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Ridley Scott Directing Alien Prequel

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the reboot-a-few-more-classics dept.

brumgrunt writes "After three decades of speculation, original Alien director Ridley Scott has signed on to the new Fox sequel. 'Nothing is known about the set-up of the new movie, except that chronologically it precedes the plight of the Nostromo. Since it's obviously going to involve the human race [...] Writer Jon Spaihts successfully pitched to Fox and Scott Free Productions, and is working on the script.'"

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  1. Re:Swell... by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least I had a few years without Xenomorphs showing up in my nightmare.

    (IIRC, the nightmares involved having a pulse rifle that ran out of ammo.)

    Funny, I would have thought the most recent ones would have involved Jean-Pierre Jeunet directing another movie. :)

    Why do you think my clip was empty???

  2. Re:Swell... by Nos. · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been prepping my sons (3.5 years and 7 months) for their first viewing of Alien/Aliens since birth by grabbing their entire face with my hand. They think its funny... at least for now.

  3. Re:Swell... by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been prepping my sons (3.5 years and 7 months) for their first viewing of Alien/Aliens since birth by grabbing their entire face with my hand. They think its funny... at least for now.

    I hope you're done having kids. Because if you ever explain that that the baby will come out of mommy's belly...