Fox has enlisted brothers Ridley and Tony Scott to helm an Alien prequel!

As long as Ridley is involved I don't see this as being too bad. The only major problem I see them having is a stable plot. Chances are they will go with the back story to the Space Jockeys and how the space ship crashed onto the planet before Nostromo made it's Ill-fated rescue attempt. Here's the problem, they don't speak English! So do they subtitle the entire film or somehow include the ever so bumbling human element?

Along with Robert Rodriguez and Predators, the next few years should be interesting for Fox. What say you?

If Ridley Scott's involved then it certainly gives the project much more credibility in my book. The fact they they're going back to tell the Space Jockey story then that's another plus in my book. After four Alien movies (and two AVP clusterfucks) it is about time to re-introduce that creature (which we really don't know anything about).

And, yes, they do need humans in this movie - nobody's gonna want to sit though a movie with nothing but weird alien-talk. I don't think it's a problem, since the Special Order 937 from the original Alien movie suggested that the Company had prior knowledge of this creature.

Definetly looking forward to this.

~Zack~

Quoted from sniper If Ridley Scott's involved then it certainly gives the project much more credibility in my book. The fact they they're going back to tell the Space Jockey story then that's another plus in my book. After four Alien movies (and two AVP clusterfucks) it is about time to re-introduce that creature (which we really don't know anything about). And, yes, they do need humans in this movie - nobody's gonna want to sit though a movie with nothing but weird alien-talk. I don't think it's a problem, since the Special Order 937 from the original Alien movie suggested that the Company had prior knowledge of this creature.

Good point! Plus, there is a ton of other material like comics and novels for them to work with.

Now this gets me really excited!!

The first two are both in my top ten!

Quoted from MSnyder Fox has enlisted brothers Ridley and Tony Scott to helm an Alien prequel!

Wasn't Alien vs. Predator a prequel?


Phil

Sort of but AVP concentrated more on the backstory of the two races at war, not a backstory on the xenomorphs.

Wait. So are the brothers co-directing? Producing and directing? Writing? Link please.

Anyway, this actually sounds pretty cool. Ridley Scott isn't one of my favorite directors but he's done some pretty decent stuff, even aside from Alien and Blade Runner. In any case, it seems the series should come full circle with him back in the captain's seat. Tony Scott hasn't done anything all that great since True Romance but then again, he's basically done the same kinda movie ever since. Maybe he'll mix it up some in Alien. Bottom line, I don't think there's a lot of fans out there who haven't been waiting for this one. Good news, indeed.

I'm actually pretty psyched for Predators as well. Both of Rodriguez's scripts sound interesting. I don't think they're using either but it does give some sense of where this could be coming from.

Also, technically AVP is a prequel but I don't think the series are really related except for the characters. They shouldn't be anyway. There was a sequel, after all.

The brothers Scott are producing, and have selected a director. However, the studio wants Ridley to direct.

As far as a link goes, just google Alien Prequel.

It's about time we had another decent Alien movie (although I liked the AVPs for the sole purpose of that Alien coming through a bedroom in the second; been waiting years to see that). With Scott on board it looks like it shouldn't be another hack job, unless something goes horribly wrong.

I hope we get to see the Alien planet in this one, I always imagined the planet almost being like the inside of Giger's head, which would be seriously fucked up, in an awesome way though. Here's hoping.  

Ridley Scott almost never makes a bad movie. This should be good

Quoted from scmower I always imagined the planet almost being like the inside of Giger's head, which would be seriously fucked up, in an awesome way though.

Do you know he was Timothy Leary's closest friend? That  explains a lot... :D

Michel 8)

No, I didn't. I don't even know who that is.  :P Who is he?

I always loved Geiger's (I think that's how you spell his name) artwork though. They were fantastic...yet severely messed up at the same time. Did anyone see the concept sketches he did for Alien 3?

This sounds good...a decent Alien film to look forward to, nice one.

Quoted from scmower :P Who is he??

Quoted Text Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American writer, psychologist, futurist, and advocate of psychedelic drug research and one of the first people whose remains have been sent into space. An icon of 1960s counterculture, Leary is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual and emotional benefits of LSD.

