{"id":21390,"date":"2012-08-01T23:09:31","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T03:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=21390"},"modified":"2012-08-01T23:09:31","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T03:09:31","slug":"prometheus-2-in-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/01\/prometheus-2-in-development\/","title":{"rendered":"PROMETHEUS 2 In Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Prometheus1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21393\" title=\"Prometheus1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Prometheus1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Prometheus1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Prometheus1-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Although it might not have done quite the box office business that 20th Century Fox may have been hoping for, the studio has confirmed that a sequel is being developed for this summer&#8217;s <strong>Alien<\/strong> franchise semi-prequel <strong>Prometheus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/summer-movie-franchise-avengers-snow-white-magic-mike-356583\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> received confirmation from the studio that they and director Ridley Scott are actively pushing ahead in developing a follow up film. Currently star Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace are signed to reprise their characters in any potential sequel.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the studio and Scott are looking for writers for the project. Although <strong>Prometheus<\/strong> writer Damon Lindelof had stated during the promotional lead up to the release of the film that he had many ideas for a potential sequel, the studio stated that the writer&#8217;s schedule appears to be heavily booked already with other projects.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I look forward to Scott further exploring the <strong>Alien<\/strong> franchise universe that he opened up with <strong>Prometheus<\/strong>. And if Lindelof isn&#8217;t along for the ride that might not be such a bad thing either. Although the film&#8217;s main plot and themes were conceived by Scott, it was Lindelof who authored the film&#8217;s final draft and may be the one responsible for many of the film&#8217;s smaller problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Rapace and Fassbender will be back, scripter Lindelof probably not.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/01\/prometheus-2-in-development\/\" title=\"PROMETHEUS 2 In Development\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[3387,3388,5478,416],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-damon-lindelof","9":"tag-prometheus","10":"tag-prometheus-2","11":"tag-ridley-scott"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21390"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=21390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}