Jul 312009
Ridley Scott is on board to direct a prequel to Alien, the 1979 movie that made John Hurt’s viscera famous. Since it’s a prequel, I can only assume that every human character dies or is otherwise prevented from returning to civilized space to tell the tale (otherwise, the original movie wouldn’t make much sense). I’m not sure it’s a necessary story, but I’m intrigued nonetheless. The years have not been kind to the Alien franchise and it desperately needs to be saved from itself. Between this project and his slated adaptations of The Forever War and Brave New World, Scott could spark something of a revival for serious, well-crafted science fiction films.
