{"id":11375,"date":"2011-01-15T08:59:51","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T13:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=11375"},"modified":"2022-02-02T23:05:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T04:05:34","slug":"scotts-alien-prequel-no-longer-alien-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/15\/scotts-alien-prequel-no-longer-alien-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott’s ALIEN Prequel No Longer ALIEN Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know that Alien<\/strong> prequel director Ridley Scott was working on? It’s no longer a prequel to the popular science-fiction\/horror franchise. Instead, it will be its own contained film entitled Prometheus<\/strong> according to an announcement from Twentieth Century Fox late yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The film will mark Scott’s return to the science-fiction genre for the first time since his ground breaking 1982 film Blade Runner<\/strong>. Scott has already cast Noomi Repace for one of the five major roles in the film.<\/p>\n

Although Fox was (and probably still is) looking for a way to energize the franchise after the moribund reception to the two crossover films with the studio’s Predators<\/strong> films, they have allowed Scott and writer Damon Lindelof to pursue their muse on the project, which lead them away from Alien<\/strong> towards a new original idea.<\/p>\n

As Scott stated to Deadline<\/a> –<\/p>\n

While Alien<\/strong> was indeed the jumping off point for this project, out of the creative process evolved a new, grand mythology and universe in which this original story takes place. The keen fan will recognize strands of Alien<\/strong>\u2019s DNA, so to speak, but the ideas tackled in this film are unique, large and provocative. I couldn’t be more pleased to have found the singular tale I’d been searching for, and finally return to this genre that’s so close to my heart.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Personally, I think that this is great news. Part of the effectiveness of the Alien<\/strong> series is the unknown origins of the deadly, unrelenting, unstoppable aliens themselves. To delve into that mystery and provide answers, as was initially promised when the project was first announced<\/a>, just robs the films of their power at generating fear of the unknown. Also, we now have Scott working on a new, original science-fiction tale, and seeing as how he has already produced two classics in his two times at-bat in the genre, odds are better than just good that that’s what’s in store for us this time as well.<\/p>\n

Prometheus<\/strong> will hit theaters March 9, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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