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‘Alien’ Prequel Details Emerge

The Alien franchise is getting a reboot. When I heard that Fox was planning a prequel to Alien, I originally rolled my eyes and moved on. Did you see every sequel after Aliens? If not, don’t. Because they were crap.

Today’s news perked me up a bit. Ridley Scott is directing this one. Yes.

Ridley Scott hasn’t touched an “Alien” movie since his 1979 debut, and I have no idea how they got him back to do this one… but now I am stoked! This movie is going to explain who the “Space Jockey” was. Remember the giant dude sitting at the helm of the alien ship in the first movie with a gaping hole in his chest? Yeah, that guy. I’m guessing they were a race that was wiped out by the aliens, and the “Space Jockey” was a survivor trying to escape the planet, but he had one in his chest.

I’m also hoping that I’m wrong because that was way too easy to come up with.

MTV caught up with Ridley Scott recently and was able to interrogate him a bit about the new film. Of course, Sigourney Weaver will not be showing up in this film (it’s a prequel, and makeup can only do so much). Check out a segment of the interview below!

MTV: We’re very excited about your return to the “Aliens” world â€” what’s going on with it at this point?

Ridley Scott: As we speak, I’ve got a pile of pages next to me; it’s like the fourth draft. It’s a work in progress, but we’re not dreaming it up anymore. We know what the story is. We’re now actually trying to improve the three acts and make the characters better, build it up to something [we can shoot]. It’s a work in progress, but we’re actually making the film. There’s no question about it, we’re going to make the film.

MTV: We know how obsessive “Alien” fans can get. Are you going to make a film that doesn’t require having seen any of the other movies?

Scott: Totally. Yes. [People will still get it], because there’s a lot of copying, dude.

MTV: There’s a lot of copying of your movies.

Scott: There’s a lot of homage. Is that the polite word? Homage? I call it something else. [Laughs.]

MTV: Will Sigourney Weaver have any participation at all?

Scott: It will be before she was born!

MTV: So not even a voice-over, explaining things? Nothing?

Scott: Well, the main character [in the prequel] will be a woman, yeah. We’re thinking it could go down that route, yeah. When I started the original “Alien,” Ripley wasn’t a woman, it was a guy. During casting, we thought, “Why don’t we make it a woman?”

Read the entire interview here!

So, who do you think would be able to play the lead role? What young actress out there right now is tough enough to compare to Sigourney Weaver’s “Ripley“?

Source: Ridley Scott Reveals ‘Alien’ Prequel Details [MTV]

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Dan Aykroyd says â€˜Ghostbusters 3â€™ Will Start Filming This Year

Allie @ Gone Hollywood

Dan Aykroyd has given an update about the third “Ghostbusters” film, which is moving forward after so many years.

All the original actors are on board and filming should start this year!

Aykroyd said Sigourney Weaver is on board now, as are the original squad of ectoplasmic specialists — Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson.

Murray’s presence was the pivot point in making a third film happen. He holds a one-fifth controlling interest in the property rights and has been seen as the most reluctant to return to the paranormal comedy. Aykroyd said that is true but that it’s more nuanced than the public portrayal of the situation.

“I don’t put not making the third movie on Billy. We can’t do that. I’ve been very busy. Harold’s been busy, Ivan’s been busy. And a third script really didn’t coalesce properly. And Billy, you can’t blame an artist for not wanting to do the same thing again. He did two of them, for God’s sake.

Although I’m the biggest cheerleader as the originator of the concept but I’ve never begrudged Billy not doing a third movie. I never said he held it up or that he refused. Hey, listen, he’s an artist. You can’t force somebody into it. I’m sorry he never read my third draft because I thought it was pretty good but, look, now we’re at a point that there’s a story that he can accept and that’s going to work, and I think we’re going to be in production fairly soon. We could be in production by winter.”

Aykroyd says he believes the movie will move forward but that he has also learned that “at any second everything could blow up.” The details of story are still in play, but Aykroyd said he’s hoping for a five-member “new generation” team with several female members.

“I’d like it to be a passing-of-the-torch movie. Let’s revisit the old characters briefly and happily and have them there as family but let’s pass it on to a new generation.”

Who does Aykroyd think would be good in the jumpsuits? Aykroyd mentioned two names, Alyssa Milano (who is a voice in the upcoming “Ghostbusters” video game) and Eliza Dushku. “I think they’re amazing,” he said. “And I’m excited about the whole idea of getting this done.”

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