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Alien Prequel Scrapped, Prometheus Planned |
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Friday, 14 January 2011 15:32 |
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After hearing various unconfirmed reports on the Alien prequel; titles, cast, plot etc, its all become moot as Fox and director Ridley Scott have decided to kill the project and instead reconfigure the idea for an original sci-fi project called Prometheus.
Noomi Rapace is on board to play a scientist named Elizabeth Shaw, and the second major role of Vickers is apparently being fought over by Charlize Theron and Angelina Jolie. Plot details are non existent for now, but here is what Scott and Damon Lindelof(who has worked closely with Scott on the script) had to say..
“While Alien 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’s DNA, so to speak, but the ideas tackled in this film are unique, large and provocative. I couldn’t |
