Quote from: SM on Jul 10, 2013, 04:38:56 AM
No. All that's really on the table at this point is Prometheus 2.
Correct PROMETHEUS 2 - which will either be PARADISE / PROMETHEUS 2, or PROMETHEUS 2 The ALIEN REBOOT.
To clarify: Ask yourself if it seems logical enough to start PROMETHEUS 2 with some kind of unwitting Weyland Corp ship of Terraformers, sent from an off-world out-post to Terraform LV223... What follows is a reboot of ALIEN that leads into a reboot of ALIENS. Change character names / add new characters....There. Now its both a sequel to PROMETHEUS AND ALSO a REBOOT OF THE ALIEN series. See how easy that is?
If PARADISE doesn't happen, this will happen. FOX is already taking a risk even considering doing something different when they can just move forward with an ALIEN reboot from here.
If you think some other ALIEN film won't be coming,... You just don't get the film industry. After the success of PROMETHEUS, another film will come one way or the other. Its also worth noting that an ALIEN REBOOT as a PROMETHEUS follow-up, will likely cost them much LESS money than Ridley Scott's PARADISE or whoever directs.
I suppose you could ALSO consider the likelihood that PROMETHEUS 2 will be some combination of both things, that FOX believes will keep fans happy by featuring the alien and possibly also taking place on PARADISE...
Im not completely against that idea, but I'd rather see a more original story follow Prometheus.
PROMETHEUS set-up, what could easily be an ALIEN reboot-PROMETHEUS sequel hybrid. If you think that's not true, you are not seeing the full hand that the PROMETHEUS plot dealt the studio.
It allowed the studio to either A) Make a further original film that continues in the same vein as PROMETHEUS - and becomes PARADISE or B) If PROMETHEUS failed, it provided a larger framework for an ALIEN-REBOOT series, starting with what is essentially and ALIEN reboot.