Prometheus

[chamber-music]

Alien is amazing considering it was only Ridley Scotts 2nd movie and his first hollywood movie.

 

[dark_b]

Other than the chest bursting scene, nothing in the original would have prevented it from getting a PG-13 today. There have been a few too many "****s," but I can't remember. Most of the horror in Alien is left to the imagination.

And as this isn't Alien: Birth or something like that, I assume it will be its own picture. I hope it adds some of the visceral feel of Blade Runner which was not as claustrophobic. I like seeing Ridley paint on a big canvas. Just because it's PG-13 does not mean it can't be creepy or ooze atmosphere. The studio seems to want another Inception type film IMO. While this will be slower and I don't know how well it will financially, Scott will be able to make it how he sees fit beyond too much gore, I imagine.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/qa-...after-at-the-mountains-of-madness-fell-apart/
DEL TORO: Ultimately, I think the MPAA could rule the movie PG-13 because the movie and the book are not gory. If that is the outcome, fine. But I don’t want to put the PG-13 on paper, for one reason. We created Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, thinking we would be safe looking for PG-13 because we had no profanity, no sex, no gore, but we made a very intense movie in a very classical mold. And the MPAA gave it an R. They said the movie was too intense for a PG-13. The only think I know about Mountains is, I do not want it to be bloody, I do not want it to be crass, but I want it to be as intense as possible. And those discussions were had in the open. Everyone knew this was my position, that I knew I was asking the chance for the movie to be what it needs to be. I don’t think it’s a good idea to relinquish that on paper.

 

[Paroxysm]

Logan Marshall-Green Lands 'Prometheus'

Ridley Scott and 20th Century Fox have tapped Logan Marshall-Green to play a lead role in Prometheus, the science fiction film that Scott next directs. Marshall-Green will play the role of Holloway, a crewman on the space ship and the love interest for the character played by Noomi Rapace. Rapace, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo star, was the first castmember set by Scott. Marshall-Green most recently was seen in Devil and Brooklyn's Finest, and did stints on The O.C. and 24. He's repped by 3 Arts and Gersh. This was a role that a lot of young actors chased, and who wouldn't want to be involved in Scott's first sci-fi foray since Alien?

The film also stars Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron, with Idris Elba, Sean Harris and Kate Dickie playing smaller roles. Shooting begins in March on a film that started as a prequel to Scott's seminal science fiction film Alien but morphed into something else. The original script was by Jonathan Spaihts, but the most recent draft is by Damon Lindelof. Shooting begins shortly in the UK.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Don't they start shooting this or next week?

I still can't believe Scott is actually going to film this. It sounds like those too good to be true things where you hear a great director attached to but it falls through.

 

[MadVillainy]

Good for Green.

He's a decent actor

 

[MadVillainy]

Good for Green.

He's a decent actor

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Never heard of him.

 

[Valaquen]

Good to see that Scott has relative unknowns along with some up-and-comers. Keeps it fresh. No Angelina Jolie, I hope!

By the way, today we had someone give us a heads up to the fact that, in a foreign interview back in December, Ridley Scott admitted part of PROMETHEUS takes place a million years in the past...presumably showing the origin story of the space jockeys. Sounding cool to you or what?

http://www.joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=27094

 

[Carnotaur3]

Good to see that Scott has relative unknowns along with some up-and-comers. Keeps it fresh. No Angelina Jolie, I hope!


http://www.joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=27094

Oh God! I know exactly what Ridley is going for now and it wouldn't surprise me if this movie is 2001 meets the Alien franchise.

 

[JakeSully]

Will part of Prometheus take place millions of years ago?

Movie news website JoBlo.com mentioned in a post today that they've heard that part of the Prometheus story line will take place millions of years ago.

By the way, today we had someone give us a heads up to the fact that, in a foreign interview back in December, Ridley Scott admitted part of PROMETHEUS takes place a million years in the past...presumably showing the origin story of the space jockeys. Sounding cool to you or what?​

There's no word of where this interview is, or which language, but thanks to Valaquen for pointing out this article in German from Swiss magazine Blick. It's from May last year, so it might not be the interview JoBlo is referring to, but it seems pretty close.

Scott speaks of Erich von Daniken: "He has guessed right. Millions of years ago, there were intelligent creatures everywhere." It is a time when HR Giger's monster didn't exist.
"I have to create something new."​

Erich von Daniken is a Swiss author who's best known for his book Chariots of the Gods from 1968, in which he hypothesises that many technologies and religions of ancient human civilization were given to them by ancient astronauts who were treated by humans as gods.
He bases his hypothesis on ancient structures such as the pyramids, the Nazca lines and Stonehenge, and on interpretations from the Bible.

If we take this and look back at what little information Ridley Scott has revealed about Prometheus in the past, we can find obvious links between von Daniken's hypothesis and what little we know of the Prometheus storyline.

Scott mentioned just recently that Prometheus is a "... story of creation, the gods and the man who stood against them".

There's hardly any doubt that the "gods" Scott is referring to are the ancient astronauts von Daniken writes about. And as we all should know by now the man who stood against the gods was Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods and gave it to us mortal humans.

In this case, I wouldn't be surprised if the "fire" is an alien technology such as terraforming, which has often been mentioned in the mix of rumors regarding the Prometheus storyline.

 

[Crockett]

Logan Marshall-Green? I recognize him from Devil.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I like Green. He was good in Devil and in a small part in Brooklyn's Finest.

But damn, does he ever look like Tom Hardy's American twin.

 

[chamber-music]

I looked him up and people were calling him Tom Hardys doppleganger

 

[Rowsdower!]

He really is. It's one of those freaky Javier Bardem/Jeffrey Dean Morgan type of resemblences.

 

[JakeSully]

Prometheus started filming on Monday

 

[JP]

Cool!

 

[Valaquen]

Should probably change the thread title to 'Ridley Scott's Prometheus' now :P

 

[Marvolo]

Will part of Prometheus take place millions of years ago?

My god, the more I hear about the film the better it gets.

 

[craigdbfan]

Yeah its going to be hard not to get irregular heart palpitations when watching this movie.

Its going to be insane.

 

[Crockett]

Prometheus started filming on Monday

Sweet. t:

 

[dude stannis]

If I sacrifice my life to get set photos, would you guys honour my memory?

 

[lime]

If I sacrifice my life to get set photos, would you guys honour my memory?

No, but do it anyway.

 

[dark_b]

If I sacrifice my life to get set photos, would you guys honour my memory?

this is the internet. first everyone would love you. then 6 months later everyone would hate you. t:

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I'd support the reboot of Dude Love. The original is so flawed and not true to the comics.

 

[dude stannis]

this is the internet. first everyone would love you. then 6 months later everyone would hate you. t:

Sounds about right!