NEW Ridley Scott talkes Prometheus (Empire Article)

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Gazz

New article in this months issue of Empire.

Quote"He was marvellous, but he's cooked," laughs 74 year old Ridley Scott of the Nostromo's unforgettable chestbursting stowaway. "He's now got an orange in his mouth." What Alien's famous director wants to make clear, as post production on his much-vaunted $100 million, 3D return to the science-fiction genre, draws close, is that he has gone back to the universe of his groundbreaking classic, but he's also moved on. "I felt there was still life in the old sod, but it has evolved into something else. To stick to the story, you don't really get it until about eight minutes from the end." Deep down in its scaly heart, Prometheus is an Alien prequel, but not as we know it.

It certainly embraces the Alien aesthetic; that biomechanoid phantasmagoria born of  H.R. Gigers pervy art and his director's unerring eye. "It does," agrees Scott ",but it's also different..." This is as much a metter of scope as anything. With a much bigger budget, Scott has been utlising all the tools availible to him: high-end digital effects ("Avatar set the bar high"), filming in 3D ("You engage more, you're drawn in") and building massive Giger-esque sets across Pinewood that oozed the atmosphere that defined his career ("I still believe in putting in the proscenium")

The cast went giddy at the belly-of-the-beast effect of the giant sets. If Alien was a souped-up B-Movie, then Prometheus is a biblical epic. "Alien felt epic," says Scott ", but this one is Epic."

Barring a beach scene in the long cut of Alien 3, the new film will feature the franchise's first genuine exterior, with Iceland's black lava fields providing the new planet's hardscrabble surface (LV-426 was created on a soundstage). Thematically, too, it's gone big. This is God versus Science, and  the survival of not just the crew (most of whom probably don't) but mankind itself. In other words, there is a whole 2001-vibe going on. "It's gone off in a new direction," boasts Scott ", but I promise it will engage you in the first five minutes."

The script, written by Jon Spaihts and Lost's Damon Lindelof, based on "one single thought" Scott drew from the original, initially follows a familiar arc. The crew of the Prometheus (the ship's name designed to echo the Greek myth) follow a perplexing message to a planet that will open their eyes and their chests to a new alien race. "A crew of scientists embark on a journey somebody else is paying for," says the director, referring to the fact Charlize Theron's Meredith Vickers is a "suit" for a certain Weyland-Yutani. Meanwhile, Michael Fassbender may or may not be an early model of Ash's android and may or may not be trustworthy. And Noomi Rapace's archaeologist heroine, Elizabeth Shaw - a spiritual cousin to "Rippers" - is one half of a conflicted couple of Logan Marshall-Green's Holloway: "One comes from a position of faith, and the other is pure scientist," details Scott. Both are going to have a lot to swallow.

Even at the time of Alien, some 32 years ago, Scott mentioned he was interested in exploring the origins of the 'Space Jockey', the dead pilot of the derelict "space croissant". He talked about bioengineering and biological warfare as potential themes. Has he been able to satisfy his curiosity in that respect? "Definitely." And what significance can we draw from the pictures slowly being released, especially the giant humanoid 'head' that looms over what Scott terms the "ampule chamber"? "Oh there's a lot more to it," he says wafting explanations away, "I've locked up all the sweet stuff..." Including something familiar, perhaps?

Source: Empire Magazine Issue 272 - Feb 2012

Blacklabel

Quote from: Sir Madafaking Ridley Scott"Alien felt epic," says Scott ", but this one is Epic."

What a tease!  :D

ThisBethesdaSea

This little diddy is very reassuring.

EEV-2501

The ultimate Movie !

Dogme

Quote from: Blacklabel on Dec 16, 2011, 12:55:52 PM
Quote from: Sir Madafaking Ridley Scott"Alien felt epic," says Scott ", but this one is Epic."

What a tease!  :D
He's teasing us and we love it :D

BISHOP 93


atlantis

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Firestorm

Thats prob the best interview/statement i've read yet from Scott regarding Prometheus.

Snowdog

Damn Scott knows how to tease his fans :laugh: And i love it :-X But now he makes me even more curious.

Michael Harper

Is that confirmation of a $100,000,000 budget?

Snowdog

Quote from: Michael Harper on Dec 16, 2011, 01:49:18 PM
Is that confirmation of a $100,000,000 budget?

I guess so 8) Also the little alien prequel confirmation makes me pretty happy. We all know deep down it will be a prequel of some sorts but still ;D And anything familiar maybe :o

JaaayDee

Quote from: Michael Harper on Dec 16, 2011, 01:49:18 PM
Is that confirmation of a $100,000,000 budget?

That isn't really much at all.  Maybe that justifies for an R rating.

nendo

Quote from: JaaayDee on Dec 16, 2011, 02:00:30 PM
Quote from: Michael Harper on Dec 16, 2011, 01:49:18 PM
Is that confirmation of a $100,000,000 budget?

That isn't really much at all.  Maybe that justifies for an R rating.

Depends on what your compairing it too. Blockbuster then it would be about right. For average films is a lot. Average action movies these days are around 40-50 million.

Theres only realy a few that pass the £100 million mark. But you hear about them more so you would think that is the average. when its not. Its the top end

Darkoo

Here is a look at the cover

ryanjayhawk

"I've locked up all the sweet stuff"

Hopefully that means the trailer that's leaked really has showed us nothing... in comparison to what we havent seen?

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