According to the UK paper Daily Mail a further three cast members have joined Prometheus, Idris Elba, Sean Harris and Kate Dickie: "Elba will be best known to CBMers as playing Roque in The Losers as well as Heimdell in Marvel's upcoming Thor of course. Harris you may recognize from Harry Brown with Michael Caine, or from the original ... [Read More]

Bleeding Cool has posted up an interesting article after having talked to their own source: "Remember how the alien took on canine qualities after gestating in a dog? You may even suppose that the first film’s alien was so recognisably humanoid because it had grown in a human. The same applies here: generation by generation, the ... [Read More]

H.R Giger has been talking to Swiss newspapers about his work on Prometheus. The following quote is from Blick: "Giger potters days and nights, especially in his studio in Zurich on his latest creatures. "It is huge. I can not tell what I'm doing exactly, is "strictly regulated by a contract, he gives few words. Transpired, however, is that ... [Read More]

It's been sometime since I posted an update on NECA. They've recently released their Predators Series 2 and have shown fans what they have in store for Series 3: Series 3 consists of the classic Predator 1 Predator (not the Predators variant), Greyback (Predator 2 elder) and the Predator Hounds. They will also be releasing a Predator 2 series in Fall ... [Read More]

And to add even more confusion over whether Prometheus is Alien related or not, Dark Horizons have just posted this: "Another source shot me a message today having read an early draft of the script saying that a "bioweapons planet" is the only link to the "Alien" films in it and it's a tenuous one at best." Key ... [Read More]

Alien Prequel News has posted up a tidbit from some of their readers about the UK release for Prometheus: "According to a press release from RENTRAK to UK cinemas today, Fox has currently set the Prometheus release date to June 1st 2012 for the UK. This release date is of course subject to change." I've also had a look ... [Read More]

It's a feature we've been trying to get sorted for some time now and we've finally got somewhere with it. It's hosted by myself, Corporal Hicks and fellow staffer, Mikey. Due to a few technical and scheduling issues our first episode didn't turn out quite as intended but we got through it and it's ready for release. Hopefully we'll learn over ... [Read More]

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]