Alien Movies Prequel (Prometheus) : News/Speculation/Discussion

[LtColCarter]

True, but that then works towards the point - it's going to be crap knowing that they all croak no matter how heroic their efforts are

Very much so!

[DigiFluid]

Damon Lindelof to do re-write of the Alien prequel script

As Star Trek fans are well aware, Damon Lindelof is currently in the process of writing the script for the Star Trek sequel with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Damon is also credited as one of the five producers as well. And according to Deadline New York Lindelof has picked up some more work to "rewrite" the Alien prequel script, currently in development at 20th Century Fox, with Ridley Scott back as director. According to the report 20th Century is hoping the project will be the next that Scott directs.

[Alan Wake]

Damon Lindelof to do re-write of the Alien prequel script

That gives me hope that these new alien films will do really well! Not because of the people they're bringing on, but because they appear to be taking it seriously. Like they actually want to make a good movie.

I liked Lost enough, so I like Damon... but I don't see how he'll shift over to these movies. Hopefully the script is good!

[SaberBlade]

That gives me hope that these new alien films will do really well! Not because of the people they're bringing on, but because they appear to be taking it seriously. Like they actually want to make a good movie.

I liked Lost enough, so I like Damon... but I don't see how he'll shift over to these movies. Hopefully the script is good!

Tell that to Star Trek. They'll end up writing a movie about a young Ripley, fighting the aliens years before she's supposed to encounter them and they'll make it more user friendly so it's a film anyone can watch without having to ask any questions.

[Replicator Todd]

Tell that to Star Trek. They'll end up writing a movie about a young Ripley, fighting the aliens years before she's supposed to encounter them and they'll make it more user friendly so it's a film anyone can watch without having to ask any questions.

I see whatcha did there!

[DigiFluid]

Now if only there were some validity to it....

[Replicator Todd]

Now if only there were some validity to it....

Agreed....

[SaberBlade]

Now if only there were some validity to it....

Bishop. They'll get Lance Henriksen to play an older model of the character, while having a new version for Ripley to interact with. Of course new Bishop will have been out in the galaxy a short time, so he'll be different from the character we know, yet the old one will be there to remind us what the future will be like.

[Replicator Todd]

Bishop. They'll get Lance Henriksen to play an older model of the character, while having a new version for Ripley to interact with. Of course new Bishop will have been out in the galaxy a short time, so he'll be different from the character we know, yet the old one will be there to remind us what the future will be like.

I think my mind just cracked....

[SaberBlade]

I should email these guys and demand a writers credit. I deserve it. It's like the movie almost writes itself.

[Stewart5]

I should email these guys and demand a writers credit. I deserve it. It's like the movie almost writes itself.

Unfortunately, it's probably true. They won't want to risk having nothing to relate with the original movies (bar the critters themselves)
Risk seem to be something very few movie makers are willing to take nowadays. Forget Ripley! Forget Bishop! Both amazing character, who helped to make the films what they were BUT have no place in a prequel!

[Linda06]

Damon Lindelof to do re-write of the Alien prequel script

I don't know who he is.

Unfortunately, it's probably true. They won't want to risk having nothing to relate with the original movies (bar the critters themselves)
Risk seem to be something very few movie makers are willing to take nowadays. Forget Ripley! Forget Bishop! Both amazing character, who helped to make the films what they were BUT have no place in a prequel!

I agree. It would be crazy to have Ripley there years before she was supposed to encounter them for the first time. Wouldn't make sense. Be then it wouldn't be the first time a movie didn't make sense

[DigiFluid]

I don't know who he is.

Wrote or co-wrote 45 episodes of Lost, and was EP of the series. Also was a producer on Trek2009, is listed as a producer on the next Trek movie as well as a co-writer for it.

