet and discovering an alien that had perfectly evolved to destroy mankind.

Michael Costigan, Ridley Scott and Tony Scott are said to be attached to produce the remake, and commercial/music video director Carl Rinsch will be at the helm and attempting to fill Ridley Scott's sizable shoes.

Of course this is still in the rumor stages, but then so was Rodriguez's version of Predators.


ARGH!

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Website Collider confirmed today with Tony Scott the exclusive breaking news that Carl Rinsch will be getting behind the camera for 20th Century Fox's reboot of the Alien franchise started back in '79 by Ridley Scott.

It was also confirmed that the reboot is being pinned as a "prequel" (even though we all know damn well it's still a reboot).

At today’s junket for Tony Scott’s new film “The Taking of Pelham 123″, I went up Tony after the press conference ended to ask him what was up with the remake.

The big news is he confirmed Carl Rinsch would be directing it and that it’s a prequel to his brother Ridley’s classic!

What Tony told me is after the jump:


Collider: 20th Century Fox is talking about remaking or redoing the original Alien. What’s going on with that?

Tony Scott: Yes, Carl Rinsch is going to do the prequel to Alien. He’s one of our directors at our company.

Collider: I’m going to be blunt about this. Fox has not been doing a great job recently with their movies. They haven’t been an artist friendly studio. Are you guys going to have some creative control and make this a kick-ass film?

Tony: Yes! But Fox is our home. They finace our production company.

Collider: And I’m very happy that you guys have the financing. But a lot of the films they’ve been doing at the studio level, they’ve been nickel and diming and not giving fandom what they want. So I guess my question for you is…are you a little nervous about reengaging the franchise or are you excited.

Tony: I’m excited cause Ridley created the original and Carl Rinsch is one of the family.

Collider: When do you envision this film getting in front of cameras?

Tony: Hopefully the end of the year.

Collider: Will it be a summer of 2011 movie?

Tony: Honestly, I don’t know.


http://www.collider.com/2009/05/29/exclusive-tony-scott-confirms-carl-rinsch-is-directing-alien-and-its-a-prequel/


*goes to the bathroom, points gun at own head, uncocks hammer, and pulls trigger*

:(

[roshiq]

Sometimes I wonder what will happen when there will be no classic left for remaking...will they go for 2nd remaking (I'm not sure what should we call it then)?


...Fox is remaking Alien.

Yes...

ALIEN!!!

ARGH!

I guess you may going to like it...:p

[Angra]

And about time..

[Posher778]

This is the end of mankind's stability. The end.

[The Mothman]

Nope, dont think i was ready to hear that.

[The_Return]

It was only a matter of time. As much as it sucks, this one doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

[scouse mac]

This defies belief.


:mad: :mad: :( :(


I was having a good day until I read this. There have been so many films made which are shit enough to warrant remaking, why cant they do them? Alien is one of the most perfect films ever made, dont fuck with it!!!


If its a prequel then the only thing they can do is the story of what happens on the crashed giants ship before Dallas and co. discover it.

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At 20th Century Fox, no one can hear you scream.

[massacre man]

At 20th Century Fox, no one can hear you scream.

No, they can hear you. They just don't give a fuck. ;)

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No, they can hear you. They just don't give a fuck. ;)

If they don't, burn them! BURN THEM ALL!!:mad:

[Elvis_Christ]

Oh well its not going to crack the earth in two. Don't bother watching it. Remake bashing is a pretty tired topic.

[Disease]

I think they should remake Apocalypse Now, It's way over due............ Forgot emoticons... hmmm, :>/ what ever the Fook that means.....

[Noah]

That's cool - I look forward to seeing it actually. Love the original, and curious to see what they do this time around.

[cheebacheeba]

At least Scott has some involvement, Im sure he'll be ran to a number of times.
That said, if you don't like remakes that much that you can't just not watch them - I think people need to start sabotaging shit and posting their exploits, then we will hear the true story of those who stood against the beast.

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Collider's scoop last Friday managed to semi-calm the blast wave of fanboy wrath at the notion that Ridley Scott's original Alien was to be remade.

Turns out the planned film is a prequel.

Whether this kills the possibility of Alien 5 or realises it (the Alien multiverse was already spaghetti junction - could the new film be considered Alien 0?), a lot of Top 10 Contenders For New Ripley lists have been ripped up half-written, and that's a good thing.

Alien fans who are familiar with the excellent documentaries on the Quadrilogy edition - and the various commentaries on the films - will have heard a lot of excited speculation and flights-of-fancy about a prequel, from the likes of concept artist Ron Cobb, Sigourney Weaver, Ridley Scott, prosthetic effects chief Tom Woodruff, producers David Giler and Walter Hill, and numerous other franchise luminaries.

Much of the talk has been about how a prequel could take us to the aliens' home world - but there's been confusion as to which culture was being referred to...


THE SPACE-JOCKEY

In Alien two extra-terrestrial cultures are depicted: the insect-like xenomorphs and the technologically advanced race of whom the only remnant example is the 'space jockey'.

The space-jockey himself was derived from a production sketch that Ridley Scott took a shine to, but proved to be one of many set-requests initially nixed by the line producer and the roving team of paranoid and penny-pinching executives that plagued Pinewood during the movie's production (the set was later offered to Scott as a fait accomplis for the great footage he was turning out).

The space-jockey embodies H.R. Giger's favourite themes: death, sex and disgust, with bones becoming melded to technology. He seems to be some sort of gunner or telescope operator - yet in the production sketch the projecting tube is pointing only at what appears to be light in a curved wall, with no means either of firing out or of viewing the stars. If it is a window, it has as narrow an aperture as any archer had to contend with in medieval times.

In addition, the fuselage of the 'cannon' is not only phallic but directing out from the space-jockey's hip area; we seem to come across the huge creature in a Pompeii-like moment of lonely sexual activity, frozen by the advent of the xenomorph that has burst out of its chest. It's a poetic image, and it might take a bit of a plot-hack to give it a practical slant.

The problem with sequels is that they have to make sense of stuff which was thrown into the originals that spawned them mostly by dint of being 'cool' or intriguing. Thus Neo's powers of flight, which made such a cool end to the original The Matrix had to be embarrassingly persistent in the sequels; and Michael J. Fox's girlfriend being immediately 'knocked out' by Doc Brown at the start of Back To The Future Part II; and even the walk-on parts in the original Tremors getting their own Tremors sequel.

You kind of have to project backwards and force it to make sense post facto. This might be problematic for an Alien prequel for many reasons…

Not least the space-jockey himself. He is patently part of a machine, and the machine is patently part of the (now derelict) spaceship. Was he bred for the purpose by his race? Or will the prequel show him ambulatory and getting into the 'empty' telescope/cannon and a whole lot of CGI cyber-bones wrapping round him, like Tony Stark's Iron Man suit?

That would solve a problem, but it's hokey and the design of the original space-jockey doesn't support it. The space-jockey is growing out of the chair. That's an insane idea from Giger's bizarre and brilliant imagination, but it might take a young David Lynch to make the concept workable in an Alien prequel. I can't say I envy Carl Rinch the task.

THE EGGS IN THE DERELICT SHIP

Likewise problematic the reason that all those eggs were in the cargo hold of the derelict in Alien. Were they laid there by a long-dead Aliens-style xenomorph queen after the ship got infested, like the Nostromo, by a single alien? Or are they genetically-engineered weapons created by the space-jockey race to drop on enemies in a ghastly act of biological warfare?

Ridley Scott and others have commented on the space-jockey that his race seems to have been pacific by nature, perhaps more so than mankind. Yet Dark Horse's comics spin-offs and various other Alienverse novels and spins have been providing a wealth of alternative possibilities since the late 1980s.

Michael Jan Friedman's Aliens: Original Sin names the space-jockey race as the Mala'kak, whilst Steve Perry's 1992 novel Earth Hive calls them 'the collectors'. Graphic novel writer Mark Verheiden instead depicts the space-jockeys as a war-like race in the vein of the Predators, but ones who are only holding off their enslavement of the human race until the galaxy is dis-infested of their common enemy - the xenomorphs. Another spun-off origin story for the space-jockey came from the creators of ALIEN - The official authorised movie magazine. You can find the piece here, but fundamentally it suggests that history was pretty much repeating itself when the colonists met their grim fate on LV-426 in James Cameron's Aliens. In this set-up, the space-jockey race had been searching for lifeless worlds to colonise, and their sweeps for life-forms on the apparently barren planet had not registered the 'dormant' alien eggs, which woke up enough to wipe out three successive landing parties, each more heavily-armed than the last (the last being the space-jockey's own doomed mission from Alien).

(This doesn't necessarily establish LV-426 as the xenomorph home world - flies don't really have a native country as a species, and a xenomorph culture is merely an 'infestation' in the terms of more civilised societies. Who knows how many millennia these acid-spewing nasties have been stowing away and spreading their unique brand of havoc throughout the galaxy?)

Scott et al have also suggested other theories regarding the space-jockey, including that the apparent rough similarity in physiognomy between the two alien races is because the xenomorphs are biological weapons, or super-soldiers derived from space-jockey DNA. Thus the protective 'blue layer of light' over the egg-weapons in the cargo hold.

But what sense does that make? As soon as Kane breaks the beam of light, the little fellers start twitching. Why would any military party set a trap on board its own ship?

The fundamental problem here is how dated the Holoco laser-effects are in the sequence where John Hurt descends to investigate the egg. The camera is kept at a low angle in order to disguise the fact that the blue layer emanates from a single light source, but these days it doesn't look like anything but a late 1970s disco laser. James Cameron didn't keep the blue-light device in the finale of Aliens, so it must have been space-jockey tech, right?

But in my opinion Cameron also thought it was a protective xenomorph tripwire, a luminous gas to give the creepy creatures the heads up on a new victim approaching - but one that would have been too hard to make work in his own explosive confrontation between Ripley and the alien queen.

(Continued...)

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THE HUMAN ELEMENT

It's going to take some work to get the human race involved in a prequel set-up for Alien. In the original movie, Weyland-Yutani's diversion of the Nostromo to LV-426 seems an opportunistic - if rather heartless - approach to new business acquisitions. The crew of the Nostromo are heading back from a long and gruelling spell of work in the Solomons when they are told to investigate the space-jockey's 'distress' signal or forfeit their shares. They'll later find out that they are all entirely 'expendable', so long as the valuable bug makes its way back to the Weyland-Yutani research labs.

Clearly the company is way ahead of the crew's efforts to decipher the signal, which obviously contains a pretty detailed description of the xenomorph and its potential capability as a military weapon.

The science-officer Ash turns out to be an android planted by the company to protect its interests, but at no point is it suggested that the Nostromo shipped out of Earth with Ash on board specifically to protect the alien. If the distress-signal is public-domain and has reached Earth, and (as at least one of the Aliens comics suggested) other military powers might be just as interested in it...why send the Nostromo off to accomplish its mining remit for years before diverting it to LV-426 on the return journey? Any other interested power aware of the information could just send a ship straight to the planet and comfortably beat Weyland-Yutani to the prize.

No, the suggestion is that Ash is on board as a 'mole' because of a general company policy of spying on its workers, and that the entirely surprising advent of the space-jockey's signal is exactly the kind of thing the company needs an 'inside man' for.

Paul Anderson's risible 2004 prequel Aliens Vs. Predator didn't even make a significant dent in this back-story, since it presented Lance Henrikson as the 'template' of Aliens' Bishop and co-founder of Weyland Yutani - and then killed him off. Anderson admitted as much in a 2005 edition of Movie Magic, declaring "…there's nothing in [Alien Vs. Predator] that contradicts anything that already exists".

All the company needed to do to 'look good for the records' and not be beaten to the punch was to divert the Nostromo on the way out. If, that is, they knew about LV-426 in advance of the mission. But let's face it, the way Alien is set up, they didn't.

