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Ridley Scott to Direct 'Alien' Prequel

Source: Variety

Variety reports that after months speculation, 20th Century Fox plans to resuscitate the Alien franchise with a prequel film that will be directed by the original's director, Ridley Scott.

The film is set up to be a prequel to the groundbreaking 1979 film that Scott directed. It will precede that film, in which the crew of a commercial towing ship returning to Earth is awakened and sent to respond to a distress signal from a nearby planetoid. The crew discovers too late that the signal generated by an empty ship was meant to warn them.

Screenwriter Jon Spaihts has been hired to write the prequel after the studio was impressed by his work on two space thrillers, both for Keanu Reeves, called "Passengers" and "Shadow 19".

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Comment by PFreaky PFister on August 2, 2009 at 9:38pm
I normally would be pretty disapointed with a prequel but since Ridley Scott is directing I have high hopes
Comment by RHFilm on August 2, 2009 at 2:57pm
The first break this franchise has caught in a long time, sweet!
Comment by Sam Ledbetter on August 2, 2009 at 11:44am
I can't wait!!!!
Comment by Flamma Man on August 2, 2009 at 8:22am
Promising.

Very promising.
Comment by CULT STATUS on August 2, 2009 at 4:47am
I know Ridley has it in him to do this right. He is totally capable of knocking this out of the park. He can make a film that will completely whipe the slate clean of all the other shitty movies that have the name Alien tacked on to them.

The Alien theme is really Ridley's baby and I'm sure he'll take the proper care with it. As an older director I'm sure he'll be able to avoid the general pitfalls of film making because he's already experienced them several times.

It just occurred to me how non-pessimistic that whole rant was, thats not like me at all. shit
Comment by Proto on August 2, 2009 at 3:15am
On one hand, kick ass, it's Ridley Scott, but on the other, Scott was pushing for Carl Rinsch, so I'm always some what disappointed when FOX gets it's way.
Comment by Clockwork on August 1, 2009 at 10:17pm
At least the prequel thing has died down a little
Comment by Answer Blip Trivia on August 1, 2009 at 7:20pm
Very cool. I have always loved the films he has directed.

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Comment by O-Town 84 on August 1, 2009 at 2:46pm
Hope it's good.
Comment by ZZ-3000 on August 1, 2009 at 12:55pm
If it's Ridley Scott directing this, then I think the franchise can be saved, after those god-awful AVP films.

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