We last heard about a Prometheus sequel back in March when it was rumoured to be aiming for a March 2016 release date. We have a tiny bit of news today from Michael Fassbender who played David the android in Prometheus. While promoting X-Men: Days of Future Past, actor Michael Fassbender was asked about the sequel. He says he’s looking forward to working with Ridley Scott again and he’s doing the sequel but doesn’t know when.
Regarding the specific exchange on Prometheus 2, Steve asked Fassbender if he was looking forward to working with Scott on sequel, and he replied, “For sure. I love Ridley. He’s a master filmmaker,” at which point James McAvoy, who was also part of the interview, turned to Fassbender and asked, “Are you doing a sequel?” Fassbender turned to his X-Men co-star and replied, “Yeah, but when I don’t know.”
It’s still unknown whether or not Ridley Scott will be returning as director but these comments sure indicate that. Thanks to hfeldhaus for the news.
yep i think your right
(Probably his son.)
Maybe it's another inbetweener movie like The Counsellor
Not exactly big news, but it's the first I've heard concerning an actual production start date.
[EDIT: link - http://variety.com/2014/film/news/battlestar-galactica-movie-gets-new-life-at-universal-exclusive-1201153687/]
We'll he did slip in that martian piss reference in Prom1!
If he couldn't have a Martian in Alien, maybe he's making up for it in Prometheus 2, like he made up for all that other stuff in the first one.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ridley-scott-direct-matt-damon-703887
But they did bring back a head from the pyramid in both films. Only one of them had skin on though.
According to Spaihts it was Fox that wasn't happy with the script and wanted to spend less time concerning themselves with the Alien series. So Scott turned to Lindelof with the intention of opening the series up (which in my opinion was the right move but with the wrong writer). Not that I disagree Scott had some questionable ideas for the script, just that the initial push appears to have come from the studio.
http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1563
I feel the same way. There were plenty of ideas that could have been explored more deeply. The script just felt kind of half-baked.
The Alien franchise is back.
But that was essentially all he wanted to do with Prometheus. No coherent story or characters but it sure as hell looked pretty! I'm happy to retain him as a director but I want a script that's actually good this time.