[SaberBlade]

I agree. It would be crazy to have Ripley there years before she was supposed to encounter them for the first time. Wouldn't make sense. Be then it wouldn't be the first time a movie didn't make sense

I believe the only reason for anyone to do a sequel would be to include Ripley. There is no reason why Alien 3 shouldn't get a sequel without Ripley or any reason why a movie couldn't be down between movie 1 and 2, or 2 and 3 while Ripley was in stasis. Even without Ripley² they could still do a sequel after Resurrection.

So I think Alien fans have to be ready to accept the fact that that the movies could be retconned. Just have to hope that Ridley Scott will kick ass if people try to ruin the integrity of the originals.

[Linda06]

Wrote or co-wrote 45 episodes of Lost, and was EP of the series. Also was a producer on Trek2009, is listed as a producer on the next Trek movie as well as a co-writer for it.

He done LOST? As in LOST the TV series? Oh boy, now I don't feel so confident

I believe the only reason for anyone to do a sequel would be to include Ripley. There is no reason why Alien 3 shouldn't get a sequel without Ripley or any reason why a movie couldn't be down between movie 1 and 2, or 2 and 3 while Ripley was in stasis. Even without Ripley² they could still do a sequel after Resurrection.

So I think Alien fans have to be ready to accept the fact that that the movies could be retconned. Just have to hope that Ridley Scott will kick ass if people try to ruin the integrity of the originals.

I would only accept a prequel so long as it doesn't totally contradict the originals, but with Ridley Scott there, I have confidence he won't let that happen

[SaberBlade]

He done LOST? As in LOST the TV series? Oh boy, now I don't feel so confident

Yeah he did Lost, as in the Lost the TV series. He wrote/co-wrote about 40 episodes. He's only doing a re-write, so a lot of the changes could ultimately just be dialogue. I wouldn't be too worried unless he's credited as the only writer (in which case he's pretty much done a new script than re-writes).

[DigiFluid]

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Ridley Scott Creates Nasty Alien

Ridley Scott's 'Alien' prequels will be "really nasty".

The Oscar-nominated director - who was behind the first instalment of the 1979 sci-fi horror movie staring Sigourney Weaver - admits the two prequels he has planned will be a "tough" watch.

He said: "The film will be really tough, really nasty. It's the dark side of the moon.

"We are talking about Gods and engineers. Engineers of space. And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and clean up a planet."

The British-born filmmaker also claims he had to up his game following the success of James Cameron's 'Avatar' in 2009.

He said: "Jim's raised the bar and I've got to jump to it. He's not going to get away with it."

Ridley has previously revealed he will explore the origins of the "space jockey" in the prequels.

He told The Independent newspaper: "I sat thinking about the franchise, which now has died on the road somewhere way back and lying in the dust, and thought what I should do is go back. In the first 'Alien', when John Hurt climbed up and over the top of the rise. There was a massive giant lying in a chair.

"The chair was either a form of engine or some piece of technology and I always thought no one has ever asked who was the space jockey?"

Not a whole lot new there, but I like the sound of "nasty", "hard to watch", and 'screw you James Cameron'

[SaberBlade]

I hope they don't try turning the Xenomorphs into biological weapons or anything like that. I like the mystery and I also like that these things could be all of Mother Nature's work. I'd have no problem if the Space Jockey wanted to use them for that purpose (like the Predators for hunts) but if they start going into the origins (other than someone randomly meeting them on a planet) it takes some of the mystery away.

Plus it is a pequel, they are supposed to be more mysterious.

[DigiFluid]

But doesn't a prequel usually explore origins?

[SaberBlade]

But doesn't a prequel usually explore origins?

It does, but nothing much is known about the Xenomorphs (I keep typing Xenomorpths and it's starting to annoy me) when John Hurt is having a chest bursting colonoscopy. I can't exactly see a ragtag group of commandos surviving then the guys in charge of Weyland-Yutani deciding "well you know, let's classify this, that, oh that too, and that, and hell, why not this as well. but lets remember to put a capture at all cost order out".