That...explains so much...

Cheers.

A bit more info here and here. Looks like Ridley will be directing this movie after all. This is very good news.

Just noticed this on Script Shadow. Sadly I also ntoiced they've stopped posting scripts. Bougger...

2Wow, this is shocking. I can't believe they're doing this. Variety is reporting...

"Twentieth Century Fox is resuscitating its "Alien" franchise. The studio has hired Jon Spaihts to write a prequel that has Ridley Scott attached to return as director.

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."

Read the rest of the story at Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006722.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2564

If you're not familiar with Joh Spaihts, it just so happens I reviewed one of his scripts here on Scriptshadow. To check that out, go here! http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/2009/04/passengers.html

Read more... http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/2009/07/alien-prequel-to-be-written.html

More news here: http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=28837

Not crazy about the fact that they'll be shooting them in 3D. In my opinion, the 3D technology is not good enough for live action yet - it seems to work much better with animation (or CGI).

Anyway, the story seem to go hand in hand with the commentary track Ridley Scott did on the Alien DVD - which should mean that the Space Jockey returns. This is good news imo.

The 3D thing I could go either way on. It looked good in Avatar and by the time they get around to shooting these two I'm sure the technology will have taken another step forward. The story is moving in a great direction, though. Seems like they're really taking advantage of all the unanswered questions from the original.

Okay, what do we know about this movie? Ridley Scott is directing, Damon Lindelof and John Spaiths wrote the script, it's got one kickass cast (if IMDb got their shit straight) and it'll be release in 2012. What else? It started out as a prequel to Alien but apparently that idea was scrapped and an original story was created instead. Now, Lindelof said that it defintely still was an prequel to Alien but not necessarily an Alien Movie. Same with the Space Jockey which, in some shape or form,  may - or may not - appear in this film (the rumours vary depending on who's talking).

These pictures definitely looks like it's set in the Alien-universe. Whether it's an Alien movie or not...I'm fucking there.

Looks pretty damn good. Been waiting for some decent sci-fi since Moon.

--Julio

"Looks pretty damn good. Been waiting for some decent sci-fi since Moon.

--Julio"

Moon! fantastic hard Sci-Fi. I'm waiting for Source Code to come out on DVD. Heard good things about that.


This looks interesting. From the photos Ive seen so far it has a very alien look about it. Lets have our fingers crossed that Scott can pull it off. A lot of fanboy expectations with this one.

Source Code has been available on DVD for awhile now...

"Source Code has been available on DVD for awhile now..."

Ah very good, will pick it up soon then. I like what Jones did with Moon. Seems like he knows his Sci-Fi.

I noticed this article regarding the Canadian Ratings Board.

http://www.alienprequelnews.com/2011/12/prometheus-trailer-is-on-its-way.html

This means the trailer will be out for the holidays.
But I certainly hope this isn't an early indicator of a potential PG-13 for the film.

Though honestly, the released material so far feels very PG-13 to me.
A lot of of the images I'm seeing lately remind of "Star Trek - The Motion Picture".
Seems more V-ger and Kubrickian monolithy than an Alien franchise story.

E.D.

Even hard R movies are 14A in Canada, some are even PG. We very rarly get an 18A rating, it has to be almost a porn or snuff film, the last scream was only 14A.

There haven't been too many definitive answers about Prometheus.
But this is a big piece of the puzzle that Ridley let drop.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/ridley-scott-says-there-will-be-no-aliens-in-prometheus

I thought there might be some kind of xenomorphic tie-in at the end. No dice.

Thoughts?

E.D.

I have absolutely no problems with not having any aliens in it (the two AvP movies sorta destroyed the franchise). It appears instead that it will focus on the Space Jockey. I have three words for that: About. Fucking. Time.

I'm actually getting more and more excited about this movie every time I read something new about it. The whole thing looks dark and ominous. Very Giger'esque. Almost like a return to the original.





Is that an egg they're shining their lights at?

