Quote from: Xenomorphine on Nov 08, 2015, 08:23:56 PM
That's the single most important person on a film set.
Director's most important on set. Producer's most important in getting the thing off the ground.
As for being enough into preproduction to machine prototypes, that really doesn't mean anything. That prop wouldn't have been expensive or time-consuming.
Alien3 had
sets constructed when they scrapped their entire script and brought on an entirely new director, not to mention direction, for the film.
When the director walks away from pre-production of a movie to work on entirely unrelated projects, that
is worrying, even with the pretense he'd be back. If the film was a sure thing they'd continue pre-production for as long as possible and use the time extension to their advantage, not disband and send their energies elsewhere. If Alien5
does happen down the line, there's now a very good chance that Blomkamp will no longer be confirmed as director without a fresh negotiation, leaving the project open for others.