While it’s still hard to believe that the project is happening, it was only last week that we heard of Fox’s joy with Damn Lindelof’s Alien prequel script, which was apparently approached with a mind for a much tighter budget than Ridley Scott originally planned. While there’s nothing wrong with trimming fat and excess, this is Fox we’re talking about and that same news came with whispers of a possible PG-13 rating, the reaction to which was understandably nasty. No comment from Scott or any other news that would give context about the changes to the script have emerged, but fresh casting talks are being added to the mix.
As we’ve heard so far, Natalie Portman was being considered for the project (though we’ve heard wrongly before that she was involved in a giant space epic), and Noomi Rapace (who sports a Dragon Tattoo from time to time) was also a candidate, along with Carey Mulligan. Two more names have been added to the list according to Bloody-Disgusting; James Franco and Anne Hatheway. It’s completely unclear where the overlap in role interest lies. For all we know, the five of these actors could be all be up for a single currently genderless lead (Scott indicated that the lead would be a woman, but also referenced the gender change during pre-production of the original Alien), or any other imagineable breakdown of parts.
If you’ve missed or forgotten the very few details that are available about the film, feel free to catch up while we wait for the official word that is no doubt coming soon.
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I have no hope for this movie. Fox treats geek fare like a ten dollar meth whore. Go ahead and squeeze profit out of your cheap, badly written, badly directed Alien movies. Nobody with half the brains or self-respect will go see this, or buy it on DVD. Or remember it a month past its DVD release. Short-sighted, corporate-driven, Rothman-esque trash.
I want to see this movie very badly but if the end product turns out to be PG-13 I'm simply not going to pay money for it. Nothing else to be said.
I'll say it again, Ellen Page would be awesome in this. She has the acting chops and the Ripley-esque look to her. And I'm fine with it being PG-13, the first Alien was an R, but that was about 30 years ago. It would probably get a PG-13 today.
Marco. Um. What? Not about Ellen Page but about the first alien getting a PG13… Have you seen the movie? Stomach burst = R. No questions.
The did an almost identical chest-burst in 'Spaceballs' which was rated PG in 1987.
Almost being the key word. Same guy. Same alien. But in Spaceballs he happened to be filled with some green ooze and he definitely wasn't spraying that stuff all over every thing in the room.
Besides, Spaceballs would definitely be PG-13 these days. There's an F-bomb and several Shits.
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