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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. Yeah, may not be so great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    IMDB currently lists him having FOURTEEN projects "in development". So either he spends barely any time at all on any of them (and they all suck) or this movie will not come out until sometime in the 2020's (and we will all be dead from swine flu).

  2. Re:Great! by deft · · Score: 5, Informative

    amen to that. 1979's 'alien' is good, but the 1986 'aliens' is what made my heart thump and want to be a space marine.

    GAME OVER MAN! GAME OVER!

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    There's nothing Intelligent about Intelligent Design.
  3. Re:Who cares about the humans by FreekyGeek · · Score: 5, Informative

    As the owner of a couple cats, I can say that the easiest way to find any cat in the dark is to simply walk around until they run in front of you, and you either step on them or trip on them.