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By: Blade Runner projet nouvelle mise à jour Ridley Scott | Coin de Cinéma

Blade Runner projet nouvelle mise à jour Ridley Scott | Coin de Cinéma — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:21:40 +0000

[...] officielle sur une préquelle exotique (qui par la suite devenues se Prométhée) jusqu' en mai 2009. Considérant que tout juste trois ans seront écoulés par le temps que le projet vient enfin [...]

By: Someone who knows ADRIAN

Someone who knows ADRIAN — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:02:13 +0000

Can everyone stop having a go at FOX and Ridley Scott!
FOX have clearly come to their senses, being adamant that only Ridley Scott should direct. That’s more than I ever expected.
You can bet your life that Ridley will be very careful indeed if he goes ahead with the prequel. He’s not gonna
s**t on his own doorstep. Never forget the attention to detail that ‘he’ choose to put into ‘Alien’ and then ‘Bladerunner’ (even more so). You can expect exactly the same care and focus to go into another film from Scott, whether producing or directing. To some extent Cameron stole his thunder with ‘Aliens’. I think that he has every right to steal it back. If Ridley Scott is involved I really don’t think that the fans have much to worry about. I’d rather watch his next ‘Alien’ picture in 2-d than watch ‘Avatar’ in 3-d and my favourite action picture ever is ‘Aliens’. Plus, Adrian mentioned Giger and after the ‘no Giger credit’ upset on the theatrical release of the fourth film the one thing that might tempt Giger back is working with Scott again.
I’m sure FOX are well aware of this. Can Scott make an ‘Alien’ picture as popular and renowned as ‘Aliens’? You bet your ass he can. It will all be down to the material.

By: Ken J

Ken J — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:21:33 +0000

“Can’t see why he’s so into vegetables there” LOL, I was actually thinking the same thing when I read the quote, haha.

By: ADRIAN

ADRIAN — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:25:58 +0000

I am related to a screenwriter who has been working on an
‘Alien’ prequel since ’97. If they could actually realise the things he has put in that screenplay with todays effects it has the potential to be to best movie in the series.
Last time we spoke he said he was thinking about submitting it. Don’t know if he ever did though.
One thing I do remember was that when I asked him about spoiling the mystery of the whole thing with a prequel he said, ‘Never peel away every layer of the onion. You have to keep the carrot dangling on the end of the stick.’
Can’t see why he’s so into vegetables there, but one thing that I do know for certain is that he is really into the work of surrealist H.R.Giger. He said that without Giger the concept might not work, because if they rely on artists interpreting his style for a prequel you’ll just get the same
old inferior ‘beasty’ aliens we keep getting lately.

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Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:40:10 +0000

[...] is also (allegedly) romantically involved with Ridley’s daughter Jordan. I guess, then, the comment made by Tony Scott about Rinsch being “one of the family,” wasn’t just referring to the business side of [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:51:31 +0000

I am a huge fan of the Alien series and have been hearing about this Alien prequel for a few days now. Let me state first that I am unbelievably thankful that Fox is finally separating this utterly horrid cliche between Aliens and Predators and is putting there places back where they originally were. The Alien series was a great series by itself and I heard James Cameron I believe was writing a script for Alien 5 in 2004 when Fox reported this movie Idea of Alien Vs. Predator. James Cameron scraped the idea and let Alien Vs. Predator go on. I’ll admit that the first AVP was decent but when I saw Requiem in theaters it couldn’t be more horrible than it gets (don’t let me get into detail about it). I am just going to say that after everyone saw Requiem (AVP 2) I think it was time for 20th Century Fox to go a different route. An Alien Prequel is better than doing another horrible Alien Vs. Predator sequel. Not only that but Fox hasn’t touched the Alien series for 12 years since Alien Resurrection came into theaters and considering that time length I thought a fingerprint on the series was nearly impossible…until now. An Alien Prequel could only mean one thing and that is that we as an audience get to discover where the Aliens originally came from and what that Space Jockey on the planet LV-426 was all about…only in more detail this time. An Alien Prequel or an Alien Sequel either one is better than nothing and is even exciting for me as an Alien fan and other Alien fans out there. Carl Rinsch who I’ve heard does Futuristic Television Commercials I think has a good potential to produce a good film to the series. I think he will have a lot on his shoulders but hopefully he can create a film that will leave us with a better idea of how the Alien colony discovered on LV-426 was created in the first place.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:33:16 +0000

Wait, let me guess — The Aliens are actually genetically engineered by other aliens or from a separate race of humans (who then likely were the ones who colonized Earth in the first place) and, science is bad, and stuff.

