Empire was talking with director Ridley Scott recently about his return to Alien, the sci-fi plus horror film that first catapulted him to fame. Earlier this year, the news broke that Scott would be coming back for a prequel chapter to Alien, which would be set long before the mess-yourself-terror of the 1979 original.
Ever since that news was confirmed, Alien fans have all been wondering what “Sir Ridley” had in mind for the prequel. Thanks to Empire, we now have at least some idea of what we can expect.
Said Scott:
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“It’s a brand new box of tricks…We know what the road map is, and the screenplay is now being put on paper. The prequel will be a while ago. It’s very difficult to put a year on Alien, but [for example] if Alien was towards the end of this century, then the prequel story will take place thirty years prior.”
“I never thought I’d look forward to a sequel…But a prequel is kind of interesting. I’m looking forward to doing that.”
Many people have also been wondering if this prequel was going to explain the mysterious scene in the original Alien where the crew members found a non-human pilot crash landed on planet LV-426 with his chest burst out. According to Scott, the prequel will have a “human focus,” though what that means exactly is anyone’s guess at this point.
Ian Holm's Ash set the stage for an Alien Prequel
In Alien, Ash (the android character played by Ian Holm), was missioned by the Mega-corporation Weyland-Yutani to bring the alien back alive. It was (semi) explained in the film that the corporation had made prior (unsuccessful) attempts to capture the alien; between that reference, and the logical deduction that a human exploration party must’ve made first contact with the aliens at some point for the mega corp to even know of their existence, let’s just say there is a lot of fertile ground on which to build this prequel.
Last word we heard, Ridley Scott (at the insistance of 20th Century Fox) will be back to helm the film, working off a screenplay by Jon Spaihts. I feel confident in saying that there are a LOT of us out here eagerly anticipating seeing this particular prequel.
No word on when Alien 0 will be terrifying us in theaters. As stated by Scott, it’s currently in development.
Source: Empire
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I will be in line for a ticket to be sure. There are few storytellers that could pull off something like this and Scott is clearly on the case and top of the totem pole for me.
Ridley Scott = legend
Ridley is the man but this better not ruin what was so great about Alien – the mystery of where they came from.
the weyland corporation was also in avp 1 wasnt it.ive seen a couple of vids from the new game and the humans work for the corporation i think.
They could do a film based on humans unlocking the very genesis of the alien race… In the past,,,
Cool,,,
Ridley Scott = legend
Alien = genius
Blade Runner = pure genius
Whenever this is released, it will be right at the top of my must see list for that year. I feel like taking the rest of the day off and going home to spend the day watching the first 3 Alien films….
I cant wait! Me and the kids watch a few of the Aliens movies the other night on AMC.
I know you just made that up for this post, Kofi, but I think Alien 0 is an awesome title.
They can do better than Alien 0 (nothing against you, Kofi)
It will probably be some unoriginal, Hollywood, prequel-ish title like:
“Alien: The Beginning” or “Alien Begins” or “Alien Orgins” which are all lame too.
If I took a crack at it, I would call it Alien- Conception or Alien- Genesis
At least let you know it is a prequel but sound more… biological? I dunno.
Alien Genesis is good. Better then “Facehuggers Attack!”
I dunno, “Facehuggers attack” sounds like a winner.
How about “Alien8 what’s left of your fanbase” for a title?
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