Sir Ridley Scott has finally come forward with some concrete (or at least wet cement) details on his long-awaited (or not?) prequel to his 1979 masterpiece, Alien. Speaking with MTV, Scott riffed on the current progress of the script, plot details, whether or not original Alien designer H.R. Giger will be involved, and of course the Space Jockey.
On the script:
“As we speak, I’ve got a pile of pages next to me; it’s like the fourth
draft. It’s a work in progress, but we’re not dreaming it up anymore.
We know what the story is….There’s no question about it, we’re going to make the film.”
The setting and the other alien, aka the “Space Jockey”:
It’s set in 2085, about 30 years before Sigourney [Weaver’s character Ellen Ripley]. It’s fundamentally about going out to find out ‘Who the hell was that Space Jockey?’ The guy who was sitting in the chair in the alien vehicle — there was a giant fellow sitting in a seat on what looked to be either a piece of technology or an astronomer’s chair. Remember that?
On the protagonist:
Well, the main character [in the prequel] will be a woman, yeah. We’re
thinking it could go down that route, yeah. When I started the original
“Alien,” Ripley wasn’t a woman, it was a guy. During casting, we
thought, “Why don’t we make it a woman?”
On Giger’s role:
“Yeah, he’s still around. Once I get more serious and get going, and the
big wheels start turning, we’ll certainly talk. And maybe we’ll come up
with something completely different.”
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16 comments
Umm…yes please.
This is all kinds of a terrible idea. "Hey, you know that cool, mysterious thing? Well… it's name is Bob and he likes gardening. Mystery=DEAD!"
Now this is something I'm looking forward to seeing from Ridley. Not so much Robin Hood historical epic, but some Alien sci-fi horror.
I can honestly say that I would pay just to carry Ridley Scott's coffee (or tea) on the set of another Alien movie. He just gets cooler and cooler every year. Say what you will about his films, but the man is a cool human being.
Yea, Scott's output of the past decade is pretty solid. I hope this is better than anything post-Alien 3. I liked Alien 3.
Without question, Ridley Scott is the man. That still doesn't make this anything but an awful, awful idea.
I guess if this is what it takes to get Sir Ridley back to the science fiction genre… I'll take it. *SIGH*
It's his first sequel. It's something he had to be sure about before making. I really don't think it was a money thing, he definitely had a fresh take. Therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up being Scott's best film for well over a decade. He knows it needs to be done well to get this franchise out of the slump its in. I just hope he doesn't leave out the old Xenomorph design out completely.
At first I thought bummer, they're going to ruin the mystery of the space jockey. But this movie is supposed to take place only 30 years before Alien, and in that movie the space jockey looked to have been dead much longer than that. If so then there's still likely to be a lot of unanswered questions, they'll just go a little deeper. Could be fun. (Also: Fuck your capcha, fuck you capcha, fuck your capcha, fuck your capcha, fuck your capcha!!!)
Who gives a shit about the "mystery" of the space jockey. You nerds always get your tribbles in a bunch over the most trivial bullshit but this is ridiculous. The guy is a master, he will sequel the fuck out of this movie and if he wants to explain the stupid space jockey then trust in the fact that he knows his shit better than you. So go back to learning Klingon or whatever the fuck you guys do when you aren't whining and wait for your complaints until after you see the movie.
Here's a novel idea: unless there's a reason to have it male or female, leave the main protagonist completely gender neutral and just find a really good actor to fill the role. Because, quite honestly, I can't think of a female actor I'd want to see as the lead in an Alien movie, and I fucking shudder at the thought of someone like Kate Beckinsale, Angelina Jolie, Kristen Stewart or some other popular cunt filling the role. If it HAS to be a woman, they need to find a complete unknown. Surround her with big names if that's what it takes to give the movie legs, but find a genuinely talented unknown for the lead.
It'll be Zoe Saldana. Weak. @#10: Just having a whole conversation by yourself there. Like Fight Club, but both personalities are nerds/geeks. Lol!
Ridley Scott has just become his brother in recent years. Lot's of slick looking movies with no substance and horrible screen writing.
This will be no different.
I, for one, can't wait. Add this film to my latest reasons to stave off suicide.
@10: LMFAO
@11: Chloe Moretz should play the protagonist, as Newt's great-grandmother or whatever.
You know what always bugged me? The Jockey had a hole in its chest where something burst out of it. Aliens take on the characteristics of the host and this giant mofo just gave birth to one. Where is that alien?
@#15 Ben – Was it established in the first movie that the aliens took on theirs hosts characteristics? I thought that was an extended mythology thing that was created between films in the comics, novelisations etc that became canon in alien3?..
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