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Scott: 'New Alien film to be prequel'

Started by garbon, June 03, 2009, 11:37:09 AM

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garbon

Nothing came up on a search of Languish so...

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a157792/scott-new-alien-film-to-be-prequel.html

QuoteTony Scott has revealed that the proposed new Alien film will be a prequel.

The producer of the upcoming movie said that he expects the franchise reboot to begin filming "hopefully [by] the end of the year" but was unsure if it would be on the calendar as a summer 2011 release.

Scott also confirmed that Carl Rinsch would take over directorial duties from his brother Ridley, who directed the original film in 1979 and will oversee the current project.

He told Collider: "Yes, Carl Rinsch is going to do the prequel to Alien. He's one of our directors at our company."

There is speculation as to whether the prequel will focus on the events leading up to the first film, with a spaceship loaded with alien eggs crash landing on a remote planet, to be discovered by the crew of the Nostromo.

The Alien franchise has made $850 million at the worldwide box office.
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They've raped this series to death already, why do they keep molesting the corpse!? :bleeding:

If only they'd stay true to the AVP comics.  :(
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Quote from: Neil on June 03, 2009, 11:49:58 AM
The entire 'reboot' craze shows a complete lack of creativity and innovation in our culture.  Soon, the West will be finished.

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Quote from: Neil on June 03, 2009, 11:49:58 AM
The entire 'reboot' craze shows a complete lack of creativity and innovation in our culture.  Soon, the West will be finished.
I think people are still coming up with original ideas but producers see prequels and reboots as safer options.

saskganesh

actually, I think this one could work.

... any good prequels?

Godfather II?
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Savonarola

Quote from: saskganesh on June 03, 2009, 11:57:15 AM
actually, I think this one could work.

... any good prequels?

Godfather II?

That was a sprequel since it had events that took place after the original Godfather as well.
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Quote from: Neil on June 03, 2009, 11:49:58 AM
The entire 'reboot' craze shows a complete lack of creativity and innovation in our culture.  Soon, the West will be finished.
Or we'll reboot and start carving up other lands once again.

But myeh.

Reboots...The idea is bad but a lot of the results have been pretty good.
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Cerr

Quote from: saskganesh on June 03, 2009, 11:57:15 AM
... any good prequels?

Godfather II?
Don't think that counts,  doesn't the majority of the film take place after the first one?

Neil

Quote from: saskganesh on June 03, 2009, 11:57:15 AM
actually, I think this one could work.

... any good prequels?

Godfather II?
Which was a sequel.
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garbon

I'd like it if they made a horror film a la the original Alien.
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Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 03, 2009, 11:50:43 AM
If only they'd stay true to the AVP comics.  :(
They weren't that great.

I think that Alien3 pretty much finished the franchise.  The damnable part of it is that Alien3 was actually a pretty good film, it's just that it was raping and killing Hicks, Bishop and Newt.
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