Prometheus

[dark_b]

Set pictures leaked:

WHOOOHOOOOOOO

 

[Mister Sinister]

Note the chair in the second picture for scale's sake.

 

[TX85]

Pretty darn cool set pics!

 

[dude stannis]

I just had eyeball sex looking at those set pics!

 

[JakeSully]

PROMETHEUS Footage Arriving Next Thursday at Comic Con!

We know already that Fox is attending Comic-Con & that the Studios will be presenting Prometheus as one of its upcoming titles there. Well now it seems that we may get more than a panel discussion with cast and director, we may finally get an early glimpse at Ridley Scott's Epic sci fi behemoth. Hit the jump for the details.​

According to IGN, Fox's Prometheus event will include a "Film presentation":​

"3:15pm-4:30pm: 20th Century Fox Film Presentation (Hall H): Prometheus, In Time and Rise of the Planet of the Apes"​

This is great news although if you are attending be advised to go early as Breaking Dawn also have a Panel discussion in Hall H and that area will be FUBAR. SOSD also are dropping the line that Prometheus footage will be previewed. We also have the "first looks" spiel via the official Comic Con programme:​

"3:15-4:30 20th Century Fox— At past Comic-Cons, 20th Century Fox has previewed Independence Day, X2, Avatar, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. You won't want to miss the excitement this year, as Fox presents first-looks at some of its most-anticipated pictures of 2011 and 2012. Hall H"​

 

[Solidus]

Sweet, hopefully it leaks, then I'll have TDKR, TAS, and Prometheus Footage all in a short time span lol.

I've been kinda wondering if Fox will have a teaser trailer of Prometheus released with Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

 

[dark_b]

i hope its a teaser trailer that was made jsut for the teaser.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Oh, God, I can't wait.

 

[Crockett]

I'm so excited and glad that they're showing something this early on.

 

[JakeSully]

Ridley Scott: "We are shooting the beginning of time.”

The director confirmed that Iceland will not play the starring role in Promethius: “It will be 15 minutes in total, if all goes to plan. We are shooting the beginning of time.”

Scott says the secrecy is important to him and film fans alike: “There is a lot of innovative and new stuff in the film and it would be a shame to ruin that [surprise] with leaks.”

Iceland was confirmed as a filming location somewhat late in the day, despite always having been a probable choice. “It is possible to find similar landscapes elsewhere in the world,” Scott explained. “But here it is so rough and ‘Jurassic-like’ and that proved decisive. Iceland is a massively beautiful country.”

http://www.icenews.is/index.php/201...ting-movie-by-hekla-in-iceland/#ixzz1RoZrd29c

 

[Solidus]

Sounds very interesting. The beginning of time, I'm just trying to imagine, visually, what Ridley has in store for us.

 

[Crockett]

Will the monolith make an apperance as well then?

Nah but I'm excited to see how it'll tie with the overall plot. Even if it's somewhat connected to the Alien series I like that it'll have stuff that's distinctive so that it also will make it stand out when compared to the other movies.

 

[dark_b]

Ridley Scott: "We are shooting the beginning of time.”



http://www.icenews.is/index.php/201...ting-movie-by-hekla-in-iceland/#ixzz1RoZrd29c

''Scott says the secrecy is important to him '

then why did he say that they are filming beginning of time in Iceland? because its f... promotion.

if you want secrecy then do it like Nolan who doenst need to promote hes movie 1 year before realese with interviews like this.

 

[JakeSully]

Ridley Scott: H.R. Giger is 'working on a major project' in 'Prometheus'

Ridley Scott's film crew has set up shop in Iceland where they will be shooting portions of Prometheus and Icelandic newspaper Morgunbladid (via Alien Prequel News) had a chance to speak with Scott about the project and why he chose Iceland as a location for the shoot. He told the paper (translated via Google):

"It is possible to get this environment elsewhere, such as the Mojave desert in California, but this place is more primitive and wild I think. Nature here has a certain character and I like the black rocks. It was a better option. Being here is fantastic, really fantastic. What I have found in this country is a gorgeous beauty. This is exactly what I wanted from the beginning."
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H.R. Giger, who designed the Alien in Scott's 1979 Alien as well as the Derelict and the Space Jockey, of which the central story for Prometheus is said to center, Scott spoke of the artist's involvement in Prometheus:

"We had a good relationship with Giger for many years. We showed him the script for [Prometheus] and he liked it. He's going to work a bit for me with this movie and has been working on a major project that comes in the picture."
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http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/articl...tt-h-r-giger-working-major-project-prometheus

 

[Paroxysm]

Dope.