The Nostromo was obviously the nearest ship available anywhere - if other powers on Earth had decoded the message and were sending ships to LV-426 to retrieve a xenomorph, they weren't going to beat the Nostromo, which was in the wrong place at the wrong time...at least according to the O'Bannon/Shusett script.

In my opinion, some nasty acts of canon-hacking will be needed to suggest that there were adequate human machinations to generate an entire film prior to the Nostromo's involvement.

But what choice is there, if this is the road the producers have chosen? The chances of Alien 0 dealing entirely with an expensive CGI/prosthetics space-jockey civilisation are pretty remote, not least because such an outlandish project doesn't tick all the demographic boxes for the target audience (who are almost inevitably going to be young teenagers, I fear). The producers will be needing pretty faces to shroud in face-huggers - and probably younger ones than featured in the original movie.

ALIEN 0 OR ALIEN 5?

In light of these and other problems, may I strongly recommend that they return to the long-awaited Alien 5 instead? We know Sigourney Weaver costs money (and that this has always been an issue with the Alien movies after the first), but she's always been worth it. And unless the intention is to spin off the Alien canon into a new side-alley as J.J. Abrams did with Star Trek, we just don't seem to fit into the picture until the original Alien movie rumbles into view.

"I’d like to see [the Alien sequels] stop. A horror movie’s a fragile thing, and once you’ve gotten past the original, it isn’t scary anymore." - Dan O'Bannon, creator of Alien.

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/259949/the_plotobstacles_to_an_alien_prequel.html

[cheebacheeba]

I remember nothing of this...space jockey...
?

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I remember nothing of this...space jockey...
?


http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x133/eladriell/Future%20War/alien-space-jockey.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm254/vaderman_photo/photosfromfilms-1.jpg

[ferretchucker]

They could always expand on the space jockey story in an Alien 5, could they not? Give Ripley some reason to go back there. It would be tough, because she's a clone now; granted she's an almost perfect one. Otherwise, I might have suggested some kind of imprint left from being just close to the Jockey ship.

[cheebacheeba]

Or what if...the space jockey was a device that rendered all who witness it and wonder "what the fuck is that" unconscious, grabbing them and cloning them at that precise moment to keep the originals in stasis for study purposes while sending out their cloned counterparts into the world to see how well their collected/engineered aliens do as a weapon without destroying the original life?
Then the derelict ship crashes on the planet after being automatically pulled back there, they all wake up and they're in the midst of an Alien/whatever made the space jockey war.

Seriously though, I cant remember any scene with this thing in it whatsoever.

[ferretchucker]

It was quite short. They just walk past it.

[cheebacheeba]

Man, I'd be touching it n'shit...no wonder it never stuck...

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It was quite short. They just walk past it.

On the contrary...


Man, I'd be touching it n'shit...no wonder it never stuck...

They did all that, and more...

kkvs8X1-Oxw

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Get ready to jump around and whoop in joy!!


After months of speculation, Variety is reporting that the Alien prequel is definitely on, with original Alien helmer Ridley Scott set to direct.

Twentieth Century Fox has also hired Jon Spaihts to write the script, which will precede the first Alien.

Spaihts got the job after pitching the studio and Scott Free, which will produce the film.

The film is set up to be a prequel to the groundbreaking 1979 film that Scott directed.
It will precede that film, in which the crew of a commercial towing ship returning to Earth is awakened and sent to respond to a distress signal from a nearby planetoid. The crew discovers too late that the signal generated by an empty ship was meant to warn them.

The deal gives Fox another chance to keep the "Alien" franchise alive.
There were three sequels to Scott's original, but it is the first time the director has set his mind on directing one.

Spaihts has also worked on the upcoming sci-fi flick Shadow 19 starring Keanu Reeves, and will rewrite Timur Bekmambetov's The Darkest Hour.

It is the first Alien movie Ridley Scott has been directly involved in since the original, with Carl Rinsch previously linked to direct the project.

[Kemal]

I figured the space jockey was actually part of the ship, maybe the pilot, with just enough biological parts to be a host for the alien.

[Posher778]

Erk... No prequel please. The primary aspect that made Alien scary was the unknown. Seems like he's going to give too much away in a prequel.

[destroyerofcutethings69]

Ridley Scott actually lined up to direct now. Should be interesting to see him retake the helm after the series has been passed through so many directors.

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Sigourney Weaver has spoken about the upcoming Alien Prequel on SciFi Squad. It's doubtful she'll play any role in the prequel.

She says Ripley couldn't appear in a prequel because her first encounter with the creature is in Alien. But she's happy that Ridley Scott is producing it.


Do you have any interest in being part of the planned Alien prequel movie, or appearing in the franchise ever again?

Well, I don't think that Ripley could appear in an Alien prequel because she doesn't have any access to the creature until the first Alien. But Ridley (Scott) is producing it and that makes me happy. I wasn't thrilled with the whole Alien Vs. Predator thing. I never saw them, but one of the reasons I died in (Alien) 3 was to not have anything to do with those (laughs). Just because, you know, I think it just seemed so economically motivated somehow. I feel we did four good movies, and I'm content with that. I hope if they do something new, they will encompass the idea of where the alien first came from, because I think that's an interesting idea -- to find out what happened and "how did it get to us?"

[Lowrie Productions]

*shakes head*

the only good thing that seems to come from this is that Ridley is involved

will be approached with caution

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We all learned over the summer that Ridley Scott, director of the original "Alien," will be returning to the franchise he created to direct a prequel.

Given the series' overarching story, fans very reasonably speculated that a prequel would take a look at the events immediately preceding the first movie.

It seems that may not be an accurate assumption anymore.

Scott, who in London recently to support his daughter's entry at the London Film Festival, took some time out to chat with Empire about some of his plans for the prequel. He doesn't drop any specific narrative bombs, but there is a general outline of the "when" fans can expect to be deposited into.

"The prequel will be a while ago," he explained. "It’s very difficult to put a year on 'Alien,' but [for example] if 'Alien' was towards the end of this century, then the prequel story will take place thirty years prior.”

What's interesting about this is that the xenomorphs discovered in "Alien" are just that: a new discovery. A prequel set immediately before the first movie could easily justify human foreknowledge of the creatures by simply killing off any human protagonists.

A 30 year gap is a bit trickier. Perhaps the xenomorphs are in fact a secret creation of shadowy human forces? Or an older discovery, carefully covered up (for a time)?

Time will certainly tell. And Scott is excited about the telling.

“I never thought I’d look forward to a sequel,” Scott said. “But a prequel is kind of interesting. I’m looking forward to doing that.”

[mloutch]

THE SPACE-JOCKEY

In addition, the fuselage of the 'cannon' is not only phallic but directing out from the space-jockey's hip area; we seem to come across the huge creature in a Pompeii-like moment of lonely sexual activity, frozen by the advent of the xenomorph that has burst out of its chest. It's a poetic image, and it might take a bit of a plot-hack to give it a practical slant.

Not least the space-jockey himself. He is patently part of a machine, and the machine is patently part of the (now derelict) spaceship. Was he bred for the purpose by his race? Or will the prequel show him ambulatory and getting into the 'empty' telescope/cannon and a whole lot of CGI cyber-bones wrapping round him, like Tony Stark's Iron Man suit?

THE EGGS IN THE DERELICT SHIP

Likewise problematic the reason that all those eggs were in the cargo hold of the derelict in Alien. Were they laid there by a long-dead Aliens-style xenomorph queen after the ship got infested, like the Nostromo, by a single alien? Or are they genetically-engineered weapons created by the space-jockey race to drop on enemies in a ghastly act of biological warfare?



I think two things that need to be mentioned is that based on the original screenplay and novelization:

1) The space jockey was there for a very very long (thousands? Hundreds of thousands years?) time and the "reason" he/she/it seems to be part of the chair is that its been pretty much fossilized to the chair

2) That all the eggs seen in the "cargo" hold of the derelict ship are the fellow crew members of the space jockey - remember before Cameron got a hold of the franchise and made "starship troopers" out of it the Aliens are created by the victims being converted into the eggs by some form of DNA manipulation - of course thats after the Alien gets to eat a little bit first. The famous cut scene from Alien when Ripley gets lost and stumbles into the bowels of the Nostromo and finds Dallas halfway to being an "egg" and another almost fully formed egg is seen with whats left of Brett inside being changed.

In fact Dan O'Bannon was miffed in 79 when this was cut from the film and the whole Queen aspect a few yrs later as it took a really disturbing and creepy angle out of play. I would think and hope a revisit using the original point of the Alien having the ability to transform other lifeforms into its own and what happened to the derelict crew could make an awesome feature

[ferretchucker]

I think two things that need to be mentioned is that based on the original screenplay and novelization:

1) The space jockey was there for a very very long (thousands? Hundreds of thousands years?) time and the "reason" he/she/it seems to be part of the chair is that its been pretty much fossilized to the chair

2) That all the eggs seen in the "cargo" hold of the derelict ship are the fellow crew members of the space jockey - remember before Cameron got a hold of the franchise and made "starship troopers" out of it the Aliens are created by the victims being converted into the eggs by some form of DNA manipulation - of course thats after the Alien gets to eat a little bit first. The famous cut scene from Alien when Ripley gets lost and stumbles into the bowels of the Nostromo and finds Dallas halfway to being an "egg" and another almost fully formed egg is seen with whats left of Brett inside being changed.

In fact Dan O'Bannon was miffed in 79 when this was cut from the film and the whole Queen aspect a few yrs later as it took a really disturbing and creepy angle out of play. I would think and hope a revisit using the original point of the Alien having the ability to transform other lifeforms into its own and what happened to the derelict crew could make an awesome feature

Very good points, although I'm not so sure. To me it seemed that the cocoon like eggs were more of an emergency attempt by the Alien to survive, because weren't the contents of them fully fledged xenomorphs and not facehuggers? The ones on the derelict ship were far too small to be from the cocoon like ones, expecially with the size of the space jockey. Unless they simply shrivel over time...


another point to note, V, is that it seems Weland-Yutani did have prior knowledge of the Aliens, hence why they sent the crew to answer the distress signal. Isn't it possible they've known about them since AVP:R but have simply never had the opportunity to get any before?

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another point to note, V, is that it seems Weland-Yutani did have prior knowledge of the Aliens, hence why they sent the crew to answer the distress signal. Isn't it possible they've known about them since AVP:R but have simply never had the opportunity to get any before?

Very much so, if you take the timeline of the Alien franchise into account. AVP:R happened much before Alien and Aliens, so yes it ties in nicely.

If you remember, Ripley sits down to decipher the "distress" signal in binary and realises that its actually a "warning". Its very much possible that the signal was picked up/beamed through Weyland-Yutani satellites/ships back to Earth and they already knew it was a warning signal, yet they changed the course of the Nostromo to go ahead and intercept it.

I am sure this is one of the things which we will see in this prequel. Ridley Scott will surely touch upon this part.

[ferretchucker]

Any new news, V?

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Nope. Just rumors.

Keep your fingers crossed for an update once Predators is released this summer.

[crazy raplh]

I am not really a big fan of any of the alien movies. So I'll probably miss out on the remake as well.

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Shadowlocked has confirmed with Star Wars and Alien art-director Roger Christian that Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien prequel will be shot in 3D.

Christian, who ran into Ridley at a recent film festival, hopes to work on the film, and briefly expressed his excitement for the project:

“Ridley told me some of his ideas when we were here in Toronto. He has a very clear understanding of where this should go. They kind of stopped dead one of the greatest horror franchises there’s ever been, and it had legs to go on. So I’m hoping he’ll revive another three. The world certainly wants it, and the fans want it - everybody.”

