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Ridley Scott Talks 'Alien' Prequel and Timeline
Thursday, October 29, 2009


By: MrDisgusting
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During a new interview with UK Magazine Empire, Ridley Scott talked a bit about the forthcoming Alien prequel being developed over at 20th Century Fox. “It’s a brand new box of tricks,” said Scott. “We know what the road map is, and the screenplay is now being put on paper. The prequel will be a while ago. It’s very difficult to put a year on Alien, but [for example] if Alien was towards the end of this century, then the prequel story will take place thirty years prior.” The film is set up to be a prequel to the groundbreaking 1979 film that Scott directed. It will precede that film, in which the crew of a commercial towing ship returning to Earth is awakened and sent to respond to a distress signal from a nearby planetoid. The crew discovers too late that the signal generated by an empty ship was meant to warn them.



Source: Empire Online

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djblack1313
12:40pm, October 29, 2009

this sounds interesting! of course with Ridley at the helm i was interested (even though i'm not a huge fan of prequels) but consider me in!


navyblues
12:48pm, October 29, 2009

can't wait. it's about time they ripped those sweet aliens away from the AvP shitworld and gave them their own movie again.


GoliathSlasher
12:49pm, October 29, 2009

this should be pretty epic with Ridley Scott back,


Mecha
1:43pm, October 29, 2009

agree with the Goliath Slasher, this film will kick major ass with Ridley Scott back.


SCY385
2:01pm, October 29, 2009

I have said for years that there was a story before the Nostromo ever sat down on that planet. I can't wait to see what it was.


PresidentObama
2:10pm, October 29, 2009

Can't wait to see this especially since Ridley Scott has so many other projects up his sleave.


horrorchick81
2:19pm, October 29, 2009

count me in!


ABleedingCorpse
2:33pm, October 29, 2009

If the story is about the ship and crew that first incountered the aliens and sent out the signal...then it should be an interesting movie.


LordofDarkness
3:01pm, October 29, 2009

Who cares?


miser42
3:03pm, October 29, 2009

who cares? hundreds of thousands of people care. go enjoy your Saw 6 and stfu


gorebath
3:08pm, October 29, 2009

It sucks that Paul W.S. Anderson won't be directing this film. After the theatrical success and downright AWESOMENESS of that PG-13 waterdowned version of AVP, he deserves...fuck that, he should INHERIT the right to do this prequel/reimaginationing.


Sentinel Prime X
6:03pm, October 29, 2009

I can't wait to see where this new idea takes us. I can't see this being just about the alien crew, there would almost have to be some humans in this somewhere.


keepin It Reel
7:26pm, October 29, 2009

I really can't fucking wait for this film ! Still can't believe Ridley's actually comming back. With all the shitty abominations to cinema that have been pumped put over the last decade, this news feels almost too good to be true. I must either be dreaming or trapped in the Matrix or something.


keepin It Reel
7:29pm, October 29, 2009

And to gorebath: I sincerely hope you were just jokeing about wanting Pual W.S Anderson to have been helming this because that's the last thing we need. To all the die hard 'Alien' fans who feel that Paul Anderson is awsome and should definately be directing this film, sound off ! Hear that ? Me neither.


Remember Slithis?
8:55pm, October 29, 2009

Can't wait I hope it's not in 3D.


tarman82
9:37pm, October 29, 2009

keep the cgi out, just great creature fx and this will kick ass, I'm guessing they will be going with a gigeresque alien warrior with this one, perhaps tell the story of the space jockey?


CJ_01976
10:42pm, October 29, 2009

I am glad Scott is back as director, at least he understands the franchise unlike the retards who did the "Alien vs. Predator" movies. Even if it was just average it would still beat the shit out of those two.


daysfan79
11:47pm, October 29, 2009

Can't wait to see a prequel to the original with Ridley back!


Hitchhiker speed bump
12:00am, October 30, 2009

With AVP I don't know how they could shit all over somthing that should have been amazing. Two amazing franchises runined by Hollywood again. Please bring it back to the true fans not the children.


Biohazard
12:14am, October 30, 2009

YEAH, THIS IS THE BEST NEWS WE'VE GOTTEN ABOUT ANYTHING IN A LONG TIME!


ThulsaDoom
1:00am, October 30, 2009

This is RIDLEY SCOTT we're talking about! Not Rob Zombie. If there's anyone who could actually pull off a prequel, it would be Scott.


DreamWave
4:58am, October 30, 2009

what do you say to somebody who thinks the Alien Franchise is overrated? Fuck them!lol nah i loved Alien and Aliens...I cant quite remember much from Aliens 2 and Ressurection was totaly mediocre.


Werd5150
8:32am, October 30, 2009

i think they should make it a 3D Reboot! a ahahhaha a ahah ah ah ah


deathlock
9:34am, October 30, 2009

i glad that ridley scott is doing it


Archipelagos
9:36am, October 30, 2009

I'm absolutely overjoyed that it's about the aliens and has absolutely nothing to do with the abortion that is the AVP films.


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