Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Gets a Writer

I wonder how long back will it pre-date and if they can squeeze 3 movies in before the 1979 version.

this will be either really good or a complete disaster

ANGELINA JOLIE FOR RIPLEY!!!

I can´t believe RScott fell in the prequel-trap. maybe he wants to do it right but Hollywood has proven many times that prequels are a chep-coward way to NOT to go forward in the story... i have faith in Scott, that is the only reason i will give it a shot.

Heyyyyyyy lol!



RIPLEY & MOONDRAGON!!! ; D

0zymandias @ That's what i wanted too, ALIENS VS PREDATOR 3!

They should be doing this instead of rebooting!!!

Same goes for FREDDY VS JASON 2!!! ; )

LEEE- i'm thinking that Haley's Freddie will be kinda like the last Friday the 13th. A separate story type of reboot. Not a "re-boot" per say. I think it will be fine :)) And god knows i'd go for a F vs J2 :))

Man... That's a cute ass blad woman!!! Never thought i'd say this but, it suits her fine!!!

You sure that wasn't "Journey" playing in the back ground there Kev???

Osiris- Actually, the perfect reason to recast for the PREQUEL, is that Weaver is now what... 50??? Wasn't she in her 30ies in the first film??? Prequel meaning of course that it would precede the first film. You mentionned herself she was to old to continue, logically she'd be too old to predate what she has done too.

Wait...isn't that the same storyline as the first Alien? That's...kinda dumb and confusing. "Let's have a prequel, but give it the same storyline as the original, but with different characters." :D

Meh...if Alien 3 wasn't total crapolla, then the trilogy would have been untouchable, like Star Wars...why do sucky movies get made?

Why can't Alien vs Predator 3 be the prequel for Alien? I was under the impression that this was the direction they were heading. I love the Alien movies and the AvP movies. I enjoy them much more than the Predator films. AvP 3 should be the prequel since they left it with and obvious set up for a 3rd at the end of AvP Requiem.

Stop making prequels go forward damnit. I mean really I am sick of some prequels. Its ok sometimes but not all the time. How about a 5 min FLASHBACK, THAT IS ALL THE PREQUEL WE NEED. Hollywood GET THE PICTURE!!!!!! NOT THE PAST PICTURE. STOP TRYING TO BE LIKE GEORGE LUCAS, NO EXCUSES ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If Scott is directing i dont give a flying [frick] if its a sequel, a requel, a prequel, it will be good! That's all that matters.

AVP requiem was a steaming pile of shit.

Shaman i liked Resurrection for the most part, the big white plasticine, melted candle [frick] up of a hybrid at the end almost ruined the whole movie though.

Well, we are all p'ed off about the whole thing. Check.
We have to keep talking about it. Maybe someone will listen to our posts. A prequel is a good idea. But a reboot? Also, I kind of agree with the idea that Alien should be prequeled by AVP 3 That would make total sense. But then again...AVP ended kind of "Enh oh well." to me.

RetroGF

Save for one. Lest we forget Temple of Doom was a prequel to Raiders. Chronologically, the events in that film occur the year before. They make no big stink about it, in fact, you can't even tell. But it's true.

"THROOOOOOOOW THEM DR. JONES!! The stones will be found... YOU WON'T!!"


Yo, where's Betty?

The suprise factor is lost. There is nothing new you can do with this franchise but to evolve the Aliens. A prequel couldn't do so. Everyone in the prequel will have to die because when the crew of 1979 Alien encountered the species, no one had ever reported such a thing.

And the AVP movies are a waste. They try, over and over, to scare us with the tricks we already know, but instead they do it with characters we don't care about. The development of Weyland-Yutani is good but the rest is more of the same.

Alien worked in 1979 because it was new, suspenseful, and the alien wasn't the only mystery threat. Aliens worked because multiple aliens is different that one, and we met the queen. Alien 3 almost worked because it was more about Ripley as an alien to her environment. Alien: Resurrection almost worked because Ripley evolved. AVP, however, is a one-trick pony, trotting over old ground.

One of these creatures has to learn to communicate for things to get interesting again. An alien has to switch sides or something or we have to see some weirder aliens birthed from non-earth life forms. The Predator Alien was a good concept with weak execution.

Rock On, CBM!