www.alienprequelnews.comSee? They couldn't call it a prequel because it doesn't feature the Alien prominently. It seems it will have Space Jockey's and be set in the same universe.
The highly controversial Alien Harvest script was in fact a legit very early draft, although not a shooting script. Ridley liked the ideas he found in it (most likely terraforming and time-dilation, concepts he mentioned previously) and saw many elements that could evolve on their own and into a stand alone film.
For all intents and purposes, this is a prequel that has outgrown the Alien name, set in the same universe, created by Giger and Scott. Anyone else stoked as much as I am?