Having whipped Alien fans into a state of frenzy over the promise of a new instalment to the franchise, Scott recently set the cat amongst the pigeons by claiming that the new film will be a stand-alone piece of science fiction, rather than a direct prequel.
The news arrived just a matter of weeks ago, with Fox announcing a film entitled Prometheus would open on March 12 2012, directed by Ridley Scott. “What’s happened to the Alien prequel?” we wondered. Well apparently, this is it, although the Alien element now seems a lot less pertinent.
“Alien was indeed the jumping off point for this project,” explains Scott, “(but) out of the creative process evolved a new, grand mythology and universe in which this original story takes place. 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.
All of which sounds rather encouraging, because whilst we’d love to see Ridley’s Alien universe expanded upon, throwing off the constraints of an existing franchise may well be for the best if the film is going to stand up on its own merits. However, it seems those “strands of Alien DNA” may be a little more prominent than Scott had initially been letting on…
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Jeffbiscuits
Jan 31st 2011, 11:53
So it still is a prequel to the Alien films? In all but name.
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ChrisWootton
Jan 31st 2011, 12:55
Yeah, thats what i get from it.. very confusing
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ChrisWootton
Jan 31st 2011, 12:55
Yeah, thats what i get from it.. very confusing
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Agent69
Feb 1st 2011, 1:07
An archaeological dig in Morocco??? LAME. Of course they have to kill the mystery by involving Earth in the story.
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Agent69
Feb 1st 2011, 1:12
Oh and, “The main spaceship in the film will be piloted by an enormous head,” Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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manfromthezoo
Feb 1st 2011, 14:06
Not sure if there's some confusion here, but the script 'Whoa Is Not Me' are mentioning there is fact Jon Spaiht's earlier script, 'Shadow 19'. It's an awesome screenplay, but certainly nothing to do with the 'Alien' universe as far as I picked up on. It was written by Spaihts, I believe, after another sci-fi screenplay he wrote called 'Passengers', the combination of which convinced those involved he was the man for the job. Of course, I suppose it's possible that elements of 'Shadow 19' have been cannibalised and used, but the technological scope of the story (to me) wouldn't fit in the chronological context of the Alien movies. Just sayin'
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Jeffbiscuits
Feb 1st 2011, 14:40
It's really confused me. If the rumour is true about the space jockey being in it then it's part of the Alien universe and a prequel. But if it's based on a stand-alone script and Scott says it's not part of the Alien story then there just seems to be loads of mixed signals being put out. I'm a massive fan of Alien and would like nothing more than to see him return to the franchise.
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