In May 2009, it was revealed that commercial director Carl Erik Rinsch was attached to direct a remake of Alien. We have since learned that it is more of a prequel than a remake. Rinsch’s commercials show an amazing sense of imagination, visual effects artistry and composition. But apparently 20th Century Fox wasn’t happy with the Scott’s choice of director, holding out for the original helmer — Ridley Scott.

Fans believed that would never happen. Why would Scott return to film a prequel of one of the most popular sci-fi film franchises of all time? Why compete with yourself? Producing the film seems like a much safer bet.

Who knows why, but Ridley Scott signed on to direct a prequel to Alien.

The film will be a direct prequel to Scott’s original 1979 film. In a 2002 interview, Scott wanted to return “to where the alien creatures were first found and explain how they were created.” Chances are this idea would also be incorporated into the reboot.

Jon Spaihts will write the screenplay, a job he earned after pitching the studio and production company Scott Free. Spaihts has no produced credits, but has written Shadow 19 and Passengers, both of which are also sci-fi space thrillers.

Empire spoke to Scott when he was out and about in London to attend the local festival premiere of his daughter’s movie Cracks, and the filmmaker threw out some really general statements about the film — they know where it’s going, the screenplay is now being written by Jon Spaihts, and then this more specific tidbit:

“It’s a brand new box of tricks. We know what the road map is, and the screenplay is now being put on paper. The prequel will be a while ago. It’s very difficult to put a year on Alien, but [for example] if Alien was towards the end of this century, then the prequel story will take place thirty years prior.” … “I never thought I’d look forward to a sequel but a prequel is kind of interesting. I’m looking forward to doing that.”

[Elvis_Christ]

The famous cut scene from Alien when Ripley gets lost and stumbles into the bowels of the Nostromo and finds Dallas halfway to being an "egg" and another almost fully formed egg is seen with whats left of Brett inside being changed.

Never heard of this. Is the scene available in extras or anything?

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Never heard of this. Is the scene available in extras or anything?

Alien Director's Cut.

Also part of Alien Quadrilogy box set.

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The good news? Ridley Scott is making a new Alien movie.

The bad news? It's going to be in 3-D.

How, exactly, is that bad news?

Because Alien 5 (or whatever it's going to be called -- probably not Alien 5), is supposed to completely revive the franchise. That means restoring the series' artfulness. Here's the deal -- the Predator series, while cool, is a macho B-movie action franchise (one wouldn't mind seeing that in 3-D, honestly). When you mix Alien with Predator, you don't get a highbrow Predator film, you get a dumb actioner with Aliens in it. And that's just fine for AVP, but for the stand-alone Alien series, no matter how dull it got in Alien 3 or how comic booky it got in Alien Resurrection, the series has always maintained a deliberate measure of artsy panache. There's something almost indefinably elegant about the franchise, even at its clumsiest.

An Alien prequel feels unnecessary, but the fact that Ridley Scott, the director of the first and best (you know this in your heart to be true) Alien film was coming on-board to direct had fans thinking that the series would return to something quieter, more adult, less interested in pleasing fans of a blast-em-up video game.

Now, Shadow Locked is reporting that the prequel will be shot in glorious three-dimensions.

Ugh.

Is there anything about 3-D that strikes you as elegant?

Does this seem like a step toward making the upcoming film capture some of Scott's original creeping tone of pitch-black dread?

It sounds like more kid's stuff in the beloved Alien franchise; more of a catering to the youth market than re-selling to the adult audience that declared the original a modern classic. The mere fact that it's a prequel is gimmick enough. Fans don't need another gimmick on top of the gimmick. It's tacky, and the Alien series has never been tacky.

[milktoaste]

Elegant, no. But it comes as no suprise that an Alien movie would be made in 3-D. The Aliens were practically made for it, with there long limbs and retractable jowls, it was only a matter of time.

I've never really been a big fan of 3-D movies, too gimmicky, and usually feels like a bandaid for a shitty movie. (Going to see Alice, maybe that one will be better)

[Deimos]

sigh.....running out of idea's are we!??!!!

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(via Hitfix & Collider)

Earlier today, Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe sat for an eight-person roundtable during the Los Angeles press day for "Robin Hood," and before the press conference began, the famed director sat and chatted about his recovery from recent knee surgery and how glad he is to not be shooting while he's still on the mend. Crowe was running a few minutes behind him, so talk turned to what Scott might be up to next, with many of us guessing that we knew for sure what his next film would be.

He didn't even make us ask. He just shrugged.

Ridley Scott: Alien, yeah. We’re doing that now. We’re on the fourth draft. It’s alright; it’s pretty good…

There has been a lot of talk about you doing that in 3D.

Ridley Scott: Of course, it’ll be 3D.

Are you going to use the James Cameron 3D cameras?

Scott: No, I think they’ve already moved beyond. Jim said that this technique, which had taken them four years, he’d said that now you could do it in two. Technology’s shifting all the time. I could have converted Robin Hood. They’d said last October, I could have squeezed it under the hammer and got it in as a 3D version of Robin Hood.

But doesn’t it make more sense to compose in 3D?

Scott: It’s not a big deal. People always agonize whether it’s 1.85 or 2.35 and I don’t really give a shit. It’s your eye and how you’re going to fill the frame. If you’ve got an eye, it’s not a problem. If you don’t have an eye, then they turn it into science. You’ve got a lot of conversations going on and that’s why it takes forever and it shouldn’t.

I’ve always heard you want as much light as possible.

Scott: That’s the downside.

But isn’t Alien almost the antithesis of that because the movies have always been about shadow and darkness and hiding things.

Scott: That’s what Jim said. The problem is you’ll have to grade it later. You’ll have to grit your teeth and light it not the way you’d like it. And then later, you’re gonna have to regrade it. Repaint it. In fact, Avatar, when you think about it, is almost a completely animated movie.

Can you now make an Alien movie that has the patience and same style as the first movie and it’ll still work for audiences?

Scott: I think it’ll work. Don’t you?

Yeah. The original still does. But I think audiences are now acclimated to things that have more energy.

Scott: But that’s 29 years ago that film. Now to say, “Do you want to recut it?” at the time, I thought, “Not really. Leave it alone. It is what it is.” But would things move faster today? Yeah. I had no technology at all. I had no digital technology at all. Even the ones that followed started to have tech. Like, digital rails and tracking. I had no computers at all. Alien was literally all physical. Even the spaceship, which would be about as big this table, you’d hang it from a wire and the camera would slowly push in underneath and you’d try and keep it steady as possible with a fan and a lot of dry ice blowing at it to give some sense of movement. That was it. It’s pretty good actually.

With all these movies like Titanic and Star Wars and Lord of the Rings possible going 3D, could you ever see yourself revisiting your previous films and doing a post production conversation? For example a Blade Runner?

Scott: You can virtually order it. I can go to a company saying, “Can you re-3D this?” It’d be quicker if I sat there and did it with them, which I would have. It’s when you’re grading a movie, I’ll sit there with a grader, we’ll flick to one scene, I’ll give ‘em two frames and say, “Like that.” You can do the whole film that way.

Has anyone come at you to consider converting any of your past films?

Scott: Yeah.

And your thoughts are?

Scott: Not really. I’d rather save that energy for something new. We could have done this in 3D, but everyone was so hesitant. We didn’t bother because the film’s good enough.

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After the interview ended, we went back to asking about the Alien prequel:


You’re developing the Alien prequel, are you developing it as a series of films or a longer storyline?

Scott: It’ll be two. It’ll be prequel one and two. Then Alien 1.

Are you going to shoot the prequels together or shoot them separately?

Scott: At the moment I’m just trying to get the first one out.



While who knows if two films will ever happen, if you’re a fan of the Alien franchise, how can you not be excited?

Rub your hands together in glee for now, Alien fans.

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(via IGN)

April 23, 2010 - Whether or not you think it's a good thing that an Alien prequel (or two prequels) is being made, said film is nonetheless happening.

The good news, one supposes, is that the original film's director Ridley Scott is behind the new picture. And he's just revealed lots of new details about the films.

MTV spoke to the helmer, who said that they're on the fourth draft or so of the script at the moment.

"It's a work in progress, but we're actually making the films," he says. "There's no question about it, we're going to make the films. … Now it's a matter of, how good can I get the screenplay in the next few weeks so I can get a good ballpark figure of what it will cost. I've already got people working graphically on designs for the various requirements of the films."

Scott explains that the picture is set in the year 2085, some 30 years before the first film, and will "fundamentally [be] about going out to find out, 'Who the hell was that Space Jockey?' The guy who was sitting in the chair in the Alien vehicle -- there was a giant fellow sitting in a seat on what looked to be either a piece of technology or an astronomer's chair. Remember that?"

Oh yes, we remember.

But do we really need to learn about that particular mystery? Wasn't that one of the most appealing aspects of Alien, the ambiguity of things like that?

Anyway, the filmmaker also indicates that Sigourney Weaver most likely won't be back for the films, but that the main character will be a woman.

Also, Scott doesn't seem to be much of a fan of the AvP films, and that fact may lead to a new look for the monsters in the prequel.

"The thing about Alien vs. Predator is, I know it's commerce, but what a pity," he says. "I think, therefore, I have to design -- or redesign -- earlier versions of what these elements are that led to the thing you finally see in Alien, which is the thing that catapults out of the egg, the face-hugger. … I don't want to repeat it. The Alien in a sense, as a shape, is worn out."

Scott also says he's hoping to have the first film in theaters by late 2011 or "maybe the best date - in 2012."

[ferretchucker]

I don't know about this...I trust his judgement but I really don't know about this. To me, the whole finding out who the Space Jockey was is a bit like when Rob Zombie said "We're gonna find out why Michael is how he is." Sometimes as a viewer, it's more unsettling to not know. And as soon as I see this film, whenever I rewatch the original I will know why that Space Jockey is there and suddenly that connection I have with Dallas, Kane and Lambert; sharing their curiosity and wonder...it's gone. :(

One of the best scenes of the films POTENTIALLY ruined...and in glorious 3D. :rolleyes:

[milktoaste]

I will know why that Space Jockey is there and suddenly that connection I have with Dallas, Kane and Lambert; sharing their curiosity and wonder...it's gone. :(

One of the best scenes of the films POTENTIALLY ruined...and in glorious 3D. :rolleyes:

I couldn't agree more. It's an amazing detail from the original that truely sparks the imagination. It's meanings and explanations are endless and wonderful, trully a shame to have it laid out on a platter now.

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Sir Ridley Scott spoke between screenings of his genre classics Alien and Blade Runner during the ongoing Los Angeles Times Hero Complex Film Festival.

The director had a few words to say about his upcoming return to the franchise he created, with the 3-D Alien prequel -- or rather, prequels. Scott explained why there will be two of them; and that writing on the the first of the two has been completed.

"I watched the franchise zip along for the next twenty, thirty years. I let it go, because Blade Runner followed," Scott told a packed house at the Mann Chinese 6 in Hollywood. "I started thinking about the franchise, which now has died on the road somewhere. I thought, 'What I should do is go back and…' In the first Alien when John Hurt climbed up, looked over the horizon and said the immortal lines, 'Good God, what is this?' what we saw was appropriate for 'Good God,' because it was a massive giant lying in a chair, and the chair was either a form of engine or some future technology. I always thought, 'Nobody's asked, "Who is the [giant]?"' He's come to be called 'the space jockey.' I thought, 'Who the hell is the space jockey?' And so it's written and I'm prepping it now."

Scott explained his reasoning behind developing two prequels, which will take place long before the first Alien: "If you explain who he was and where he came from, then that will deal with the savagery of this version, which will be pretty savage. Then you may want to find out where they came from, the place where his people come from."

