Ridley Scott is Considering Alien Prequel/Reboot

[redhawk23]

a compromise is not always a bad thing.

but with this movie they made so many compromises (Scott and the writter) that right now now this is not the same movie that Scott wanted to make.

so the question is why even bother?

By that standard not a single studio produced movie should have ever been made. While I trust directors to know what they want, its not like its the first studio's rodeo either. Much as we like to complain about corporate medeling, sometimes giving a project limitations forces Directors and their creative teams to come up with things that are more effective than if they had had infinite resources and free will.

 

[dark_b]

a PG13 will force them to do what?

 

[Carnotaur3]

We need to go back to the days where a rating wasn't thought about until after the film was made.

 

[Marvolo]

We need to go back to the days where a rating wasn't thought about until after the film was made.

Agree 100%!

 

[Rock Sexton]

We need to go back to the days where a rating wasn't thought about until after the film was made.

Unfortunately Pop Music and PG-13 films rule the land.

 

[dark_b]

We need to go back to the days where a rating wasn't thought about until after the film was made.

the studios need to go back when budgets were not over 100 or 200

 

[Galactus123]

I don't like the idea that they are revealing more about the Space Jockey. Some things just should be mystery. I hope that they don't reveal too much.

 

[dude stannis]

We need to go back to the days where a rating wasn't thought about until after the film was made.

We need to go back to the days before the film making process was governed by marketing executives.

 

[DarkKnight88]

We need to go back to the days before the film making process was governed by marketing executives.

When was that? I don't think there EVER was a day.

 

[dude stannis]

When was that? I don't think there EVER was a day.

70's bro. Best decade ever for pure cinema.

 

[biolumen]

H.R Giger is back onboard and Dariusz Wolski will shoot it using Red Epic 3D cameras.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/12/18/hr-giger-coming-back-to-work-on-the-alien-prequel/

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/12/18/alien-prequel-to-be-filmed-on-red-epic-3d-cameras/

 

[JAK®]

70's bro. Best decade ever for pure cinema.

That's because Hollywood was nearly dead.

 

[Carnotaur3]

H.R Giger is back onboard and Dariusz Wolski will shoot it using Red Epic 3D cameras.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/12/18/hr-giger-coming-back-to-work-on-the-alien-prequel/

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/12/18/alien-prequel-to-be-filmed-on-red-epic-3d-cameras/

All good news. Giger and 5k Resolution for the win! I just hope Wolski stays true to how the original film was shot and color corrected. I don't want that lame teal/orange thing that is sweeping around.

 

[dark_b]

All good news. Giger and 5k Resolution for the win! I just hope Wolski stays true to how the original film was shot and color corrected. I don't want that lame teal/orange thing that is sweeping around.

you think they will use 5k resolution?

 

[Octoberist]

Even Pirates 4 had that teal/orange and blue look in certain scenes in the trailer.

 

[Solidus]

Giger back excellent news.

I just really hope Scott relies as much as possible on physical sets as possible. That was one thing that still makes Alien just so great.

But with Giger it will be interesting to see a re-imagining (possibly) of the alien, or I would prefer it to stay the same as in the original, however a few tweaks, some of the constraints they had back then I'm sure they would want to resolve.

 

[dude stannis]

That's because Hollywood was nearly dead.

And that's a bad thing?

 

[Marvolo]

I know the Alien will more than likely be CGI, but I hope I'm wrong and Ridley only uses CGI to enhance it. You know, man in suit, but using CGI to make it look like a real alien by making the waste line smaller than a physical human could pull off and have the creature move in ways a human can't but the baseline is still a man in a suit. Also, I highly doubt this will happen, but I would love them to use minatures and full sets. The sets in Alien are phenominal and yet simple to a degree. God, I hope these films live up to my expectations. Ridely is one of my favorite directors, and Alien is one of my favorite films. If he can remember what made the first one work, and go with that I will be happy. After all, Alien was a B-Movie with an A-Movie budget, and some of the charm of the film lies in that.

 

[co2]

Ya know, when you are an adult, you don't get as many Christmas gifts as you did when you were a kid, but now the few gifts you get are expensive and bad ass. I can thank my girlfriend for the Alien Anthology limited edition...the one with the Alien egg. Looking forward to breaking that thing in.

 

[Marvolo]

Ya know, when you are an adult, you don't get as many Christmas gifts as you did when you were a kid, but now the few gifts you get are expensive and bad ass. I can thank my girlfriend for the Alien Anthology limited edition...the one with the Alien egg. Looking forward to breaking that thing in.

Definitely true! With age you realize its quality not quantity. I got the Alien Anthology for christmas this year, too.

 

[Eggyman]

Me too. It's amazing.

 

[kvz5]

http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/rid...and-charlize-theron-circling-2nd-female-lead/

Ridley Scott Directing 'Prometheus' For Fox; Noomi Rapace Locked While Angelina Jolie And Charlize Theron Circling; Damon Lindelof Scripted With Scott From 'Alien' DNA

EXCLUSIVE: First, it started out as an Alien Prequel. But then it morphed into something "more original", an insider tells us -- even though Hollywood kept referring to the project as "The Alien Prequel" right up until today when Twentieth Century Fox officially announced the new Ridley Scott production as Prometheus is now bound for worldwide release on March 9th, 2012. Returning to science fiction filmmaking for the first time since Blade Runner, Scott will direct this epic. Of the five major roles to be cast, Noomi Rapace is the first actor signed to star (as "Elizabeth Shaw"), and we hear that Angelina Jolie and Charlize Theron are both circling the other big female lead ("Vickers").

The initial draft of the script was written by Jon Spaihts (The Darkest Hour) from Ridley’s idea. Damon Lindelof (Lost, Star Trek) and Scott have since been working together on the current version which has expanded the story into new directions. We hear they were instructed to "go off and come up with what they want" using the 'Alien DNA'. Though story details are being closely guarded, Ridley explained the outlines of the film and its genesis as follows: “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 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.”

Says Lindelof: "In a world flooded with prequels, sequels and reboots, I was incredibly struck by just how original Ridley's vision was for this movie. It's daring, visceral and hopefully, the last thing anyone expects. When I sat in a movie theater as a kid, feet raised off the floor for fear that something might grab my ankles, I never dreamed in my wildest imagination I would one day get to collaborate with the man responsible for it. Working alongside him has been nothing short of a dream come true."

The young Swedish actress landed the scientist's role after Scott saw her portrayal of fictional Lisbeth Salander in the film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo as well as the rest of the Steig Larssen. All Fox would say is that the other roles "would be cast soon".

 

[Solidus]

I was just about to post this.

Part of me is excited, then another part is sad. I think it's great that they have a new sci-fi universe to create I was looking forward to what they could do with bringing Alien back to its prime.

Oh well, just another movie to look forward to for 2012.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I think this is a better idea. This could be really great. I'm excited. Scott is back in sci fi. That's the main thing.

 

[craigdbfan]

Way more exciting.

Glad the way the projects been evolving.