Btw. the first trailer (I imagine it will be a teaser) will online in 3 days. There's a short clip up now HERE

Quoted from sniper Is that an egg they're shining their lights at?

I've been told no, by a reliable source.
I'm more intrigued by the xenomorphic looking body thing in the lower right hand corner.

E.D.

Me too. Might be a Space Jockey thingy.

and we've got a trailer. i've got chills....

A big week for trailers, it seems.

This is easily my favorite out of the ones that have come out. There's a lot more action/explosions than I expected but that's merely a surprise, not a drawback. It does look quite spectacular. The Alien influence is unmistakable but I appreciate the fact that it's not actually a prequel. That only means that Ridley and co. sought out to make one but stayed true to their creative impulses and let it evolve, rather than giving in to the pressure of living up to the franchise.

I can only anticipate this more given Scott's past decade of tedious period pieces/political thrillers/Russel Crowe films. I think it definitely has the potential to be something truly special.

couldn't agree more James. while the alien fan inside me wishes that it was a full blown prequel, it would ultimately fall short of expectations for alien fans (no matter how well it turns out). TDKR and the hobbit has SO much hype to live up to, that many fans are going to feel disappointed after its release.

really happy that Scott is doing sci-fi again. he's been sort of hit or miss for me lately. not by a huge margin though. he's a good director all around, i just have a hard time getting into some of his films.

Even though it's just a teaser it looks effing awesome. For me this is the movie of 2012. Can't wait. Like James said they're definitely playing the Alien card here - the sound and title design - and if this movie works out (and if Fox play their hand right) this could be a rejuvenation of the Alien (but not really Alien) franchise.

I could have lived without the Inception trailer inspired BUZZING sound everyone seems to be using in trailers nowadays.

I have to say the trailer is freaking awesome!

This, I am definitly looking forward to! I'll keep expectations low but I'll definitly check this out on day one!

Rob Zombie's Salem adventure has me more interested than any of these blockbusters but I'll be more than up for checking this one out :)

Really good trailer, loving the title design coming onto screen slowly like Aliens. So many trailers this week, this is the best IMO.

The International Trailer debuted today...
13 more seconds of easily loadable glory in full 1080p!!! ;D


Prometheus - International Teaser Trailer #1... by addictomovie

Thanks for the boner ED!

SWEEEEEEET!

I cant wait until this movie comes out!

I saw the trailer on the big screen before "The Grey" yesterday, it looks awesome!

Roll on June! :)

I work for the production company. I hear snippets of it in editing every day. I cannot wait to see it finished.

And now a few words from our "sponsor", Peter Weyland...

http://blog.ted.com/TED2023/

The viral marketing campaign is getting awfully sexy up in here.

E.D.

Quoted from Electric Dreamer And now a few words from our "sponsor", Peter Weyland... http://blog.ted.com/TED2023/ The viral marketing campaign is getting awfully sexy up in here. E.D.

i typically hate viral shit, but Guy Pearce is simply amazing.

Quoted from Penoyer79 i typically hate viral shit, but Guy Pearce is simply amazing.

That's what I thought, but my partner in crime was left unsatisfied.
I felt the whole thing was a prologue for Weyland going into the Prometheus project.
As if, he was prefacing his talk about the project with what we saw yesterday.
Like a true teaser would do. But it's a "backstory teaser" instead.

I wonder if they'll be more excerpts from TED 2023 in our future. ;D

E.D.

Quoted from Electric Dreamer And now a few words from our "sponsor", Peter Weyland... http://blog.ted.com/TED2023/ The viral marketing campaign is getting awfully sexy up in here. E.D.

That was pretty effing sweet. A bit overacted perhaps but since it's Pearce I'll let him get away with it. "We are the Gods now". Good line. Very fitting for a "Weyland" character.

It's kinda scary how pumped up I am for this movie. For me it's completely black and white. It's either gonna be the best movie of all times or the biggest train wreck since...whatever. But even if it turns out to be a train wreck it'll still be the best movie ever. That's not healthy.

Quoted from sniper It's kinda scary how pumped up I am for this movie.

When it comes to Sci-fi.....(not to mention the Alien franchise)

In Ridley I Trust.