(***Mark Verheiden's 1990s comics (the adventures of Newt and Hicks after Aliens, before Alien 3 arrived and killed them off) did just this, suggesting that the Jockeys are badass warriors who intend to enslave humanity once they've finished with the Xenomorphs.***)

As far as the prequels' stories go, Scott hinted that there will be a deeper exploration of the science behind the world of Alien, a science he says is very much grounded in our own current technology.

"The first Alien was honestly The Old Dark House -- seven people in the old dark house with a visitor. This will go further into the world of terraforming. We're thinking about doing it. In fact, if Kennedy had been allowed to continue his space program, we'd probably be on Mars now with a population of nine-thousand people. That's how far we should have gone."

John Spaihts has written the screenplays, and the current due date for part one is late 2011.



What do you think? Are two Alien prequels a good or bad idea? Should Scott leave his masterpiece alone, or does he have a lot more to offer genre fans?

Contemplate for now, and wait till further news comes in.

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Fresh from dusting off the bracken and pulling out rogue arrows from Robin Hood, Ridley Scott is turning his attention to the two-part Alien prequel.

The project has been germinating since that xeno-baby first popped jauntily out of John Hurt's chest back in 1979 and with Lost co-creator Damon Lindoff close to turning in a script and casting announcements presumably not too far off, Scott's vision for the Alien origin story(s) is coming together nicely.

"The film will be really tough, really nasty," he tells The Independent of the 3D two-parter. "It's the dark side of the moon. We are talking about gods and engineers. Engineers of space. And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and clean up a planet?"

Hmm... intriguing, if suitably vague, stuff.

The notion that the death-dealing xenomorphs are as much an instrument of a higher power as, say, the colonial marines has been part of the Alien mythology for years and seems a logical direction to take the prequels.

No mention of space jockeys yet but some friendly banter for his successor on the franchise. "Jim's raised the bar and I've got to jump to it," he says. "He's not going to get away with it."

Mr Cameron, consider yourself warned.

[Elvis_Christ]

The film will be really tough, really nasty

I'm sold and will be looking forward to checking these out.

[cheebacheeba]

Despite Camerons *awesome* effort with ALIENS, Scott made a more atmospheric film, and I greatly look forward to the series to head back into scifi/thriller territory and away from action flick.
Not to mention a different side of things from the original creator...could be a whole new deal that nobody's expecting whatsoever.

[Morbidementia]

3D... geez. Get used to it, I guess. We're going to be hammered with 3D from here on out, or at least until sales drop off because of backlash.

I like the prequel idea, and I like the idea of investigating the xenomorphs interacting with alien species other than Predators. I still think an Aliens movie without any humans at all would be awesome, but I'm sure I'll never get it.

I have faith in Ridley Scott, I'm really excited about this.

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Those of you looking forward to Ridley Scott's return to space with his currently in development Alien prequel, prepare for some hefty disappointment.

According to Script Flags, Scott is at odds with 20th Century Fox, the major studios behind the project over budgetary and creative differences. 
It would seem Scott wants a budget of around $250m to make it a sci-fi spectacular, and is also pushing for an 18-rated level of violence and horror. Fox, however, don't plan on investing anywhere near that sum, and are keen to get a 13/15 rating to maximize the audience appeal.

Can they hammer out a deal? Keep your fingers crossed.

In other news, Swedish actress Noomi Rapace (the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) is a hot commodity in Hollywood these days, reportedly taking meetings around town on projects including McG's This Means War and Mission: Impossible IV. (She was recently cast as the female lead in Sherlock Holmes 2.)

But now comes word that Rapace might be under consideration for the female lead in Fox's Alien prequel.

Scriptflags claims Rapace has met with prequel director Ridley Scott and his Scott Free production company exec Michael Costigan, where the Swedish actress is said to have professed her love for Scott's films growing up. The site speculates that they met with Rapace for the female lead in the Alien prequel, sure to be a tough chick role not unlike the one she's gained international fame for.

But considering the crowded development slate Scott keeps, who knows? It could just as easily have been a meet-and-greet for any of his movies.

[Morbidementia]

Really, Fox? Really? You want to turn Aliens, a solid R rated franchise about aliens who bite holes through peoples heads into a PG-13 property? Really? You don't think one of the most popular horror franchises ever making a return to its famous original award-winning director and mastermind is worth $250m? Really? Really?

Fox, you are F'n idiots. Really.

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Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof turned in his new draft of the screenplay for Ridley Scott's Alien prequel on Saturday, and 20th Century Fox execs are very pleased with it indeed!

We’re told all involved parties have been made to sign nondisclosure agreements about the plot, but our spies have been able to glean several interesting nuggets about the project, which is set roughly 35 years before Scott’s dystopic classic.

Here's what we know ...

One reason Fox execs are so thrilled with Lindelof’s Alien draft is that not only is it creatively engaging, but it adds no expensive "set pieces" — production-speak for elaborate, effects-heavy action sequences that add millions to the cost of a film — to the movie. 20th Century Fox and Scott have been wrangling over the director’s proposed budget. One insider familiar with the situation puts Scott’s suggested budget at between $150 million and $160 million; Fox obviously, would like that number to shrink. Still, this is some good news for Fox, which has almost nothing resembling a blockbuster in the hopper for the summer of 2012, and could certainly stand to reinvigorate a wildly popular multi-part sci-fi franchise.

A parade of actresses have met with Scott to discuss the lead role — that of a female Colonial Marine general — but only two have engendered substantial enthusiasm from both Fox brass and Scott Free, the director’s Fox-based production company:

Vulture can report exclusively that at the top of the list is Natalie Portman. (She recently detached herself from the adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies at Lionsgate Films out of concern that she was now too old to play the part of Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet. Portman turns 30 next June; Bennet is only 20 in both Austen and Grahame-Smith’s versions of Pride.)

Right behind Portman is the already-reported Noomi Rapace, star of the Swedish The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

Don’t take Scott’s recent interview with The Independent — in which he claims that the Alien prequel would be “really tough, really nasty” — to mean this is automatically going to be an R picture: We’re told another reason Fox execs are pleased with Lindelof’s rewrite of original screenwriter Jon Spaihts’ script is that it's still aimed at a more accessible PG-13 rating. "The thinking," explains one insider, "is that if the original Alien were released today, minus the F-bombs, you could still get a PG-13. Alien is a very Jaws-ian movie: There’s no sex, and while there’s lots of violence, most of it is off-camera. Maybe you’d have to cut away from certain scenes two seconds earlier, but it could be done."

The prequel still lacks a proper name. Untitled Alien Prequel hardly comes trippingly off the tongue, but while several titles are being bandied about, none have unanimous support of Fox and Scott.

It’s not in any way a reboot of Alien or the Aliens franchise; it’s really meant to be viewed as Scott’s second Alien movie. What's more, no Predator creatures appear anywhere within the film. Despite Fox’s efforts to mate the two sci-fi icons (sci-ficons?), Scott’s camp sees the two franchises as hailing from distinct genres that will not co-mingle, synergy be damned. “The later Aliens movies were action movies, but the original Alien was a horror-suspense film," explains one spy. "This returns the franchise to its roots."

Scott himself said last month, in an interview with the Independent: "The film will be really tough, really nasty. It's the dark side of the moon. We are talking about gods and engineers. Engineers of space. And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and clean up a planet?"

Let's see what Ridley Scott and the boys over at Fox conjure up eventually.

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Alien Prequel Story Leaked!!




***BEWARE OF POSSIBLE MAJOR SPOILERS***




The long awaited Alien prequel sees a group of terraformers (the space jockeys as seen in the first film), moving from planet to planet in order to make them habitable. In tow are two human slaves, who are forced via mind control to engage in sexual activities – the twist? They’re both male!

Now this is a twist fans won’t be expecting. In a shock turn of events the details of Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel have been leaked online, only for Fox to order the website in question (Whatsplaying.com.au) to take the story down again – but not before somebody managed to grab a screenshot first!

While this does have a bit of a whiff of hoax about it, it was a story too interesting to simply pass up! So taking this with a pinch of salt for now, here are the details of the original story:

The script (by John Spaihts and recently rewritten by Damon Lindelof) tells of the space jockeys traveling from planet to planet and terraforming them.

The space jockeys are holding captive of two human slave farmers named Fin and Karik and force them (via mind control) to engage in sexual activity. (The twist: they’re both male).

There will be a black Vasquez-esque spaceship crew member named Oliver.

Gemma Arterton was offered to play a female crew member named Truks.

The aliens are used by the space jockeys (known as “Growers” in the script) in their terraforming processes as some sort of biological tools.

The signature alien won’t appear until the latter half of the film when it fully develops into it (this hints that we’ll be seeing different and new forms of aliens).

The editor calls the film a hard science fiction part psychological drama.

Ridley has met with Lance Henriksen to appear in the film.

The idea behind the man-on-man action is apparently that the growers want their human slaves to breed. They’ve no idea about human genders as they are a single sex race and so things get a little… confused, leading to what the original story described as “Brokeback Alien”.

It would be cool if this twist did turn out to be true, lets be honest here it’s certainly untrodden ground, and if said slaves are conscious of their actions while being forced into this it’ll make for some pretty harrowing scenes.

What do you think? Bull or believable?

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So Ridley Scott is apparently done meeting with potential leads for his upcoming “Alien” prequel and surprise, surprise, the list of names in contention for the part is still the same as it has been for the past little while:

Noomi Rapace, Carey Mulligan, Abbie Cornish and Natalie Portman.

However, it appears one more name, and a pretty obvious one, is now in the mix.

Olivia Wilde, riding in a wave of advance buzz, mostly from geeks going gaga over her form-fitting getup in “Tron: Legacy,” is apparently another name being bandied about to kill some aliens.

No word on what has happened to Anne Hathaway who was rumored last week. She didn’t seem like a strong choice for the part, and we’d imagine that she had a meeting and then was quietly taken off the list.

No mention of Gemma Arterton either, who was an early name linked to the project.

Now comes the hard part of choosing somebody and while Scott has a favorite, 20th Century Fox is expected to be “heavily involved” in the final choice.

It’s hardly a shocker that Scott wants Rapace for the part. While a role in the upcoming “Sherlock Homes 2,” an Oscar campaign underway for her work in “The Girl With Dragon Tattoo” and a fresh and eager young face in Hollywood, it seems everyone wants to work with her.

But apparently Rapace’s command of English might be a problem.

Looking over the candidates as a whole, it’s clear that neither the director nor the studio are too concerned with landing a big name and other than Portman, these aren’t actresses known to mainstream crowds. But that’s not really an issue, since the marketing and allure of the ‘Alien’ films have also been on the creatures not the actors.

All that said, the film was last reported to have a budget in the $160 million range (though Fox would like to bring it down a bit) so you can bet the decision is going to be a very tough one.

The project has a script from “Lost” scribe Damon Lindelof who was brought on to rewrite Jon Spaihts’ draft in July, and everyone is quite pleased with the result. The film is gearing up to be a PG-13 affair which is no surprise since Fox will want to recoup their budget and make some money on this. No official production plans have been unveiled but it’s a safe bet everyone involved wants this in front of cameras soon as possible.

For everything else we know about the project so far, here is a brief rundown:

* The prequel won’t involve Ellen Ripley. It will, however, continue the franchise’s tradition of having a female protagonist.
* Lindelof’s screenplay places the project at a PG-13 rating, doesn’t add expensive set pieces, but remains “creatively engaging.”
* The plan is to film two prequels, both of which will be shot in 3D.
* The action takes place thirty years prior to the events of the first Alien movie.
* Scott says the film is about “the discussion of terraforming — taking planets and planetoids and balls of earth and trying to terraform, seed them with the possibilities of future life.”
* The prequels will elaborate on how “The Space Jockey” fits into the world of Alien.

