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Alien prequel to be directed by Ridley Scott
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:39 am
by King of Creation
I'm not sure how to take this...Ridley Scott hasn't done anything in this genre for a long time.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=57640
After months of rumor and speculation, Variety confirms that 20th Century Fox plans to keep the "Alien" franchise alive with a prequel film that will be directed by original helmer Ridley Scott. The announcement that Fox has hired a writer comes just two months after the 30th Anniversary of Scott's original sci-fi horror film which launched a series of movie sequels, a number of comic books, and two movies that pit the Aliens against Fox's other creature franchise, the Predator. Screenwriter Jon Spaihts has been hired to write the prequel after the studio was impressed by his work on two space thrillers, both for Keanu Reeves, called Passengers and Shadow 19.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:41 pm
by PiP
I just pissed my pants
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:22 pm
by Dogmeatlives
Wow, can't even imagine how much they're paying this dude
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:18 pm
by SenisterDenister
All this Alien and Predator stuff coming out is just awesome.
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:56 am
by Wolfman Walt
Unless it completely sucks.
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:46 pm
by rad resistance
Wolfman Walt wrote:Unless it completely sucks.
It will.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:00 am
by S4ur0n27
I hate prequels.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:40 pm
by Cthulhugoat
I was hoping this was going to feature Space Jockeys and stupid fictional languages. But no, they're going to do the same thing the first two movies did. I guess that's an improvement.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:57 pm
by SenisterDenister
Its going to be a Ridley Scott film, so it can't be all that bad.
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:08 pm
by Manoil
Cthulhugoat wrote:I was hoping this was going to feature Space Jockeys and stupid fictional languages. But no, they're going to do the same thing the first two movies did. I guess that's an improvement.
Same here. Considering the magnitude of the part they play in all this, you'd assume they'd have more emphasis somewhere along these lines.
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:53 am
by Wolfman Walt
Cthulhugoat wrote:first two movies did.
To be fair, I think those are two of the best movies ever. Unfortunetly it means that this movie will be ass as emulation never leads to good things in my experiences.
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:08 pm
by King of Creation
MTV news is now saying that Megan Fox is being considered for the role of the main character
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:59 pm
by rad resistance
I think Ridley Scott is smart enough not too put Megan Fox in one of his films.
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:54 pm
by Manoil
We'll see. It could very well be the deciding point in his career.
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:05 pm
by King of Creation
I think that happened a while ago.
Also, I've known about this for a while and you probably have too, but Robert Rodriguez is finally going to make Predators.
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:43 pm
by SenisterDenister
Predators? As in more movies or the Predator movie equivalent of Aliens?
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:09 pm
by King of Creation
The title is Predators. It was originally going to be about Dutch being transported to the Predator homeworld or something. Not sure if the story is going to be the same, but it would be pretty awesome.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40879
Also, I think I'm changing my nick to Dutch.
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:11 pm
by VasikkA
Stop Kharning around, KoC.
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:17 pm
by King of Creation
My av has been Dutch for a few years now, figured I'd change name to suit.
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:21 am
by Matrix
YOU FIGURED...WRONG