Variety have confirmed that Ridley Scott is going to direct the upcoming Alien Prequel movie. Fox have also hired Jon Spaihts to write the prequel. The studio was impressed by his work on two space thrillers called Passengers and Shadow 19.
Twentieth Century Fox is resuscitating its “Alien” franchise. The studio has hired Jon Spaihts to write a prequel that has Ridley Scott attached to return as director. Spaihts got the job after pitching the studio and Scott Free, which will produce the film.
The film is set up to be a prequel to the groundbreaking 1979 film that Scott directed. It will precede that film, in which the crew of a commercial towing ship returning to Earth is awakened and sent to respond to a distress signal from a nearby planetoid. The crew discovers too late that the signal generated by an empty ship was meant to warn them.
This is excellent news about Ridley Scott returning. Thanks to dDave, Aiden, Alien Genesis, Kirkempk, Clayton, and Giger_Incubator for the news.
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OH YEAH! ALIENS AND PREDATOR are back baby! maybe we will get another avp in 10 years LOL
What can I say? This is indeed great news! ;D
*Dies from the awesome*
Yes ridley scott awesome im only 18 but i need to have kids so i can take this to this film
Finally it looks like Fox have finally pulled their fingers out of their arses. It's only taken them 12 years and the bludgeoning of the Alien franchise to do so.
That's good, Scott is Directing as well as Producing the film. ;D Spoon What's Predator got to do with this film, its an Alien film NOT an AvP film.
Get James Cameron to write and produce and and this movie could be Scifi magic. ;D
Things I want- -James Cameron to have atleast something to do with it- it would be so badass to see Scott and Cameron shake hands and put a sick Alien movie out! -Colonial Marines; I don't care how they get in there, but I just want them there. -Nathan Fillion; he is one of the best sci-fi actors today- it's hard to explain why, but watch him and you'd see. -Suits and Mechanics over CGI for the Alien/Aliens; it was so much more convincing that the stupid, shitty AvP ones! Things I DON'T want to see... -A CGI overload; that's a given. -A living Space Jockey; I know everybody wants it- but seriously- how would you fit one of those in without completely taking away from the Xenomorphs? Think about it; it would ruin tention, and mystery.
Hell yeah!!!! X3
@ Space Sweeper - I just want to see one thing: Doug Jones in the alien suit.
- new avp (game - not movie!!) with a badass trailer - new Predator movie (not remake!! - sequel) with possible major Dutch cameo and a great producer -new Alien movie (not remake!! - prequel ) with Scott directing .......and now tell me.....can there be any possible better combination?????? ;D >:D ;D
YEEEEEEES
Thank you!!!! This made my week. The Alien series is back to the good stuff people! Thank you so much Mr. Scott!!!!
Giger designs and no ADI involvement.
*Dies from shock*
;D
best news ever
now lets get John McTiernan for Predators :P
This will be a AMAZING movie just because Ridley Scott is directing, this wont be like the crap AVP movies because they had rubbish directors, this director has PASSION for these movies so its going to be great
Im so glad to hear ridley getin back on the xenomorph and hopfully giving us the third best movie in the alien francise. ;D
This news has made my day...maybe my month! :D ;D
I agree, come on. Predators and an alien film, marines are a must in this. woooooo
f**k YES!!!! MY DAY IS MADE!!!! This better not turn out to be bullshit.
Great News! :smile: Looks like FOX is putting more effort into the 'new' alien franchise than the 'new' predator one. I just hope both Alien Prequel & Predator's are great films. Both franchise's have suffered enough in recent years (alien ressurection, avp 1 & 2) Lets hope this is a new beginning and a good start to both these creatures! Ridley is the man ;D
excuse me i think i shit myself
The awesomeness has arrived.
WELL WELL WELL IT LOOKS LIKE FOX HAVE LISTENED TO THE FANS ABOUT SMEGGING TIME NOW LET CAMERON DO A PROPER ALIEN 3 AND START IT AFTER ALIENS.I MIGHT HAVE THE WILL TO LIVE NOW FOX DONT SCREW THIS UP AND PLEASE NO MORE AVP MOVIES ;D
Best news I've read all day ;D There is indeed hope now for a truly great alien film once again. Huzzah!
Sitting on the fence, but optimistic...
8) should the Alien movie be about: the derelict ship (if i'm not mistaken) crash landing on that planetoid and finding out who and why the ship was taken and why it was doing there in the first place? i can't even see this being like the first film of Alien (1979). can't just be the same. any thoughts, guys?
this film isn't about the crew of nostromo and ripley. speaking of ripley, why is she involved? this is before her isn't? why the towing ship instead of the alien ship? if this is a prequel then this one is just about the space jockeys and that alien ship with the eggs. remember what lambert said: i wonder what happened to the rest of the crew".
8) if this gonna be about the alien coming aboard. then i'm not seeing this one, if it is about the derelict ship then i would be game to see it.
this is awsome though i was expecting a sequal but may be we are do for a prequal but any way im excited ;D ;D
;D Definitively I can't wait, Thanks FOX.