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This news, if correct, will make some people very happy, but let’s stress ‘if correct.’

The wife of Swiss artist and designer H.R. Giger told the TV show Glanz & Gloria (http://www.glanzundgloria.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2010/12/16/Schweiz/Hollywood-ruft-nach-H.R.-Giger) that her husband is ‘on board’ for the new Alien film being developed by Ridley Scott.

This would mark the artist’s first direct association with the Alien series since David Fincher’s Alien 3.

Previously, of course, Giger conceptualized and built designs for Ridley Scott’s original Alien — those designs scared the hell out of people and earned the artist an Oscar and legions of fans. His highly sexualized, ‘biomechanical’ visualizations were one of the primary factors that made Alien stand out from other films of the time, and his core xenomorph design became one of the most recognizable movie monsters.

Thing is, H.R. Giger could be doing anything from a bit of consulting all the way up to actually working on full designs for the new film. Since the movie is reportedly based in part on the space jockey skeleton he designed for the first movie (in a concept painting by Giger), it’s reasonable to think that he’d be brought on for this unusual prequel.

But don’t assume just yet that this means we’re going to get a full-on Scott/Giger reunion. And since his wife is still saying this will likely be two films rather than one, which is a claim that Fox has refuted, fans will be curious to know how current Giger’s conversations with Ridley Scott and Fox have been, and what her statement really means.



Also, there’s some big news on Ridley Scott‘s two-part prequel to his 1979 film Alien. First up, time to kill off the rumor that the project has been delayed: Fox says that there is no delay.

But more important, a report says that the first film is called Paradise, and that cast sought by Ridley Scott includes Michael Fassbender and Michelle Yeoh. More info on the character details and plot of the film follow. Please note that there are possible spoilers in the info that follows.

First up: the title. Vulture does not explain any context for the title, but doesn’t refer to the film as Alien: Paradise or anything like that. Just Paradise. But the report does say,

We’re told that Paradise reboots the original Alien franchise, in that the story follows a group of space travelers who encounter a monstrous alien creature that picks them off, one-by-one.

That’s less than inspiring, but could be a broad generalization. Because while fans are nervous about a film that explored the ‘space jockey’ from Alien, they could be far more nervous about something that boils down to a reboot. The news that Damon Lindelof‘s script revisions were well-received was good, but now…

So let’s talk about casting. Vulture reports that Leonardo DiCaprio was sought for the lead role at one point, and efforts to work out a schedule that would see this film shot after Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar are what resulted in the rumored shooting delay. But Mr. DiCaprio hasn’t been cast, and the schedule remains as it was before the rumor.

The idea that Ridley Scott would look for someone like Leonardo DiCaprio is interesting — what part in the film would be well-suited for him? Even when he’s part of an ensemble cast (The Departed) he has a tendency to stand out.

There’s also word that the director wanted Michael Fassbender for a character called David, who is an android and precursor to the Ash and Bishop characters from Alien and Aliens. But Mr. Fassbender’s quote has risen astronomically, and he may be out of the running for now. Too bad if so — fans might have loved to see Robo-Fassbender.

There’s also a character called Vickers, “a 40-something, tough-but-sexy woman,” for which Michelle Yeoh is being sought. If you read the spoiler-ish script details which was posted a while back in the previous posts, you might guess that this is the Vasquez-like character mentioned there, assuming those details were correct.

Other characters:

* Elizabeth Shaw: the main female lead, for which Noomi Rapace remains a front-runner.
* An unnamed ‘older businessman along for the ride’. Shades of Burke from Aliens?
* Engineer 1: a character to be played by a very tall actor who will be replaced by CGI, a la Gollum in Lord of the Rings.

[scouse mac]

Not quite sure what to make of all this information, would tentatively welcome a prequel with Scott on board and some decent actors being mentioned. The thing is all this is mostly speculative 'pie in the sky', will have to wait and see what actually emerges from the mix.

Alien, Aliens & Alien3 are amongst my favourite sci-fi/horror flicks so would love another quality addition. Fingers crossed.

[ferretchucker]

Not quite sure what to make of all this information, would tentatively welcome a prequel with Scott on board and some decent actors being mentioned. The thing is all this is mostly speculative 'pie in the sky', will have to wait and see what actually emerges from the mix.

Alien, Aliens & Alien3 are amongst my favourite sci-fi/horror flicks so would love another quality addition. Fingers crossed.

Glad to see someone else has a little love for Alien 3. I enjoyed the isolated, totally hopeless feel of it. Granted, we got that with the original - I just feel this film did it in a different but equally affective way.

[phantomstranger]

The Alien prequel is now Prometheus

Source: 20th Century Fox
January 14, 2011


It appears that the Alien prequel has become something else entirely. Twentieth Century Fox announced today that Ridley Scott will direct Prometheus, described as "an original science fiction epic". Now scheduled for worldwide release on March 9, 2012, the project was originally intended as a prequel to Scott's 1979 original.

Noomi Rapace has also been announced as the first actor to sign on from the project. She will star as a scientist named Elizabeth Shaw opposite other as-of-yet-unnamed talent.

"While 'Alien' was indeed the jumping off point for this project, out of the creative process evolved a new, grand mythology and universe in which this original story takes place," says Scott, "The keen fan will recognize strands of 'Alien's' DNA, so to speak, but the ideas tackled in this film are unique, large and provocative. I couldn't be more pleased to have found the singular tale I'd been searching for, and finally return to this genre that's so close to my heart."

"In a world flooded with prequels, sequels and reboots," adds Damon Lindelof, who worked with Scott to rewrite an original draft by Jon Spaihts, "I was incredibly struck by just how original Ridley's vision was for this movie. It's daring, visceral and hopefully, the last thing anyone expects. When I sat in a movie theater as a kid, feet raised off the floor for fear that something might grab my ankles, I never dreamed in my wildest imagination I would one day get to collaborate with the man responsible for it. Working alongside him has been nothing short of a dream come true."

Prometheus is scheduled to hit March 9, 2012.

[scouse mac]

Interesting, was looking forward to a good Ridley Scott Alien film but Im not going to complain if he has got something similar yet brand new on the agenda.

[Die4me]

AS long as it isn't like the AVP movies......... not looking forward to anymore of those

[scouse mac]

It turns out that Ridley Scott's recent comments that Prometheus would be a departure from the Aliens series are somewhat misleading.

An exclusive source has told us that not only are HR Giger's classic aliens in it, but that they're integral to the plot.

Mere hours after the announcement that Michael Fassbender is locked in to play an android with rumoured links to Aliens' Bishop series, our insider sources have revealed that he's not the only one with strong links to the series' past.

"They’ve built the ‘space jockey’ cockpit at Pinewood as seen in the original Alien film, so it definitely takes place in the same world as Alien", they told us. "Despite that press release that seemed to indicate there were no aliens in the movie, the familiar HR Giger-style aliens do appear. Big ones apparently."

And as for Scott's comments noting that "keen fans will recognise strands of Alien's DNA"?

It turns out there was the slightest hint of misdirection - apparently the actual DNA of the xenomorphs is integral to the plot - and will see the cast jet off to the alien homeworld itself.

"Part of the film will be shot in Morocco. I’ve heard that some sort of archaeological dig where they discover alien DNA takes place there and that DNA gives them the coordinates for an alien world. I’ve also heard Morocco is being used for alien planet landscapes so I’m not sure if it’s an archaeological dig on another planet," they revealed.

It gets weirder too, with Damon Lindelof's script set to crank up the sci-fi angle to maximum effect.

"The main spaceship in the film will be piloted by an enormous head which I assume will be CGI. Yep, sounds weird but I assume some of the technology will be sort of biomechanical."

[Jokuc]

How nice! I am really looking forward to this! I can't wait to see it.
I believe it's going to fail but anyways. Nothing beats the original tho.

[Bluestrawberries]

Really looking forward to this one. I really hope they this time make it as great as the original Alien films were... and try to stay as far away from AvP as possible.

[Jokuc]

Really looking forward to this one. I really hope they this time make it as great as the original Alien films were... and try to stay as far away from AvP as possible.

I totally agree. :)

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Shooting is finally underway on Ridley Scott's Prometheus, the rumored Alien prequel that reintroduces the Space Jockey and original Alien DNA.

Website Alien Prequel News reports that both Benedict Wong (Sunshine) and Emun Elliott (Black Death) have both been added to the growing cast in the sci-fi horror filming lensing in England.

They join the previously announced Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Rafe Spall, and Logan Marshall-Green.

It's kind of baffling that nobody can really pinpoint exactly what Prometheus is yet. Whether it's a prequel, stand-alone film or something in the same universe but not directly related doesn't really matter anymore though, because a worker at Pinewood Studios has reportedly spotted a few Aliens hanging around the set.

According to the insider, he "can confirm seeing 3 aliens having lunch. Not the whole costume but blueish costumes and the unmistakable heads hanging around their shoulders. The alien heads were the same shape but no markings, only a plane bronze colour. As for the suits black boots and shoulder pads the rest was a Chelsea blue body suit could be for SFX, all the sets around the back of the bond stage have huge green chromokey maybe that's a clue.I have witnessed foam cut outs of unmistakable aliens all cut in half lengh ways so they could be in the floor walls etc and very much from the original film."

The spy also spotted a "a very, very long tunnel that leads to an enormous structure at the back of the stage which is the same height as the stage and probably extends out another 200 ft.", which he speculates is where the Space Jockey scenes will be shot.

Fox is planning on releasing in 3-D on June 8, 2012.

[ferretchucker]

This is shaping up to be...very interesting. Whilst I hope they don't take the focus too much away from the Alien, I'm very glad they're doing something new with it.

Slightly worried about what seems like could be a lot of SFX on the aliens.

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The boys over at CHUD just landed a monster scoop as they're reporting multiple sources have confirmed that Guy Pearce - Memento, The Hurt Locker, The Road, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and many, many more insane films - will be starring in Ridley Scott's now filming Prometheus, the presumed prequel to his classic 1979 Alien.

Unfortunately there are no details on his character, but expect some sort of official announcement as early as next week (assuming it's true).

He joins Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green, Benedict Wong, and Emun Elliott in 20th Century Fox's 3-D sci-fi horror aiming for release June 8, 2012.

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Ridley Scott and Prometheus stars Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace attended CineEurope tonight to sell European exhibitors on the prospects of the 3D sci-fi project.

Production is underway in London, but they obviously didn’t bring any footage or images or anything that would reveal what Prometheus is literally about. But the trio did speak to the themes of the movie.

The first hint of a prequel centered on the question “Who the hell was that space jockey?“ Scott conceded that the desire to explore that mystery inspired him to revisit the Alien universe. He attributed further inspiration to sci-fi author Erich von Däniken, a proponent of the “ancient astronaut” theory that credits civilation on earth to extraterrestrials:

“The (space) journey, metaphorically, is about a challenge to the gods… NASA and the Vatican agree that is almost mathematically impossible that we can be where we are today without there being a little help along the way. That’s what we’re looking at (in the film), at some of Erich von Däniken’s ideas of how did we humans come about.”

That is an intriguing idea.

In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan that stole fire from the gods and gave it to the mortals. Scott confirmed at CineEurope the title refers to a space ship sent from Earth by a powerful corporation, possibly for the purpose of terraforming.

“Fassbender did hint his character, David, might be a version of the infamous corporate-designed android that plays a pivotal role in all Alien films.”

Rapace restricted herself to talk about the production: she described her work as “hard and sweaty” and claimed the 73-year-old Scott “still has more energy than all of us combined.”

Don't you love the tingling vibes that there’s this big, mysterious sci-fi project looming? I am!

Prometheus is scheduled for release on June 8, 2012.

