SkyMovies has posted up more information from their insider at Fox regarding Prometheus:  "I’ve had further confirmation that the Space Jockey creature is definitely in Prometheus and has been built as an eight foot animatronic. I’ve also had it confirmed that HR Giger is working on the project but only in an advisory capacity. By the way, people are ... [Read More]

As well as shooting in Morocco, Prometheus will also be shooting in Australia: "NSW (New South Wales)government recently announced a swag of development work will take place here over the coming year including the lead work on Walking With Dinosaurs 3D, Ridley Scott's Prometheus and Hem, a 3D pilot being made by Animal Logic." Thanks to Darkoo ... [Read More]

According to The Film Stage, Monsters actor Scoot McNairy is reported to be in talks to play one of the leads in Prometheus: "The actor is reportedly in contention to play Noomi Rapace‘s love interest in Ridley Scott‘s Prometheus." Unfortunately we have nothing more at this stage.Thanks to Darkoo for the link. [Read More]

I'm unsure as to the finality of this news as some sites are reporting it as being finalized while others are saying they're in talks but it's looking likely that Charlize Theron is joining the cast of Prometheus: "Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron (Monster) is in talks to join Ridley Scott‘s Prometheus. Theron will join Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the ... [Read More]

Michael Fassbender, an actor from Prometheus, has been talking about the film and in an interview with MTV he says Prometheus is still an Alien film: “Oh, absolutely. There’s a definite connecting vein,. You realize you’re part of something else, but it’s definitely in keeping with the old ones.” … “When I read it, I was like, ... [Read More]

American film magazine Production Weekly has recently published this synopsis about Prometheus: "The story takes place in the distant future. There are two superpowers on Earth fighting each other for what's left of the remaining natural resources spread out across the solar system. One of these superpowers have created and sent a giant terraforming ship to a distant planet called Erix. ... [Read More]

According to an article posted by SkyMovies, Prometheus isn't going to be as Alien-less as we were led to believe: "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 ... [Read More]

According to an article from Deadline.com, the Alien Prequel has now become an entirely new film called Prometheus that has resulted from Ridley and co's work on the prequel: "First, it started out as an Alien Prequel. But then it morphed into something "more original", an insider tells us -- even though Hollywood kept referring to the project as "The ... [Read More]

Colonial Marines composer Kevin Riepl has been talking with horror movie site Bloody Disgusting about his work scoring games and movies: "I do my best when approaching a scene, to score the human element, if there is one, rather than the environment. To assist in the emotional connection between the story and the viewer. ... [Read More]

According to Vulture, actress Charlize Theron is being sought by Fox for a role in the Prequel: "Regardless, we’re told that Fox is having the role rewritten so that it’s larger and befitting, if not of Theron, then at least of someone of Theron’s stature. We're also told that the South African beauty should get the new version ... [Read More]

A new screenshot from Aliens Colonial Marines has been found on Lorin Wood's personal website. He's one of the concept artists at Gearbox who is working on ACM. The location in the shot is very similar to Hadley's Hope. Thanks to ikarop for the news. [Read More]

MTV Movies recently sat down with Olivia Wilde while she was promoting Tron: Legacy and she confirmed she'd been talking to Ridley Scott. This adds her name to the list of potentials that includes Natalie Portman, Noomi Rapace and Carey Mulligan. Thanks to Christian Fowler for the e-mail: [Read More]

This is definitely good news if it's true. H.R. Giger's wife, Carmen Scheifele, has said the Swiss surrealist painter is working on the Alien Prequel. You can check out the video interview with his wife here and another report about it here. It's in German though. HR Giger, Schöpfer der "Alien"-Figur für den 1979 entstandenen Film von ... [Read More]