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'Prometheus' (2012) - Ridley Scott's 'Alien' prequel.
June 8th, 2012 marks the theatrical release date for Ridley Scott's return to science fiction -- a prequel to his sci-fi classic 'Alien.'
Details are currently hard to come by, as Fox purposely keeps leaking plot info that isn't official, so it's really hard to say what 'Prometheus' will be about, other than that it focuses on the Space Jockey. For those of you unfamiliar with the Space Jokey, or have simply forgot what it is, here is a refresher: Spoiler:
As for the cast, it includes: Noomi Rapace ('The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'), Charlize Theron ('Monster'), Idris Elba ('28 Weeks Later'), Michael Fassbender ('A Dangerous Method'), Guy Pearce ('L.A. Confidential'), and Ben Foster ('Pandorum'). The trailer for 'Prometheus' will debut later tonight at Comic-Con International, and for now, here is the first official still from the movie: Spoiler:
Also, H.R. Giger -- the renowned Swiss artist who is most known for the original Alien design, will be contributing heavily to this film. It's first time since the original 'Alien' that he will be working on a major motion picture. Oh, and one more note: the film will be shot in 3D, which does leave me feeling skeptical. |
2011-07-21, 15:30 | Link #2 |
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Oh dear lord... If they do this right, I have to switch pants, being the big Alien fan that I am. This surely came out of nowhere. Bit worrying about the 3D, as you say. I certainly hope Ridley won't focus too much on the visuals...
Small note though: Giger is Swiss, not Swedish.
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2011-07-21, 15:32 | Link #3 |
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Yeah, I just corrected that. I have a tendency to get ahead of myself and just post without proof-reading.
But yeah, if done right, this could be something special. I hear the official budget numbers are around $150 to $160 million, so that kinda makes me nervous. The 'Alien' "universe" can never be anything less than R rated, so hopefully Fox will let Scott do as he wants. It's bad enough that it's being filmed in 3D, but if they allow it to have a hard rating, I will forgive that aspect. |
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Anyway, a short montage was shown at Comic-Con today -- with Ridley Scott saying the film could potentially be PG-13. |
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2011-07-21, 20:48 | Link #6 |
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The Space Jockey (and his ship) are of clearly UNhuman origins.... so if this is about the experiences of that ship, it could be quite interesting.
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2011-07-22, 00:56 | Link #8 |
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Honestly, with Ridely Scott directing, I am only partially interested. (The man hasn't made a decent film in 8 years (and Matchstick Men only had its moments, much the same as Gladiator and Black Hawk Down (and Hannibal was awful)).) Thankfully, the cast seems interesting, especially with Michael Fassbender, Ben Foster, and Sean Harris signed up. (p.s., does anyone know if Stan Winston Studios is involved?)
Additionally, a "prologue" seems a little unnecessary (especially since I suspect Fox will force Ridley to acknowledge the awful Aliens vs. Predator films as being in-universe (Cameron, who was originally working on an Alien 5, bowed out of the franchise after he learned of AvP, claiming that the horrendous prequels would devalue the franchise (and they did)), and while the mystery of the Space Jockey is interesting, I would have simply preferred a short film detailing the events of the creatures death. |
2011-07-22, 01:09 | Link #9 |
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Only way that would work is if the story followed a much earlier flight into space that found these things...maybe even the Space Jockey's ship...but either lost too much, or the Space Jockey found out what the humans were doing and escaped from them (only to die in the end). Or did the noble sacrifice thing and took all the Aliens with him so the humans might live....but the corperations wanted the aliens...maybe even send a ship purposely on routes that would take them new stars on the Space Jockey's last route, in hopes of find it again (thus the standing order to bring the alien to Earth despite that seeming like a very, very, very bad idea.)
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2011-07-22, 01:45 | Link #11 |
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Um, I'm confused.
I thought Ridley Scott had scrapped the prequel idea and made Prometheus it's own movie now completely separate from the alien franchise? http://www.movieline.com/2011/01/ali...y-terrible.php Did he change his mind again?
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2011-07-22, 02:00 | Link #13 |
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Cool.
Guess he did change his mind. I always wondered how the Space Jockey (weren't they called "Orions" in the graphic novel?) got on LV426. Maybe now we'll find out. Thanks for the heads-up. Since we're on the subject of Ridley Scott's original Alien movie. I'd like to say that I hope he explores his original idea for how the Aliens reproduce instead of the whole "Queen" concept that Cameron added to the franchise. I enjoyed this portion of the director's cut of the original Alien movie very much. It was totally creepy and scary as hell.
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Unless they screw that one up too.
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2011-07-22, 05:42 | Link #15 |
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As you can tell my 'location' I'm quite an Alien fan. Even if it turns out to get bad reviews... I'll still go to see it.
But then... I sort of like the mystery surrounding the Space Jockey. It makes that scene so amazing when they first discover it. If the backstory ends up being lame, they might just ruin that scene for me as it will inevitably remind me of it from that point onwards.
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2011-12-21, 10:36 | Link #16 |
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http://www.alienprequelnews.com/2011...-but-this.html
I saw the leaked 1 minute trailer, not sure when it will come out. But I am definitely psyched to see it. A lot of signals to Alien makes it even better |
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