The latest addition to Ridley Scott’s Prometheus cast is an eight-foot tall animatronic ‘space jockey’ skeleton based on the one that appeared in the opening scenes of Alien. Sky Movies has confirmation from “an insider” that the space jockey – who should really have a name; Ralph sounds good – is being created with the […]
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>Fassbender to play android in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus
January 27, 2011 
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>Hunger-striker. Movie critic. Magneto. Sex addict. The endlessly talented Michael Fassbender is set to add another challenging role to his already impressive filmography. According to THR, he will play an android in Ridley Scott’s not-quite-Alien-prequel Prometheus. We first learned Fassbender had been approached to play David the android (similar to Lance Henrikson‘s Bishop from Aliens) […]
Continue reading>Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel morphs into Prometheus
January 17, 2011 2 Comments
Ridley Scott will direct Prometheus for 20th Century Fox, abandoning the Alien prequel for a more original concept, Deadline reports. While his new film will have strands of Alien DNA, Scott has confirmed that from the initial draft, written by Jon Spaihts, “evolved a new, grand mythology and universe in which this original story takes […]
Continue reading>Alien prequel is christened; Yeoh and Fassbender considered for roles
December 10, 2010 2 Comments
>Ridley Scott’s 3D Alien prequels (the first titled Paradise) are on track and will begin filming in March 2011, Vulture confirmed. There have been rumours the films would be pushed back by up to 12 months, and that Scott was in battles with 20th Century Fox over budget and creative license. But those rumours were […]
Continue readingGemma Arterton to star in Alien prequels?
September 7, 2010 0 Comments
Ridley Scott is gearing up to direct a couple of 3-D prequels his 1979 classic Alien for 20th Century Fox. In a first for the franchise, the films will not feature Sigourney Weaver (no, we don’t consider AVP part of the series). Scott has another female actress in his sights: Gemma Arterton. Arterton reportedly told […]
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