Right after hearing about an "Alien" reboot moving forward, word comes that the new "Alien" film will NOT be a remake or reboot (as many fans of Ridley Scott’s original were fearing), but instead a prequel to Scott’s "Alien," which will be directed by Carl Rinsch.
Thank Collider, who caught up with Ridley Scott’s brother Tony Scott at the premiere of his new movie, "The Taking of Pelham 123." The Scott brothers will co-produce the "Alien" prequel, and like any good producer, Tony was willing to feed the hype machine.
Here are some choice excerpts from the Collider interview with Tony Scott:
Collider: 20th Century Fox is talking about remaking or redoing the original Alien. What’s going on with that?
Tony Scott: Yes, Carl Rinsch is going to do the prequel to Alien. He’s one of our directors at our company.
Collider: …are you a little nervous about reengaging the franchise or are you excited.
Tony: I’m excited cause Ridley created the original and Carl Rinsch is one of the family.
Collider: When do you envision this film getting in front of cameras?
Tony: Hopefully the end of the year.
Collider: Will it be a summer of 2011 movie?
Tony: Honestly, I don’t know.
Screen Rant summed up the pros and cons of having a prequel to "Alien" in one nice paragraph.
"A prequel is something I am good with; it would be cool to see the Alien species being created, only to go on a rampage across the universe. There IS a potential downside, however: some of best monsters in sci-fi/horror are the ones whose origins are UNKNOWN. The dread of the unknown, in certain cases, is more frightening than the monster itself. In giving Alien a backstory, the filmmakers risk negating one of the greatest aspects of Ridley Scott’s original: its WTF?! factor."
Does a prequel sound better than a remake?
More news to come! Catch ya' later!
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A prequel puts me more at ease than a remake of the original. But, I have to agree with that bottom piece...part of what makes some horror movies good is the NOT knowing why the killer goes on his murder spree. Michael Myers was better in John Carpenter's original Halloween flick. The only real explanation you got was that he was evil. But in Rob Zombie's version, he's bullied at school and his family is absolutely dysfunctional, and it sort of eliminates the impact of it all. Just my opinion.
Exactly! I love the mystery of the Alien and Predator species. Especially, the Alien because we don't know anything about it.
When people first saw the Alien creature, it was the unknown about it that was so scary (and awesome).
But will have to wait to hear more news about this new film.
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