ALIEN....the prequel?

[MrBern]

Two reports that Ridley Scott is attached to Direct an ALIEN prequel!

http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/07/31/ridley-scotts-alien-prequel-whos-gonna-be-the-new-ripley/

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006722.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

 

[vintage68]

How.......odd. A movie that takes place before the alien was discovered?

Anyway, Scott will NOT be directing, he and his brother Tony are attached as producers. The director is Carl Rinsch. Yeah, who?

Maybe it will involve the mining crew that originally "discovered" the species in Scott's first movie?

I predict it won't have a happy ending

 

[dhermann1]

It will turn out that Darth Vader is actually Sigourney Weaver's mother.

 

[Feraud]

It will turn out that Darth Vader is actually Sigourney Weaver's mother.

Ugh. Spoiler!!

 

[MrBern]

attached but not final

How.......odd. A movie that takes place before the alien was discovered?

Anyway, Scott will NOT be directing, he and his brother Tony are attached as producers. The director is Carl Rinsch. Yeah, who?

Maybe it will involve the mining crew that originally "discovered" the species in Scott's first movie?

I predict it won't have a happy ending

Actually Rinsch was mentioned months ago:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/27/carl-erik-rinsch-to-direct-alien-remake/

but FOX is holding out for Ridley Scott:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/30/ridley-scott-to-direct-alien-prequel/

This may all be to drum up publicity as they test the waters for this prequel.
Sigourney Weaver has expressed interest but how do you fit her in? Unless its in flashbacks or timetravel, as with Old Mr Nimoy appearing as Spock in the latest Trek movie.

The Alien franchise has been run into the ground, so FOX might not produce this film w/o Ridley Scott or Sigourney Weaver.

Im REALLY looking forward to Ridley Scott developing Forever War.

 

[Matt Deckard]

Weaver can be her own mother... Her mother worked for the corporation that got her the job on the mining ship knowing that her daughter Ripley would run into the Aliens...

In fact, even better... She's a clone of a scientist that was making Ripley to be impregnated by the aliens... and something went wrong... She developed a soul so they put her on the mining ship where they incidentally ran into the aliens that the Ripley clone was chosen not to meet though did... that making any sense?

 

[MrBern]

I say they do a REAL Alien vs Predator movie & have old Sigourney Weaver & old Arnold Schwartzenegger battle it out. The loser gets to fight William Shatner in a trek crossover.

 

[Marcus]

I say they do a REAL Alien vs Predator movie & have old Sigourney Weaver & old Arnold Schwartzenegger battle it out. The loser gets to fight William Shatner in a trek crossover.

**Cue the Star Trek danger music!**

 

[dhermann1]

And they all wind up in the Scientific City of Murania.

 

[pretty faythe]

Its a story of the aliens living their normal happy alien loving lives before being invaded by humans!!

 

[MrBern]

I hope its as good as Darth Vader in Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEET4g9DiNk

 

[Edward]

Mmn. Any chance this is a ploy to hyp up interest in the franchise before the inevitable Blu Ray rerelease in limited edition (of 1 million) Alien-head-shaped-box 'collector's edition' box set?

Cynic, moi?

 

[Feraud]

Very astute Edward.

 

[MrBern]

This old Batman fanfilm is a lot of fun & made interesting use of the Alien & Predator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUdG0VFFNSU

 

[Mickey Caesar]

How.......odd. A movie that takes place before the alien was discovered?

Anyway, Scott will NOT be directing, he and his brother Tony are attached as producers. The director is Carl Rinsch. Yeah, who?

Maybe it will involve the mining crew that originally "discovered" the species in Scott's first movie?

I predict it won't have a happy ending

Wasnt Aliens vs Predators a prequel? It took place in 2000 which was well before the events in Alien.

 

[MrBern]

spoilers to the prequels

Looks like one of the minds behind LOST has stepped into the ring
http://movies.ign.com/articles/110/1109226p1.html

BTW, this could undo the previous interviews where Ridley Scott divulged that his scripts would necessitate two prequels that investigate the origins of the wrecked ship laden with ALIEN pods from the original 1979 movie:
http://totalscifionline.com/news/5137-ridley-scott-reveals-info-about-alien-prequel

And here Scott mentions a possible collaboration with HRGiger, the original designer who made some of the movie props as well.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/04/23/alien-prequel-update-ridley-scott/

 

[Rats Riley]

My money is on Shatner!

With his two-fisted pile driver, no one stands a chance!

If that fails he'll just break out rocketman!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY&feature=related

The man is a GOD!

 

[Godfrey]

My money is on Shatner!...

What about Mighty Mouse verses Superman? (cue music - Stand By Me)

 

[John in Covina]

In the Alien Vs Predator film they show that there is some type of Mayan temple in Antartica that the Predators used for their sport of fighting the Alien species. For that to work wouldn't we need to go back to an Antartica that was relatively free of snow and ice? That's a prequel span of thousands of years maybe.

Or in this one the Aliens steal a mining vessel and go back in time to stop Ripley from being born, the Predators have to send back a cyborg to prevent this from happening.

 

[David Conwill]

Finding this on the Fedora Lounge, I expected to hear that the Aliens crashed in New Mexico in 1947, and the U.S. Army had to wipe them out and cover up the evidence. [huh]

That reminds me, I once wrote up a draft script of an alien-invasion movie set immediately after World War Two, that was based on the Roswell/Mount Rainier/Foo Fighter incidents. I think I did that the summer Independence Day came out.

-Dave