It's Official: Ridley Scott Will Direct A L I E N Prequel!

by Cinematical staff Jul 31st 2009 // 11:45AM

Filed under: Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Deals, Fandom, Newsstand, Remakes and Sequels

By: Scott Weinberg

We've been hearing a lot about a reboot / remake / prequel of the original A L I E N for quite some time now, but things have picked up in the last several weeks, and the latest news is actually pretty surprising: According to Variety, no less than Ridley Scott himself will be directing the prequel, and if I need to remind you that Mr. Scott directed the first A L I E N, then I think you may be at the wrong horror blog. The screenwriter for the flick will be Jon Spaihts, who's clearly one of those "mega-busy but untested" scribes. The guy has no less than five scripts in various stages of development, including Children of Mars and Shadow 19.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

7-31-2009 @ 11:50AM

Eric said...

Finally another good alien film.

7-31-2009 @ 11:52AM

Alien said...

In other words the Alien prequel will be worth watching.

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