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For months now there's been speculation galore as to whether or not the new Ridley Scott sci-fi project would actually turn out to be a prequel to his original 'Alien' or not. During a recent interview on 'Kevin Pollack's Chat Show', Damon Lindelof (writer) revealed that it started out as an 'Alien' prequel but then became something else, something different. So it looks like it'll most definitely be taking place in the 'Alien' universe at least.

Here's what Lindelof said:

"It started as an Alien prequel. That is what everybody wanted it to be. Obviously, Ridley Scott has not made a science fiction movie in 25 years, since Blade Runner, so the idea that he’s returning to this genre is huge.
But there is a real issue which is — what is the state of the Alien franchise at this point in our lives? There has been Alien vs. Predator and all these things, and its been completely and totally diluted. I’ve always felt that really good prequels should be original movies. And the sequels to those prequels should not be the movie which already exists because, with all due respect to anyone who makes a prequel, but why would you ruin the greatest twist in the history of cinema, “Luke, I am your father”, by showing me three movies which basically spoil that surprise. You can do movies which take place before Star Wars, but I don’t need to see the story of the Skywalker clan. Show me something else which I can’t guess the possible outcome of. There is no suspense in inevitability.
So a true prequel should essentially proceed the events of the original film, but be about something entirely different, feature different characters , have an entirely different theme, although it takes place in that same world. That was my fundamental feeling about what this movie wanted to be."

He continues:

"I also do feel that this movie is the movie I would want to see as a fanboy, take place in that Alien universe, which precedes the events of the original Alien, but is not necessarily burdened by all the tropes of that franchise with Facehuggers and Chestbursters, and all that stuff that I love - but its sorta like, we’ve seen it before, can we do something different this time? And thats the movie that Ridley wanted to make. And when you’re working with an auteur, you basically just shut your mouth and listen and try to transcribe and channel the vision of that person, and get out of the way."

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A synopsis for Ridley Scott’s mysterious sci-fi flick Prometheus may have leaked online.

Details on the film have been kept under wraps to the point where there’s still confusion over how much of it is an Alien prequel and how much is its own beast. At this point, the consensus seems to be that it is a prequel to Alien, but it’s outside the mold of the franchise to date.

This synopsis sheds some light on how Prometheus could be both an Alien prequel and not an Alien-prequel:

Earth. Year 2058.

Archaeological digs in Africa reveal alien artifacts that humans were genetically engineered by an advanced alien race (space jockeys). These “Alien Gods” also terraformed Earth in order to make it habitable for their human creations. Amongst finds are coordinates to the Alien God’s home-world, to Paradise. Months later the Weyland Corp launch the spaceship PROMETHEUS and [its] crew, into deep space to make first contact. Thanks to faster than light travel a few years later the PROMETHEUS enters the Zeta Riticuli star system. Humans are greeted by their makers, then transported further into space to a scary yet fascinating world. The Alien Gods are proud of their “children”, their first creation to reach such levels of intelligence.

As a reward they share bits of their astonishing bio-based technologies with the humans. But for one crew member of the Prometheus it’s not enough. In a treacherous act he steals the “bio-source code” to Terraforming, a technology at the origin of all Gods’ power, that could make humans equal to the gods. The Alien Gods may be scientists but are also ruthless conquerors, destroyers of worlds who will not accept humans as equals. They unleash on the escaping human crew their favorite bio-weapon, a creature used to “clean up” worlds before colonization. But something goes wrong in the process and humans manage to turn the bio-weapon against their makers. Giving birth to a smarter, nastier, bigger breed of gut eating creatures. Creatures that will be the demise of Paradise. What’s left of the Prometheus crew manages to escape the doomed planet.

On their trail a survivor Alien God in very familiar ship with one ultimate mission.

Bring the wrath of the Gods to Earth.

Whether this is the actual synopsis, a synopsis of an earlier draft, or just outright false, we’ll know the truth when Prometheus opens in 3D on June 8, 2012. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, and Idris Elba.

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Spy shots from the Iceland shoot -

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After spending a little over two months at Pinewood Studios, Ridley Scott is moving the Prometheus shoot to Iceland, where he'll be filming at the base of the Hekla volcano, which was rumored to be on the verge of eruption mere days ago, and the Dettifoss waterfall. The location isn't as important as what Scott says is being shot there. "It will be 15 minutes in total, if all goes to plan," the secretive director said. "We are shooting the beginning of time."

That fits pretty nicely into the leaked plot outline, which has yet to be confirmed. According to the insider, "Archaeological digs in Africa reveal alien artifacts that humans were genetically engineered by a advanced alien race (space jockeys). These 'Alien Gods' also terraformed Earth in order to make it habitable for their human creations." Does that mean Iceland is doubling for the dark continent? Or are these flashback scenes that are going to based around the terraforming of Earth?

Ice News also claims that Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace will be involved with the shoot, which raises even more questions about how these sequences fit into the timeline of the film, which is supposedly set in 2058. Does this mean that the top-billing actors will play alien gods? Or are they the archaeologists who find the dig? Do the archaeologists work for Weyland Corp.?

How this all fits together is anyone's guess at this point.

[KaydenTheron92]

I heard that the alien design was going to be completely remade and that Ridley Scott is asking Gieger, who designed the original ... Somat about no humans in Prometheus aswell, all aliens and cyborgs =/

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Fox opens Comic-Con with the "Prometheus" Panel -

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured/posts/comic-con-20th-century-fox-panel

Excerpts -

The clip began with images from most of Ridley Scott's earlier films, all cut together and jumbled up, a persuasive reminder of just how many things Scott has tried over the course of his career. Finally, it moved into new footage, and the first thing that struck me was just how familiar it felt. Not in a bad way, but in the sense that it absolutely feels like the world of 'Alien' brought back to life. One of the complaints I have about the "Star Wars" prequels on a design level is that it's hard to imagine that the shining, perfect worlds of the prequel films precede the beat-up dingy worlds of the original trilogy. Here, though, I can see exactly how the world of "Prometheus" might synch up to the world of "Alien" at some later point.

Using both behind-the-scenes footage and actual images from the film, the preview reel suggested that this is a film about both the origin of mankind on earth as well as our first encounter with an alien intelligence significantly different than our own. It looks scary, thrilling, and bizarre, and I can't think of anything I'd want from a new Ridley Scott science-fiction film more than that. The H.R. Giger influence is clearly felt in the sets we saw, including one that features what looked like egg tubes embedded in the floor around a statue of a giant face. We caught quick glimpses of Charlize Theron doing naked push-ups, Noomi Rapace lighting someone on fire with a flamethrower, a blonde, short-haired Michael Fassbender weeping a single milky android tear, and much more. We were shown the sets they built at Pinewood Studios, including the ones that took over the entire 007 stage, and it looks to be a massive physical build.

I didn't realize Ridley was shooting digital 3D for the film, although I double-checked and it's been announced. I guess I'm so used to thinking about him as an old school film lover that it didn't seem like something he'd be interested in. I was surprised, though, when he and Damon talked about the process and about building almost everything practically in this age of digital wonders.

"3D has been a wonderful exercise. I started as a cameraman, so I quickly realized that it's really about lensing and picking the right lenses to make the 3D work. I've had help from Darius (Khondji) and his crew. Now that I've done it, I'll never work without 3D again, even for small dialogue scenes. It opens up the whole universe. Doug Trumball once said to me, 'if you can do it live, do it live.' That was 28 years ago, and even though we've got marvelous digital capabilities, I'd still say do it live."

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First look -

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Second look -

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[The Villain]

Looks awesome!

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Pics from the footage shown at Comic - Con (all low-res, grainy quality):


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The 3D film is shooting in both PG-13 and R-rated versions with a decision to be made later as to which version will hit theaters and all will be revealed on June 8, 2012.

[The_Return]

Honestly, the more they release about this movie the more excited I get. This is shaping up to be amazing.

[roshiq]

Wow! Now eagerly waiting for some alien footage!


The 3D film is shooting in both PG-13 and R-rated versions with a decision to be made later as to which version will hit theaters and all will be revealed on June 8, 2012.

I guess...PG-13 for theatrical release & if we get lucky then we'll see the R-rated version in the DVD release.

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While the entire plot has already leaked online, those of you who have covered your eyes can now breathe a sigh of relief.

The official Facebook page for Ridley Scott's Prometheus has been updated with a brand new synopsis that gives a very vague breakdown of the plot for the Alien prequel:

"Ridley Scott, director of 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner,' returns to the genre he helped define. With 'Prometheus', he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race."

June 8, 2012 can't come soon enough!

[Church]

While the entire plot has already leaked online, those of you who have covered your eyes can now breathe a sigh of relief.

The official Facebook page for Ridley Scott's Prometheus has been updated with a brand new synopsis that gives a very vague breakdown of the plot for the Alien prequel:



June 8, 2012 can't come soon enough!

Yea I'm really waiting for this movie.

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Ever since it was first announced that acclaimed director Ridley Scott would be returning to the sci-fi genre after more than 25 years away — 1982's Blade Runner was his last — to direct a prequel to his 1979 sci-fi classic Alien called Prometheus, the internet has been rife with rumor, speculation, and outright disinformation.

Screenwriter Damon Lindelof (Cowboys and Aliens), who came aboard to perform significant rewrites to the original script written by Jon Spaihts, has been the greatest source of information about the movie thus far, dispelling many of the rumors by revealing in June the origin of the movie and its relationship to Alien, and clarifying the roles Charlize Theron ("corporate entity") and Michael Fassbender ("a robot") will play in the movie in another interview in August.

Now that principal photography on Prometheus has wrapped, Scott himself has opened up quite a bit about the movie in a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, discussing the movie's theme, how the movie will tie in to Alien and what it's like to work with 3-D and CGI technology.

Speaking with the Journal's Speakeasy blog, Scott revealed that the reason he hasn't gone back to sci-fi before now is that he hadn't come across a script that he liked, but that Prometheus "developed and came out extremely well." He said that the theme of the movie is based on the myth of Prometheus, who stole fire from Zeus and was punished for it eternally. Scott said that the movie is about a "higher being" who steals knowledge of some sort and is punished "in perpetuity in a horrible fashion."

As far as tie-ins to the Alien franchise are concerned, Scott seemed to indicate that there will be a pretty major connection toward the end of the movie, with the last eight minutes of Prometheus evolving into "a pretty good DNA of the Alien [story]." Alas, 20th Century Fox confirmed that fan-favorite Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) will not have a cameo appearance in the movie.

Scott also said that he has "completely taken off into this cyberworld" of 3-D and CGI technology and that working on Prometheus has been "the best time" he's had "in a number of years making a movie." That being said, Scott still prefers practical filming as much as possible, versus "all the tricks, the toys" of 3-D and CGI technology.

I’m a great believer in filming the real thing if you can and so I did a lot of building the real thing.

Scott also revealed to Speakeasy that he will definitely be following Prometheus with a return to the universe he helped create in Blade Runner and that the movie is "liable to be a sequel." Scott said that he is "quite a long way in" on the development of the movie, and that he's "close to finding a writer that might be able to help [him] deliver." Like Prometheus, the sequel will be an all-new story with an all-new cast, so don't expect to see Blade Runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) trolling for Replicants.

Prometheus opens June 8, 2012.

[Fearonsarms]

Exciting update-enjoying seeing how this is progressing.

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A part of the "Prometheus" trailer has leaked online (about 18 seconds) :-

(the video is not of very good quality, but it shows some very interesting stuff!)

Watch - http://s117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/ViceMan_photos/?action=view&current=Prometheusfootage.mp4

A contributor to the film’s IMDB forum claims to have been shown the trailer as part of a marketing survey.

As well as his detailed description, he also mananged to get a few seconds of video. It certainly looks legit.

