Ridley Scott: "Never Say Never"

[Nightmare Asylum]

"Prometheus" and "Alien: Covenant" are about the origins of life. Do you believe in God?

Oh, the old, eternal question. If you look up at the universe at night, it's entirely ridiculous to think we're the only ones. Why are we the selected few? Of course, there are many forms of life out there, there has to be.

The jury's out on God for me. I hope it wasn't just an invention to control what happens on Earth. And right now we're not seeing a religion exactly control anything. Everything is out of control, isn't it? Absolutely out of f**king control. But people fervently believe in their various denominations and all I can do is step away from that. I don't comment on that.

So you do believe in aliens?

In terms of actual physical aliens, aliens could be bigger than this room. I don't think people comprehend the possibility of the physical shape. There could be aliens and landscapes with the same conditions as this wonderful planet that we're killing. Then, in fact, it might induce a similar form of humanoid that kind of looks like us. I think they know there's water on the moon as well. You've got deep frozen water. Are microbes inside the water alive? That would be an alien.

Do you ever want to continue your stories from "Prometheus" and "Alien: Covenant"?

Never say never. Right now, I know what I'm doing next, and I'm always thinking like two or three films ahead. Something always comes up and I take it seriously because content is your lifeblood as a filmmaker.

https://www.bkmag.com/2024/08/16/filmmaker-ridley-scott-on-alien-ai-the-afterlife-and-why-most-horror-films-fail/

[DavidIsDad]

Been saying since Scott boarded "Romulus" and it made the jump from being a Hulu movie to a "Real Movie" that this was going to be his way of a "back-door" continuation of Prometheus / Covenant and surprise, surprise...

[CANNON]

"Do you ever want to continue your stories from "Prometheus" and "Alien: Covenant"?

Never say never. Right now, I know what I'm doing next, and I'm always thinking like two or three films ahead. Something always comes up and I take it seriously because content is your lifeblood as a filmmaker."

Honestly, no matter what anyone says, I'm always down for a new addition by Scott. I'd love it.

[thexenomorph]

Please bring Shaw back somehow!!!!

Her journey must be completed!

[CANNON]

Please bring Shaw back somehow!!!!

Yeah sorely missed in covenant. Had a strong lead and then lost it for a weak one.

[BlueMarsalis79]

Please bring Shaw back somehow!!!!

Yeah sorely missed in covenant. Had a strong lead and then lost it for a weak one.

Have the body in Covenant be a clone, generated from DNA samples through the Pathogen perhaps, make all the drawings representative of both fantasies and experiments.

Real Shaw f**king ditched.

Why not? We jumped the shark, so f**king use it.

[DavidIsDad]

Please bring Shaw back somehow!!!!

Yeah sorely missed in covenant. Had a strong lead and then lost it for a weak one.

Have the body in Covenant be a clone, generated from DNA samples through the Pathogen perhaps, make all the drawings representative of both fantasies and experiments.

Real Shaw f**king ditched.

Why not? We jumped the shark, so f**king use it.

This goes hard.

[CANNON]

Please bring Shaw back somehow!!!!

Yeah sorely missed in covenant. Had a strong lead and then lost it for a weak one.

Have the body in Covenant be a clone, generated from DNA samples through the Pathogen perhaps, make all the drawings representative of both fantasies and experiments.

Real Shaw f**king ditched.

Why not? We jumped the shark, so f**king use it.

Yup makes sense to me

[Samhain13]

I'm always thinking like two or three films ahead.

This f**king guy. Saying that when he can't even get his shit right for 2 movies in a row.

[Nightmare Asylum]

I'm always thinking like two or three films ahead.

This f**king guy. Saying that when he can't even get his shit right for 2 movies in a row.

He's been on a real hot streak since Covenant, though.

[SiL]

He's not thinking 2-3 films ahead in terms of a universe, just his work schedule.

[dnicholson277]

Hope not Alien was a collaboration and I don't believe Ridley Scott was the element that made it unique.

[Nightmare Asylum]

Hope not Alien was a collaboration and I don't believe Ridley Scott was the element that made it unique.

I can't imagine who else would have directed that script in that fashion at that point in time. The direction is Ridley Scott to its very core.

Hell, Fox doubled the production budget on the back of Ridley's storyboards alone.

[dnicholson277]

Hope not Alien was a collaboration and I don't believe Ridley Scott was the element that made it unique.

I can't imagine who else would have directed that script in that fashion at that point in time. The direction is Ridley Scott to its very core.

Hell, Fox doubled the production budget on the back of Ridley's storyboards alone.

He did a great job directing, but he had collaboration from people who had as much sway as him when it comes to script etc.

If you write an Alien script you've gotta get it past him. So when he says the beast is cooked, AI is more interesting etc...why bother?

[Nightmare Asylum]

Hope not Alien was a collaboration and I don't believe Ridley Scott was the element that made it unique.

I can't imagine who else would have directed that script in that fashion at that point in time. The direction is Ridley Scott to its very core.

Hell, Fox doubled the production budget on the back of Ridley's storyboards alone.

He did a great job directing, but he had collaboration from people who had as much sway as him when it comes to script etc.

If you write an Alien script you've gotta get it past him. So when he says the beast is cooked, AI is more interesting etc...why bother?

Every film is collaborative. That doesn't diminish what Ridley specifically brought to the table.