Lots of stunning new shots in this exclusive teaser!

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/prometheus/

E.D.

SICK!
looks like a "space jockey" launching a crew member into/over a vehicle at 0:13

I just creamed AND shit my pants. Damn, this movie is making a mess of my clothing.

Quoted from sniper I just creamed AND shit my pants. Damn, this movie is making a mess of my clothing.

Certainly don't want to be near you in the cinema when you go to watch this! ;D

full 2:30 trailer of Prometheus

battleship..... PWN'D!

Once again...I messed my pants.

It looks awesome, great trailer! Just over two months now...can't wait.

I think everybody who knows me by now will know that sci-fi just isn't my cup of tea.

But I'm going to beat every single one of you nerds to the ticket lines on this one, cause that looked pretty damn awesome.

The new trailer has got me so pumped up about this movie.
Empire have done a shot by shot disection of the new trailer and it's FULL OF SPOILERS (though they are only conjecture) so only read this if you don't mind going into the movie pre-armed with some pretty cool preconceptions.

http://www.empireonline.com/features/prometheus-trailer-breakdown-2

As for page 28.... well....

Quoted from darrentomalin The new trailer has got me so pumped up about this movie. Empire have done a shot by shot disection of the new trailer and it's FULL OF SPOILERS (though they are only conjecture) so only read this if you don't mind going into the movie pre-armed with some pretty cool preconceptions. http://www.empireonline.com/features/prometheus-trailer-breakdown-2 As for page 28.... well....

Hey, great find.  Thanks for passing it on.

Nice, crisp shots of stuff that sails by too fast in the trailer to take it all in -- the humorous speculation by an obvious fan-boy was bonus.

At first I was put off by 60 pages, but actually flipping through it was a breeze.

Quoted from darrentomalin The new trailer has got me so pumped up about this movie. Empire have done a shot by shot disection of the new trailer and it's FULL OF SPOILERS (though they are only conjecture) so only read this if you don't mind going into the movie pre-armed with some pretty cool preconceptions. http://www.empireonline.com/features/prometheus-trailer-breakdown-2 As for page 28.... well....

Good link, Darren. :) This gave some great images which passed me by in the trailer.

Liked what I saw :)

For some reason, in the theatrical trailer, they left out the shot from the teaser trailer where we see Charlize Theron's very, very tasty buns (in spandex).

Apparently the link I sent you was for the UK trailer and the US one is slightly different. Can't comment on that but Empire magazine do this a lot with trailers, the Hobbit and Avengers trailer breakdowns are in there somewhere too!

Sniper,
i heard Theron's character is as tight as her ass....  the resident "company rep"

I can live with that. As(s) long as(s) they focus on what's tightest.

The airlocks?

excellent interview with Ridley and writer Damon Lindelof about Prometheus....

one of the best questions asked is... The Chestbuster part in Alien is one of the most harrowing scenes ever on film.... are there any treats like that in this movie?

Ridley Scott smiles/grimaces and goes.... Ooooh yeah.  

Been looking forward to this, happy that Ridley Scott is at the helm again.

Great interview. Thanks for posting it.

SPOILER (mouse over)

I read in the ultimate Alien collectors book that apparently, one early concept was that the space jockey could create life by rearranging DNA of other species.  Looking at the trailer, it seems this might be one of the plot points.
I also read that an earlier concept for the alien reproductive cycle was that eggs are actually made by the Alien from other species organic matter.  The Ripley finding Dallas and later finding Lambert deleted scenes show them seemingly changing and being chrysalised, not just coccooned as shown in Alien.

Oops forgot to thank you for th interview post, very good.  Stuff like that makes me wanna go write something!!!

i guess it should be noted - Damon Lindelof was the head writer of LOST - a co-creator.... and was also a big part of the Star Trek reboot as well.

Quoted from Penoyer79 i guess it should be noted - Damon Lindelof was the head writer of LOST - a co-creator.... and was also a big part of the Star Trek reboot as well.

And he's one hell of a writer.

i was a huge LOST fan... so yes - i would agree.

