March 27, 2012
Summary
Prometheus is a new Sci-fi film from director Ridley Scott, scripted by Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, based on a story idea from Scott and an earlier script by Jon Spaihts. That earlier script WAS for the originally planned Alien prequel, but it appears that Lindelof and Scott have come up with something more stand-alone, though that’s not to say that there is no longer any connection to the original franchise.
Who’s in it?
So far, original Swedish Dragon Tattoo star Noomi Rapace has been confirmed as the leading lady, and will play a character called Elizabeth Shaw. Charlize Theron to play Vickers. Michael Fassbender is widely reported to be playing an android character (see below)
Story and Characters
The storyline is currently under wraps, but some alleged character profiles were leaked late last year:
- Elizabeth Shaw – a scientist to be played by Noomi Rapace
- Vickers – a female supporting character, is a tough, 40-something crew member. Charlize Theron has been selected for this role.
- David – an android crew member, and apparently the role that Michael Fassbender will be playing. It’s unknown yet whether he will be a bad guy, like Alien’s Ash, or good guy, like the sequel’s Bishop
- Engineer One – this is a rumours character from the days when the film was an Alien prequel. Could this have been from the same species as what is commonly refered to as ‘The Space Jockey’ that was found in the derelict space ship in Alien? No the film has moved on from that storyline, will we still see the character? Perhaps when Scott mentioned that we would still see some ‘Alien DNA’, this is the link he was refering to?
- The businessman – perhaps linked to the Weyland-Yutani ‘company’ that has lurked in the background of all the Alien movies, including the AvP duo. Don’t forget, it was the company that sent the crew of the Nostromo down to the surface of LV-426 in the first film, knowing full well what was down there. Perhaps this character’s story arc will be to lay the ground work of the plan to create a new bioweapon. Again, now the story is stand-alone, rather than an Alien prequel, this element and character may be dropped – on this other hand, this may be another bit of the ‘Alien DNA’ we may be seeing
The film originally had a very tight scheule, with a US release date of March 2012. This has now wisely been moved back to June 8th 2012.
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