*yawn*

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:50:34 +0000

Another race, but still humanoid. But hey, if Disney and Pixar can sell movies about animal and toy characters, I don’t think it’s so out of the idea to sell mainly alien movies.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:21:45 +0000

As Ridley Scott hinted quiet a few years ago that it would be not about the origin but the alien ship they found in the first film which was another race all together, although would be hard to sell if it was an all alien and no humans film..but would be very cool.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:43:49 +0000

Well, imagine this guys. First they make a prequel. Then they make an intermediate movie prior to Aliens (with the idea of Newt’s colony fighting against them, as some people pointed out). And then they can start doing some Aliens movies on different planets that other people have encountered, stuff like that.

I CAN see Aliens movies without Ripley. I mean, although Sigourney Weaver was outstanding, Aliens had such a brilliant script and was so well done that she wasn’t the only reason it was so terrific.

There’s just something about these monsters that you just want to see on the silver screen over and over again. Same with Predators and Terminators.

Don’t know what that says about us… lol.

By: steven the git

steven the git — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:52:55 +0000

Rather a prequel than another sequel, and good to get away from the aliens vs predator nonsense.

I really doubt it will match Alien. That remains my favourite of the series. Also, yeah, got to worry about a younger, more hip version coming out.
Hoping Ridley will keep it to plan, but then he did mess about with Bladerunner a lot.

By: Bill Blume

Bill Blume — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:42:37 +0000

@kylle23 & Lord Garth

Imagine if that’s how they end the prequel. They could use footage of Ripley’s ship receiving the distress signal. Talk about a transition into the original movie! I think that would be quite cool.

By: Lord Garth, Formerly of Izar

Lord Garth, Formerly of Izar — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:05:34 +0000

For Christ Sake NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

No Ridley No deal!!!!

The real key here though will be the writing. Fox never seems to learn any lessons so you can bet we are going to get a couple of caffeenated, video game savey, axe body spray wearing, young, high energy guys to write this as well. Maybe spike TV should run a “You can write the Aliens Prequel!!” Contest. Get ready CW-ish 18-22 sexually ambiguous actors and actresses more work for you coming soon. Actors with Gravitas need not apply. (the following is an excert from a Fox casting meeting for the Aliens,.. oh hell any Fox property about to be ruined in sequel or prequel fashion) “Yes we are looking for a young Sigorney Weaver type,……..hmmmm how about that delightful Audriana Partridge from the Hills?? Oh yes great idea, can we get her????

By: Andy S

Andy S — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:38:37 +0000

This is GOOD news!! I sure wish I would hear that the new Predator film is a prequel and NOT a remake. I for one, am interested in knowing where the aliens came from and what led to the beginning of Alien.

By: kyyle23

kyyle23 — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:29:36 +0000

@ Bill Blume

I am the same way. If the prequel ends with the ship sending out a distress signal that Ripleys ship detects, I would be very cool with that. If its just an offshoot that shows where Aliens came from and has no real connection, I would be disappointed

By: Bill Blume

Bill Blume — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:21:39 +0000

I’m quite curious about this. I suspect this will answer the question of how that ship ended up crashed on the planet in the original Alien film, so that would be very interesting. A reboot would have been stupid, but a prequel… I’m for that.

By: 90caliber

90caliber — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:29:57 +0000

I think you could do it and have the origins of the aliens remain a mystery. I mean they found the alien on an alien ship and i for one would like to know the story of that ship.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:00:48 +0000

Well, my interest’s piqued. At least they got the original director to tap his imagination so this might be fun.

Guess we’ll be seeing who these giant aliens were.

By: arrell

arrell — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:42:44 +0000

I only hope that this isn’t in the AvP mould.