Here's what he described -

“Trailer starts with a clip of Ripley from Alien and the words “What if the beginning” and then we see the mouth of the Xenomorph “Wasnt the beginning” or something like that. Then theres this shot of like a giant waterfall on some planet I don’t know what the planet was and a ship traveling to it.

Then we see like two cloaked people talking to eachother near the waterfall or something and theres a voice over from who I’m guessing is Noomi Rapace and she says something like: “A woman once told me a story of how man was created” then we see this giant human like creature thing (which im guessing is the Space Jockey thing from Alien but I’m not sure) Voiceover: “First there was the sun” and we see this giant oval alien ship covering the sky. Voice over ” And the sun said I’m alone and I have noone to shinedown on so it created man” and another shot of the giant space jockey thing. and then theres like shots of the crew on the space ship traveling to that planet

You see like a quick shot of Noomi Rapace and and the rest of the crew and a bunch of stuff is happening they’re all in their space suits running around with theyre flame throwers and stuff and theres this epic shot of this giant space station thing that looks like droid control ship from Star Wars Episdoe 1 falling down through the sky and the words

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ALIEN come up and more shots of the crew in the ship running from explosions and stuff. Theres a shot of a green laser scanner thing running through a woman’s belly some more stuff then theres a quick shot of something bursting out from the space jockey thing.

And the last shot of the trailer is a close up Michal Fassbender in his space suit looking down at a kid face to face and he holds up a finger and he says “Big things have small beginnings” then the title comes up PROMETHEUS 6.8.12

I marked out at Fassbender that was a cool line, great teaser trailer it should be hitting theatres within the next month or so maybe I can’t wait”

Prometheus is directed by Ridley Scott, from a screenplay by Damon Lindelof, based on an earlier script by Jon Spaihts. The film also stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green, Patrick Wilson and Kate Dickie, and is due for release on June 8th, 2012.

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First images from Entertainment Weekly's November issue -


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[neverending]

A contributor to the film’s IMDB forum claims to have been shown the trailer as part of a marketing survey.

As well as his detailed description, he also mananged to get a few seconds of video. It certainly looks legit.


Hope that individual got some satisfaction from their scoop. Four people lost their jobs because of it, and the research firm lost all the business from that studio because of the security breach.

[TheWickerFan]

Hope that individual got some satisfaction from their scoop. Four people lost their jobs because of it, and the research firm lost all the business from that studio because of the security breach.

That's awful.

I can wait for the finished product without seeking out speculative rumors and leaks.

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Hope that individual got some satisfaction from their scoop. Four people lost their jobs because of it, and the research firm lost all the business from that studio because of the security breach.

Shocking to hear.

There are many die-hard Alien fans out there, and fans who worship Ridley Scott's status as a filmmaker. Needless to say there will be tremendous interest in the proceedings if he is making an Alien film. Stuff like a 20-second part of a full blown trailer, that too without sound, should not have been such a big deal for the studio and the makers to fire four people and cut off the research firm which did so much for the film so far.

It's a real shame.


Anyway, back to business.

Big thanks to Prometheus.net for this scanned image from EW:

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First look at the "leaked" trailer (low quality):-

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Description of the trailer (for those who can't make out what's going on, in the low quality "shot by a mobile phone" vid) -

• The trailer starts with the 20th Century FOX logo. You hear a transmission. A woman (assumed to be Rapace) is saying “…got to stop… was wrong.. so wrong…I’m so sorry…”. You can hear the last part very clearly.
• The first scene shows a spaceship (similar to the one seen in the first leaked trailer) flying towards a planet on the background.
• Next you see is the surface of a planet and some sort of facility. It kinda looks like a Lunar base.
• Now they show this scene (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/gallery/albums/movies/prometheus/trailers/comicon22.jpg) from the Comic-con footage.
• You can see the film’s title forming in the background during most of the trailer. Pretty much like in the introductory scene of Alien.
• Next is the Ampule room. They show it off from all different angles and finally a close up of the ampules. Suddenly you hear a high pitch scream. It’s not human. It sounds like if it was from a facehugger. Then there’s a lot of smoke from what seems to be acid corrosion. They show a guy in a spacesuit. He’s alone. Screaming and putting his hands over his helmet. It looks just like the Kane/derelict scene in Alien.
• Now they show the same spaceship from earlier. Same shot as in the first leaked trailer. Flying towards what seems to be a different planet in the background.
• The next 2 scenes are from the comic-con footage. 1, 2.
• Now they show Vickers running across a hallway. Same scene as in the first leaked trailer.
• Next is someone in a spacesuit. Driving a futuristic vehicle in some desert like surface. Heading towards some structure or facility in the middle of nowhere at full speed.
• An impressive shot of the Iceland waterfalls.
• Next is this scene (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/gallery/albums/movies/prometheus/trailers/comicon28.jpg) from the comic-con footage. They seem to be shooting at something or someone but they don’t show it.
• Next you see is some grey-black serpent like creature. Jumping ala facehugger from some sort of grey-goo cavity. Now they show the whole scene. There’s two guys in their spacesuits. One lying on the ground (it seems to be the impregnated guy from earlier) and another one checking on him. The creature jumps from what seems to be the insides of the previous impregnated guy to the other one.
• Now they show someone with a expression of pain. The guy is still in his spacesuit and someone appears to be holding him in their arms.
• Now you can see a device or hologram of some sort. It looks like an atom or a planet. Not sure if it’s a planet or just some molecular structure. The center of the hologram is a single sphere so it should be a planet system. Probably the coordinates to some other world.
• Now this shot (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/gallery/albums/movies/prometheus/trailers/comicon21.jpg) from comic-con.
• Next is a spaceship being destroyed while in the air.
• One guy in a spacesuit pouncing at someone else while holding something. It looks like it’s going to hurt.
• Next is the space jockey room. Same as in the Comic-con footage. The center piece of the plate opens up and the space jockey chair rotates out of the ground.
• Next scene shows off a very inflated belly. Like if the person was pregnant but there’s something bigger than a chestbuster moving inside. Seems to be Rapace’s.
• Idris Elba yells while aboard of what seems to be the Prometheus.
• The sandstorm + Rapace spacesuit scene. Same as in the first leaked trailer. Close up of Rapace. She gets hit by the storm and she falls down a pit. It’s the scene depicted in the official still released around comic-con.
• Now you can clearly read Prometheus. The whole title has formed in the background. They show it for a few seconds.
• Now a close up of Rapace’s face. She’s in pain. It seems to be the same scene as in the first leaked trailer. The one with the green lasers scanning her belly.
• Now the show someone in a spacesuit looking at the derelict in the surface of a planet with clear skies.
• The words “They went looking”
• The derelict again. It’s vertical to the ground. It would be impossible to enter it from the same place as in Alien.
• The words “for earth’s beginning”
• Still on the same planet. The derelict (or something really big) seems to be falling down from above. The guy in the spacesuit is running away now. Trying not to get crushed.
• The words “what they found”
• There shows two guys running away now.
• The words “could be its the end”
• They show the same guys again. Running away from what appears to be a huge Giger-ish structure (it feels like it’s moving but it’s hard to tell). Perhaps the derelict in flight. There’s a lot of smoke. What appears to be debris on fire are falling from above. They keep running away from it.
• The music reminded a lot of the one from Inception (the ‘horns sounds’). But mixed with what appears to be the music from the original trailer for Alien. Same music during all the trailer.


Thanks & Source - http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2011/11/26/exclusive-new-prometheus-trailer-description/

[The Villain]

Thanks V. I couldnt make out a thing when i watched that trailer. Really excited about this.

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The music for the official trailer has been released.

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In addition, Tom Rothman, CEO of Fox, spoke with MTV about the recent trailer leak. "I heard some of it leaked, which wasn't so good," he said. "That's not fair. It's heartbreakingly unfair, because ... the quality of the visuals is as spectacularly beautiful, shot in 3-D compositionally the way only a master could do it," Rothman added. "For some early, early, early, early half-baked, half-assed test to leak, it's so unfair."

And speaking on the Alien connection he explains: "I'll tell you the great thing: It's way bigger than that. The ideas are way bigger, way more original and — it's a scary word — way more profound."

Fox has Prometheus slated for launch on June 8, 2012.

[roshiq]

The music for the official trailer has been released.


Oh! that's something new!:D

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Check these out. 3 teasers of the official trailer which will be out sometime later today :-

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/prometheus/


Also, the man himself, Ridley Scott, talks extensively about everything Prometheus here - http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=41273.0

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FIRST TRAILER!!!!!!!!!

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[Elvis_Christ]

Man this looks fucking good!

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Man this looks fucking good!

Tell me about it. I so cannot fucking wait! :D

http://cdn.booredatwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/prometheus-poster.jpg

[hammerfan]

I agree, looks awesome!

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Check out this gallery of screen grabs from the first ever official trailer of Prometheus -

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/27656

I have to admit I have seen the trailer about 30 times already. And I so cannot wait till Prometheus releases!

[roshiq]

After watching the trailer very much looking forward to see this one next year as it got an Alien like haunting-sci fi look all over. But I think with all those press releases so far they are creating too much hype for this movie, IMO.

[ChronoGrl]

After watching the trailer very much looking forward to see this one next year as it got an Alien like haunting-sci fi look all over. But I think with all those press releases so far they are creating too much hype for this movie, IMO.

Yeah, I think it looks bloody brilliant.

But you're right - I hope that the hype isn't too much (don't want my hopes to be let down)...

Whatever, my Geek Senses are tingling... LOVE IT.

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After the official release and the hype surrounding the "Prometheus" trailer, TotalFilm caught up with Charlize Theron to find out whether or not her character will be similar to Sigourney Weaver's iconic Ripley role.

"No, I actually don't play the heroine in it; that's Noomi Rapace (Sherlock Holmes 2). I play somewhat of a villain in it," she replied. "She's not a believer, she's not a scientist, she is the red tape that everyone has to go through."

Theron continued: "She's working with the company that's sponsoring this whole thing and you can feel she definitely has an agenda, which we pick up in the third act. She's more quiet thunder."

It sounds like her role will be similar to Paul Reiser's Carter Burke character in "Aliens."

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"I was always amazed that no one asked who the hell the Space Jockey was. He wasn’t even called the Space Jockey. During the film they started to call it the Space Jockey. I don’t know who started that one off. I always thought it was amazing that no one ever asked who he was, and why was he there? What was all that about? I sat thinking about this for a while and thought, well, there’s a story! And the other four [films] missed it! So, here it is.

And this one does actually raise all kinds of other questions, because if someone could, a being, could be as monstrously clever to create something like we experienced in the very first one – I always figured it’s a weapon, and I always figured that [the ship in the first Alien] was a carrier of weapons. Therefore, who is that, inside that suit? That wasn’t a skeleton, that was a suit. And if you open up the suit, what do you get inside it? And why were they going, where were they going?" - Ridley Scott.

[Jokuc]

Oh my! This movie looks so awesome. I can't wait for it!

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New international trailer. Feast your eyes!

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A new trailer has been released to promote Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror Prometheus, and it seems as though the director’s Comic-Con promise to “scare the shit” out of audiences wasn’t an empty one.

The new international teaser doesn’t contain reams of new footage, but it does give us a better look at our crew of interplanetary explorers, as well as plenty of skin-melting unpleasantness.

Anyone hoping for more concrete plot details will surely be disappointed, but in terms of creating an atmosphere of palpable dread, we’d say the new trailer does the job rather nicely.

We still don’t know what it is the human crew uncover in the outer regions of the universe, but whatever it is seems likely to be none too thrilled at being found.

We’ll be watching through our fingers when the film opens in the UK on 1 June 2012.

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The plot of Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' has been kept fairly secret since it's appeared on our radar like a looming planet in the sky.

Is it a sequel to the seminal sci-fi film 'Alien'?
Is it a prequel?
Is it just in the same universe?