Let me ruin the ending for you: a warning beacon is placed on the ship on LV426. At the very least though, Scott will make the movie tasteful. He won't drown us in CG imagery. He might, however, confuse an already bruised and beaten idea when it comes to the alien life cycle. The guy had a lot of weird ideas before Cameron took them in a less surreal and more logical direction. I guess we'll see.
NO LETS GET BACK HR GIGER!! I know Ridley loves his work
Rob: Hes talking about the film "PREDATORS".
Made my day!!!
Super awesome! This makes my day! X 8)
THE ALIEN GLORY IS BACK!! ;D I knew, I still had some kinda hope this day´ll come when the Alien would be as great as it was 30 years ago.
Awesome! Predator and Alien are back! Thanks so much!
I am happy that alien and predator are back and i hope to see new alien movies and new predator movie as well.
i am happy as well, this took 4ever but finally a new Alien film: a prequel. i also will see both comic movies: ALIEN 5: Prequel and PREDATORS. long time no see "ALIEN".
Alien better be good >:( predators will be better ;D
I regard this as interesting, but it's not dampening my caution about this project. I remember some of the ideas this director has espoused for a fifth film and they were a bit bizarre.
lik what, xeno? list 'em all.
Faith is restored.
This had to be a prequel because AR ruined the franchise and there was nowhere to go with it. Ripley 8 was one of the dumbest ideas in modern film making.
WHY are some people assuming that, just because the new movie is a prequel, this new Alien movie will be about Space Jockeys or even Ripley?? If you didnt get it in the original movie then you obviously wern't watching, soooo, do yourselves a BIG favour and read the book by Alan Dean Foster. CASES IN POINT... Space travel has obviously been around a long time.... NOWHERE is it stated no one had seen the Alien Ship before it was only assumed, but it WAS stated that ship has also been on the planetoid a very long time. Read between the lines people theres BAGS of scope for this.
Little to NO CG. NO ADI. NO PG 13. NO FOX making creative decisions. NO Comedy. NO new alien designs. NO chestbursters that look like hotdog buns with teeth. NO aliens trotting around like raptors and if Jean Pierre whatever, Paul Anderson or the Strause brothers come within 100 miles of the filming they must be aprehended and a restraining order must be placed.
Here, here ScarFan!
Predator getting a sequel produced by Rodriguez, Alien getting a prequel directed by Scott. Everything is as it should be.
This is awesome!! Cameron can do the next one!!
this is indeed the best news ive heard in a while. We're gonna be in for a treat fellas!! ;D
Three words: this will ROCK! ;D
My friend texted me this news this morning, he's not one to mess around with me on this subject but had to investigate it myself! - This has made my day! ;D
Glad to see Scott finally took his head out of his ass and agreed to direct the damn thing
Even WITH Ridley at the healm, they're gonna have to dig DEEP to conjure up any kind of quality story and plot for the idea of a prequel... Ridley Scott =/= automatic success.
Yeah hopefully they don't butcher this film at all
Fingers crossed this turns out to be epic :) I havn't got much hope for Predator's :-\ but miracles can happen :D FOX don't screw these movies up, u owe us..BIG TIME!
Does anybody know the budget for the prequel? any ideas on the story?
THANK GOD!!! Awesome news!
LOL ScarFan you funny. I agree with everything you said.
8) let's put a young Ripley in it. just like Halloween remake, they put a young Michael and a young Laurie Strode for the new prequel/remake of Halloween. i think the girl from Live Free or Die Hard which the girl played the daughter to Bruce Willis. i don't know the name but i think she will be the best action actress.
the prequel should be titled: Alien Evolution and i dont think we need a young ripley, i am bored of her charachter, she died in alien 3. the prequel should have all new charachters, an innovative plot leading up to the events of Alien (maybe even the merging of the two companies, Weyland Industries & Yutani) It would be more interesting, after all, this isnt the story of ripley but the origin of the alien themselves.
this sounds more like a reboot, like everything else these days thats good in this case becouse they really nerfed avp flims bad i want to fear these things with lil pred honor hunt code in with it.not go ok yah kil these stupid teens lol then bomm bang moives over. also with oredators comeing out we shall see. good news
1. The new movie should have nothing involving anything human. 2. Any Aliens SHOULD be CG, but done under the careful supervision of Scott and Giger. Give them the nature of movement and grace such a beautiful creature deserves. 3. Explaining the origins of the Alien and the Space Jockey's involvement will be the most curcial elements to this film. Explain too much, the mystery is gone. 4 IF any new Alien types are to be shown, they should be done so according to the natural and expected natures of the host they respectively were birthed from.
im not jumping to anything but i can see that the new Alien will do better than Predators.. i just have that feeling...... ;D
the story should be about only the derelict ship and the space jockeys not about of the nostromo cargo ship answering a distress call and on purpose bringing the creature in the cargo. why does it say that on the where it says: Ridley Scott directing the Alien Prequel and now its showing is it the synopsis of the 1979 film or should it be just the alien ship being stranded with the egg?
well its a prequel, so its the events before Alien.....
oh god i just peed my pants :o :o
L believe Ridley Scott has become a living lengend ( pun intended ) in everyones mind,including me, his track record though of late has been pretty low,e.g Political Thrillers etc,but really he is a SCi Fi filmmaker .......... :)