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Tony Scott Confirms New ‘Alien’ as a Prequel
“Yes, Carl Rinsch is going to do the prequel to Alien.”
That’s about all we need to hear. Tony Scott confirmed the news to Collider at the press junket for his next film, ‘The Taking of Pelham 123.’ Collider also broached the subject of 20th Century Fox’s streak of not being “artist friendly” as they put it. Scott had this as a response:
“Yes! But Fox is our home. They finance our production company.”
That’s not exactly a statement of comfort. Fox hasn’t had the best track record of late when it came to going back and revitalizing franchises. The ‘Alien Vs. Predator’ series has been a moderate trainwreck to put it lightly. Many felt the company completely dropped the ball on the ‘Die Hard’ comeback.
Of course, when you think about it, the ‘Alien Vs. Predator’ films were prequels in of themselves. This could mean this new ‘Alien’ film is a continuation of ‘AVP: Requiem.’ We may be finding out before the end of the year. Scott confirmed they plan on going in front of the camera before 2009 comes to a close.
Source: Collider
WHY WHY WHY. Just the idea of making a new Ripley is such bullshit. As the story goes Ripley’s first encounter with the Alien was in the film “Alien”. How can they make a prequel to that with Ripley fighting off the Aliens. This is gonna suck so bad its not even funny. Why the hell is Ridley Scott letting this happen. If anything they should make an Alien 5 with Ridley directing. The 4th one ended with them on Earth. That would be a perfect setting. Hollywood is going down the crapper. Next there will be a reinvention of The Dark Knight and the Jason Bourne movies.
Who the hell said anything about making a new Ripley?! sheeesh! It's JUST a prequel, calm the "ef" down! How the heck do you know what happened to the derelict ship before the Nostromo found it? Maybe the prequel shows just how that ship ended up on that planet…. or maybe something more original than that. Now go change your underwear, jesus.