Scott's spilled a bean or two recently, and while it's only a small detail, we're sucking it up like a hungry face-hugger. The first link between the two movies is Guy Pearce's character, a businessman who owns the ship Prometheus.

Total Film ferreted out the following information Scott quote from fansite AVPGalaxy:

"When the first 'Alien' movie and 'Blade Runner' were made, I thought that in the near future the world will be owned by large companies. This is why we have the Tyrell Corporation in 'Blade Runner', and Weyland-Yutani in 'Alien'. They sent the Nostromo spaceship.

"The Prometheus is owned by an entrepreneur called Peter Weyland, and is played by Guy Pearce. That's the connection between the two films, and nothing more. 'Prometheus' is a new film, a new world, and is full of new ideas. And of course new monsters as well."

Assuming this quote is real, it possibly falls into a bit into conflict with Scott’s early statement where he said that the last eight minutes of Prometheus would evolve into “a pretty good DNA of the Alien one.” Then again, he could be saying that Weyland doesn’t have any connection beyond being on the ship rather than having a direct influence on the Weyland-Yutani’s acts in the future movies, and he could be part of those final eight minutes.

Although, it would provide a bit of a nice tie-in to why the Nostromo would go to the Space Jockey planet, especially since Ash (Ian Holm) says that he was ordered to bring the creature back to the corporation.

Finally, to provide a “canon” time-line, Alien vs. Predator, which introduces Charles Bishop Weyland (Lance Henriksen), takes place in 2004. Prometheus takes place in the 21st century (considering the technological advancements, probably late in the 21st century), and Alien is in 2122.

The film also stars Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba, and Michael Fassbender.

Prometheus opens in 3D on June 8th.

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21 new stills :- http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie/prometheus/stills/60/

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International Extended Launch trailer.

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Prometheus will be rated "R".

20th Century Fox has confirmed Prometheus will be rated R for “sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language.”

http://collider.com/prometheus-rating-rated-r/164532/

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First clip posted online.

Spoiler-free, so indulge yourself.


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EDIT - Soundtrack listed and ready to be released on June 12, 2012 at Amazon -
http://www.amazon.com/Prometheus-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/tracks/B007TBCTRK/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1

[DrwYng]

Thanks for posting these trailers. Totally psyched for "Prometheus!" Planning on checking out the midnight show and calling in sick the next day!

It is weird to see the CG and visuals in the "time before Ripley" look so much sexier. ; )

[pterostigma]

My favorite Prometheus clip is the Wayland TED Talk viral video. I thought that was ingenious. I can't wait for this movie.

[CrashRHCP]

Personally I am excited for this movie.
Sure, I was also excited for the AVP movie and it turned out crap. But the fact that Ridley Scott is directing this and the fact that he's trying something new while still using the elements of Alien makes me have a good feeling about this one.

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First worldwide release today in 3 countries - Belgium, France and the English-speaking side of Switzerland.




************* WARNING: HUGE PLOT SPOILERS AHEAD *************


Stay away if you want your viewership experience (from 8th June onwards, when it releases in the US) to be spoiler-free.



You have been warned.





First reviews are out:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/early-reviews-say-prometheus-impresses-visually-but-not-all-agree-the-movie-delivers-20120530





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[Angra]

I'm going next week.

[roshiq]

I'm going next week.

Where?...Hanging Rock?

[Angra]

Where?...Hanging Rock?

Denmark dude!

Premiere today.

[MichaelMyers]

I am waiting for HDC's consensus opinion on this before going to the theater.

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Critics are loving it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/07/prometheus-reviews-ridley-scott_n_1577660.html

Absolutely love what one critic has written -

"PROMETHEUS is the type of big budget sci-fi that studios rarely make. Extremely well done.
Don't read reviews. Just go see it."

[hammerfan]

Critics are loving it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/07/prometheus-reviews-ridley-scott_n_1577660.html

Absolutely love what one critic has written -

I really want to see this!

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In related news -

Alien prequel Prometheus soared to the top of the U.K box office chart in its opening weekend (01-03 Jun, 2012).

The sci-fi hit, starring Michael Fassbender, took more than $9.3 million (£6 million) in ticket sales, placing it above Kristen Stewart's Snow White and the Huntsman, which took $5.4 million (£3.5 million).

Men in Black III dropped from the top spot to third place, banking $4.7 million (£3 million), and The Avengers - titled Avengers Assemble in the U.K - dropped one place to fourth, with $1.3 million (£848,000).

Last week's number two, The Dictator, completes the top five with takings of $1.2 million (£754,068).

http://www.wenn.com/

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Video interview with Noomi Rapace & Michael Fassbender where they reveal about deleted scenes :-

http://collider.com/michael-fassbender-noomi-rapace-prometheus-interview/172062/


Also, check out this great poster of the 5 major characters :-

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/prometheus-cast.jpg

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Prometheus 2 announced, targetting a 2014/25 release date.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Prometheus-2-Coming-32247.html

http://collider.com/prometheus-2-sequel-2014/185603/

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Ridley Scott Talks 'Prometheus" & 'Blade Runner' Sequels; Reminds Audiences He Doesn't Understand Power Of Mystery

In a recent interview with Metro U.K. the filmmaker discussed both the "Blade Runner" sequel and the continuation of the "Prometheus" story which will further veer off course from the "Alien" saga to tell a different kind of tale altogether (or so they say).

“ ‘Prometheus’ evolved into a whole other universe,” Scott said of the way the narrative moves away from the "Alien" origin. Although earlier, he contradicts himself and admits, “...no one else had addressed the [‘Alien’] origin question and I thought that was interesting to tackle.”

“You’ve got a person [Noomi Rapace] with a head in a bag [Michael Fassbender’s David] that functions and has an IQ of 350,” he continued about the conclusion of “Prometheus” and where it could possibly go from there. “It can explain to her how to put the head back on the body and she’s gonna think about that long and hard because, once the head is back on his body, he’s dangerous. They’re going off to paradise but it could be the most savage, horrible place. Who are the Engineers?”

So lots of not-so-subtle hints of what’s next in “Prometheus 2.” Scott should understand this, but evidently it's not clear at all and instead of creating epics for audiences to ponder for ages, he's seemingly stuck on forging clue-based puzzles with concrete, discoverable answers.

“Prometheus” was maddening and uneven, but the various questions it raises were its strength.

Who were those guys at the beginning?
What was the weird black goo they swallowed, and was it some sort of suicide or sacrifice?
What planet was that?
How did they tie into the rest of the story?
Etc. etc.

And one by one, Scott, in various interviews (including this one (http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/did-ridley-scott-just-ruin-the-mysteries-of-prometheus-20120614?page=2) in particular) has revealed exactly what he meant and what happened (and in the recent “Prometheus” DVD commentary track he basically answers and responds to all these questions in one nice neat package).

Even more, the film’s Facebook page released some cryptic “Prometheus” viral infographic (http://www.horror.com/forum/showpost.php?p=937328&postcount=75) about the etymology of the “black goo” that it supposed to hint and tease at “Prometheus 2”.

“Prometheus” is on DVD/Blu-ray now. If you want every single clue revealed, just listen to the commentary track. We promise you it won’t be as satisfying as the questions your imagination raised.

Or do we just expect much, much more from the guy who created "Blade Runner" and "Alien?"

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/ridley-scott-talks-prometheus-blade-runner-sequels-reminds-audiences-he-doesnt-understand-power-of-mystery-20121012

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Breathe a collective sigh of relief, Alien fans - Damon Lindelof is not writing Prometheus 2.

In an interview with Collider, the writer-producer genially explains: “Much to the delight of all the fanboys, I don’t see myself being involved in Prometheus-er.”
Which is to say: Lindelof is no longer involved in the vaguely-planned but heavily-hinted-at sequel to Prometheus.

After noting that he has been working on next year’s Star Trek sequel, a new TV show, and the mysterious 1952 project (a collaboration between Lindelof and Entertainment Weekly writer Jeff Jensen, with Brad Bird currently slated to direct), Lindelof explains:
“The thing about Prometheus was it was a rewrite. Jon Spaihts wrote a script and I rewrote it. And still it was a year of my life that I spent on Prometheus, kind of all in. The idea of building a sequel to it—from the ground up this time—with Ridley is tremendously exciting. But at the same time, I was like, “Well that’s probably going to be two years of my life. I can’t do what J.J. [Abrams] does. I don’t have the capability. I’m usually very single-minded creatively. I can only be working on one thing at a time. So I said to [Ridley Scott], ‘I really don’t think I could start working on this movie until I do this other stuff. And I don’t know when the other stuff is going to be done.’ And he was like, “Well, okay, it’s not like I asked you anyways.” He and I are on excellent terms and it was a dream come true to work with him.”

A representative for Twentieth Century Fox confirms that Lindelof is not currently involved in a Prometheus sequel.


http://collider.com/prometheus-sequel-damon-lindelof/219084/

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And so, ladies and gents, Prometheus 2 tees off.

Work has begun on a "Prometheus" sequel.

The Playlist spoke with Noomi Rapace during her press tour for "Dead Man Down," and the actress confirmed that she met with Ridley Scott earlier this month to talk sequel plans.

"They're working on the script. I met Ridley in London a couple of weeks ago," Rapace said. "I would love to work with him again and I know that he would like to do another one. It's just like we need to find the right story. I hope we will."

And for those of you hoping that a second "Prometheus" would drop the religious and philosophical elements that many complained about in the original just because Damon Lindelof wouldn't be around this time, we've got more bad news for you.

"And it's interesting because people, most people I've talked to who see the movie, see things that are quite different. Some people who see the movie many times and discover new things," Rapace said. "There are all these religious aspects and there are very interesting conversations. And for me, if we do a second one, there are a lot of things to explore in there and to continue."

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/exclusive-noomi-rapace-says-prometheus-sequel-script-being-worked-on-now-20130226

[JasonLuck]

As much as I am excited about a new Alien movie, I am seriously sick of all these remakes. Hollywood is getting very desperate...where is the creativity? where is the originality? It's gone.

We need more movies like Hugo and Django, not remakes. Let the classics remain classics.

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Scott & Spaihts pursuing this for Prometheus 2: Paradise - http://www.prometheus2-movie.com/community/forums/topic/12427

Hints in there for Part III as well.

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Prometheus 2 has been written, confirms Ridley Scott.

Scott was a bit unclear when it came to his upcoming slate of projects. He tells Empire that Prometheus 2 is written, but didn’t indicate when it would start shooting. He added, “I have already got the next two films ready to go. That will be 2014, 2015…”.

In a recent interview with Steve, Michael Fassbender (who played the android David), the actor said he didn’t know when the sequel would start shooting. So if Scott’s next two movies aren’t Prometheus 2 (which would mean it wouldn’t start filming until 2016 at the earliest), what could the other movies be? Scott is never short on options (hence why he’s always working).

Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, Damon Lindelof will not be penning the sequel. Instead, Transcendence scribe Jack Paglen will be taking on writing duties, or at least, that’s the last we heard. Maybe another writer has come on board by this point?

Though plot details haven’t been revealed just yet, we do know that the story will follow Dr. Shaw as she heads to the home world of the Engineers, which will offer up a whole bunch of exciting paths for the story to take.


http://collider.com/ridley-scott-prometheus-2-blade-runner-2-exodus-update/

[TheFext]

Nice. When I watched the first I didn't read about it and hadn't seen the Alien movies in a long time. I thought it was just another sci-fi horror and thought it was cool that it was a swedish actor in it as I'm from sweden to. The near the end I realized it was a prequel to Alien. I was like "HELL YEAH!!!" hahah. Good movie. I wonder how the sequels are gonna play out. :)

[Tahrgat]

So this is what the Old Ones are waiting for. A true sign that mankind's reign should end...