Alien Prequel No Longer An Alien Film

[Corporal Lewis Hicks]

Lol I can see it now, tomorrow the headline will be like 'A:CM is no more' Just to top it all off. Man this f**king sucks

[Spidey3121]

I suppose he did, but he also indicated that elements of Alien will be noticeable to the keen observers which would be all of us here.

Personally though i'm surprised FOX would go for something like this... are they that convinced that a new idea will be more of a draw than an Alien prequel? I figure they must if they're allowing it to happen. Of course i was always skeptical of how many people who weren't "die hards" would be interested in a prequel anyways. Most people i know stopped caring with Alien 3 and the thought of an Alien film w/o Ripley wouldn't be warmly received.

[Master]

Or maybe he is just f**king with us? Calling film differently to achive wow! effect when we will see alien in this one.

[Hive Tyrant]

I'm not all that disappointed, actually. Very keen to see where Ridley goes with this.

[ALEX82]

No alien title in the name = no Alien xeno creature?, no space jockey?, no alien bones structure backgrouds?

[Byohzrd]

From Superherohype.com

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=73281


RIDLEY SCOTT'S "PROMETHEUS" COMING MARCH 9, 2012

Twentieth Century Fox announced today that Ridley Scott will direct Prometheus, an original science fiction epic, for worldwide release on March 9, 2012. The initial draft of the script was written by Jon Spaihts (The Darkest Hour) from Scott's idea. Damon Lindelof ("Lost," Star Trek) and Scott have since been working together on the current version which has expanded the story into new directions.

Story details are being closely guarded so as not to spoil surprises for moviegoers, but Scott explained the outlines of the film and its genesis as follows: "While 'Alien' was indeed the jumping off point for this project, 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."

"In a world flooded with prequels, sequels and reboots," said Lindelof. "I was incredibly struck by just how original Ridley's vision was for this movie. It's daring, visceral and hopefully, the last thing anyone expects. When I sat in a movie theater as a kid, feet raised off the floor for fear that something might grab my ankles, I never dreamed in my wildest imagination I would one day get to collaborate with the man responsible for it. Working alongside him has been nothing short of a dream come true."

Of the five major roles to be cast, Noomi Rapace is the first actor signed to star in the film. The young Swedish actress landed the role of scientist Elizabeth Shaw after Scott saw her portrayal of fictional Lisbeth Salander in the film The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo, for which she was lauded by Time magazine as a 2010 Performance of the Year. Rapace starred in all three entries of the breakout global franchise based on Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy of books (The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest are the other two entries), which have collectively grossed more than $212 million worldwide.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E29iOPSxF94#


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKss2uYpih8#

[Hive Tyrant]

No alien title in the name = no Alien xeno creature?, no space jockey?, no alien bones structure backgrouds?

Probably no to the first two, but I wouldn't be surprised if the film is visually similar.

[DoomRulz]

I'm sure he's said it's a "new universe".

And in this day and age of film making, new universe usually means we end up with something that's completely stupid.

[RazorSlash]

I had a dream I saw this film. The one "replacing" the Alien prequel.
About halfway through an Alien, Giger's design, jumped in the screen and started dancing, while the words "THANKS FOR SITTING THROUGH THIS, NOW YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU REALLY WANT"
and the film started over.
As the Alien Prequel.
Then everyone left but me and some teenager.
I asked him why he stayed.
He said "I love Alien vs Predator, I want to see more battles between them!'
Then I woke up.

[Valaquen]

He said "I love Alien vs Predator, I want to see more battles between them!'

[Vulhala]

I'm sure he's said it's a "new universe".

And in this day and age of film making, new universe usually means we end up with something that's completely stupid.

Not necessarily. Say what you like about Avatars plot, the world was amazing.

[RazorSlash]

He said "I love Alien vs Predator, I want to see more battles between them!'

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa388/Valaquen/asianscream.gif

That is a pretty accurate depiction of my reaction to this man, right before I woke up and tried to drag him out of my dreams like Freddy-f**king-Krueger so I could beat him to a pulp.

[Master]

I'm sure he's said it's a "new universe".

And in this day and age of film making, new universe usually means we end up with something that's completely stupid.

Not necessarily. Say what you like about Avatars plot, the world was amazing.

And the feel of Avatar was more or less fitting with A/P universe.

[gyro]

dont know what to think of this

[Sharp Sticks]

While it will probably turn out to be good, and while under any other circumstances I'd just be glad to see Ridley come back to sci-fi, I can't get excited about this movie anymore. We know that truly great science fiction can still be put together for the screen, but I don't want to see Scott's District 9 or Scott's Moon. I was just really looking forward to a third Alien movie I could watch on a regular basis, if all went well.

Eh. Guess now I need to find something else to put my misguided hopes and dreams into.