 

[Doctor Jones]

The beginning of time huh?

Man, I hope it's amazing.

 

[Marvolo]

Ridley Scott: "We are shooting the beginning of time.”



http://www.icenews.is/index.php/201...ting-movie-by-hekla-in-iceland/#ixzz1RoZrd29c

I read about this on Aint It Cool News and I love what Scott said about the intitial reports of the volcanic eruption not scaring him one bit. Not even mother natures most powerful weapons can deterr him. Man's committed lol.

 

[dude stannis]

I read about this on Aint It Cool News and I love what Scott said about the intitial reports of the volcanic eruption not scaring him one bit. Not even mother natures most powerful weapons can deterr him. Man's committed lol.

I would follow Ridley Scott to film at an erupting volcano. But I'll have to wait 20 years and follow Doc Jones instead.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I would follow Ridley Scott to film at an erupting volcano. But I'll have to wait 20 years and follow Doc Jones instead.

*sheds and wipes tear*

 

[glorynation]

i bet this movie will have religious undertones

 

[mikeboydus]

It will probably be as religious as 2001, Stargate or the Cthulhu Mythos.

The film looks like its going the Mythos route. The Space Jockeys or "Prometheans" already share quite abit with the Elder Things, aka Old Ones, of the Mythos, as in they are responsible for life on earth and their civilization is wiped out by one of their creations.

Even though I don't care for Alien Vs. Predator, it would nice for the film to acknowledge that the pyramids the Predators used on earth were built by the Prometheans.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

The "Prometheus"

Spoiler

will be humans as they will stole "something" from the "Gods" ( the Jockey race ) for humanity sake or demise.

( see the Greek mythology ). I didn't came with that explanation of my own, I read the leaked info/script posted previously.

2001 was more mystic/metaphysic than religious.
Stargate has no religious tone as far as I am concerned save for the use of the Egyptian pantheon.
The Pred pyramids were build by them not another race.

 

[jiggychoo]

I also like this movie a lot !!
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[redhawk23]

There was a hell of a lot more to that "beginning of time" interview from Iceland

This is from Io9, I didn't see much of this posted.

Prometheus

Tipster Reynir Pálsson directed our attention to an interview with Ridley Scott with Gunnþórunn Jónsdóttir of the Icelandic news service mbl.is. More importantly, he provided a hugely helpful translation of what Scott was saying into English, and here are the highlights:

- The article's translated title is "Origins of aliens in Iceland"
- They are filming about 12-15 mins of on screen footage for the film on location near the "Hekla" volcano on the south coast of Iceland.
- The scenes that that are being filmed will be primarily be in the beginning of the film and involve the creation of the world. (It is kinda hard translating the "creation of the world" sentence but it might also imply the creation and/or origin of the Space Jockeys' first engineering attempts...or their homeplanet/home base... kind of vague but the direct translation is "world.")
- Production facilities have been set up near Hekla volcano and it currently has around 200 employees, around 100 of them Icelandic.
- They did look at other locations including the Mojave Desert but ultimately decided that the "rough and pristine" landscape near Hekla was the ideal spot and would suit the location and the atmosphere perfectly.
- H.R Giger has been involved form the start and is working on (translated quote) "... a big piece for me on this film."
- Ridley drops this as well (translated quote): "It will not be a direct link to the Alien movies but around the third act, you will start to see some relations/connections. I could explain to you how this scene plays out but that would be a shame. We go back in time, not forward."
- Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Guy Pierce, Logan Marshall-Green, Kate Dickie and Sean Harris are confimed for the movie and Ridley mentions that Noomi, Charlize, Michael, Idris, and Logan will be on location.
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Thanks again to Reynir for this awesome tip!

 

[mikeboydus]

For most people on the planet, "religious" falls outside the Judeo-Christian paradigm, thus mysticism, metaphysics, and polytheism is "religious" for many people.

I would still retcon the Predator pyramids, especially based on the original pyramid concept for Scott's Alien film, which is where Anderson got the Pyramid idea in the first place. I would simply have the Predators altering the ruins and finding the Xenomorph eggs in the ruins, which would be a huge homage to the original Alien film concept, where the crew of the Nostromo originally found the eggs in a massive pyramid and not the Derelict.