Great interview, thanks for posting.

Quoted from Penoyer79 i was a huge LOST fan

I was also a massive fan of Lost but that show had a lot of mysteries/questions that never got solved or answered by the end. I hope Prometheus doesn't go down this route and leave the viewer hanging.

Empire magazine are all over Prometheus again (and rightfully so) with this where they detail the first ten minutes:

http://www.empireonline.com/empireblogs/empire-states/post/p1219

IT'S FULL OF SPOILERS SO BE WARNED

Can this marketing campaign get any cooler?
Hell to the yes!

http://media.movies.ign.com/media/143/14353422/img_8908547.html

E.D.

I'd love to say no but you just know they'll bring something even more badass next week.

Quoted from sniper I love ass.

Now that's how you legally do it, Rob.

Quoted from sniper I love ass.

Quoted from Dreamscale Ow...that's how you do it!

Or maybe with a question mark instead of the exclamation mark.

Quoted from Dreamscale Now that's how you do Rob, legally.

;D ;D ;D

Well done!!!

SPOILER ALERT

http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1490

Empire keep putting stuff out, it would be wrong of me not to share.

What it is now, 7 weeks or so to go until release?

A very cheesy viral that one. For some reason it reminded me of Kryten from Red Dwarf...not too sure why?

I just came here to post that one, boy he gives me the creeps!
Fassbender makes a great synthetic and you can actually see a bit of Bishop in there.

Here are some nifty tech schematics.
Oh the model kits they could make...  ;D

http://www.reelz.com/movie-news/13680/ridley-scotts-prometheus-spaceship-transport-and-pod-schematics-plus-a-russian-trailer-containing-new-footage/

E.D.

If Scott ever does a remake of Bladerunner, Fassbender can play Roy. The part when David sheds a tear reminds me of that famous rain scene.

heres yet a new Prometheus trailer with a ton more stuff in it....

http://youtu.be/1byZkbNB3Jw

Oh yes, there will be blood...
Too much blood for PG-13 to handle!

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

E.D.

I'm glad, this looks awesome and would hate to see it cut to fit a rating.

Just picked up my tickets. May 31st. Yahoo. Can't fucking wait.

I think this viral rivals the Guy Pearce one...

The soundtrack has leaked!
As well as some rather spoilerish track titles.
I checked out a few tracks.
Sounds pretty old school to me. Low key.
I'm not familiar with Streitenfeld's other work.

For those less inclined to the charcoal areas...
Check out this sample...

http://www.prometheusnews.net/movie/soundtrack-on-itunes/

E.D.

Just listened to the entire soundtrack. Very good. Very different from the Alien movies but there are a few homages to Jerry Goldsmith here and there.

Quoted from sniper Just listened to the entire soundtrack. Very good. Very different from the Alien movies but there are a few homages to Jerry Goldsmith here and there.

Agreed, I skimmed the tracks.
I'm a whore for Goldsmith scores. ;D
Own bunches of them. Psycho II still floors me.
I wonder why they had two composers on the project.
Gregson-Williams is popular and worked with Scott before of Kingdom of Heaven.

E.D.

a disturbing/shocking shot of the "snake" creature in action.....dont look if you want to wait for the movie....

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17mqg4mvbowhugif/original.gif

I've gone through the leaked score a few times...
I'm pretty disappointed in the soundtrack.

I didn't expect it to be a Goldsmith love letter, but this is pedestrian stuff IMO.
The incessant trilling and muddy themes did not engage me at all.
Save for a track here and there, I found this pretty forgettable.

I'll be curious how others rate the score.

E.D.  

So I've booked tickets for the 3D screening and coughed up £10 for each ticket and now I've heard some mixed reviews...gutted.

5½ hours to go.

Since this will apparently be screening for our brothers (and sisters) across the pond, it is time to lock up this thread to avoid confusion.

Dates all the way back to 2009, this thread -- been a long time coming, this film.

The first of you moved to compose some sort of review are encouraged to start a new thread in the Review section.

If you discuss spoilers, please note them as such.  Though I will probably read them anyway....