Now its an ALIEN prequel.
June 3rd 2009 08:00
What is it with the studios these days. Having run out of original ideas, everyone is jumping on the prequel bandwagon. X-men, Terminator, Star Trek and now Alien have all headed toward the what happened before everything else happened scenario in their quest to make money. And who can blame them. By last Monday, Terminator- Salvation had cashed in $92,657,197 at the US Box office, X-Men - Origins is now at $171,227,696 and Star Trek is sitting on a cool $210,586,019 according to the latest figures from boxofficemojo.com
So now what's coming to a screen near you (maybe not for a year or two). A prequel to Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic Alien is in the works, according to the director's brother Tony.
Collider.com reports that little known director Carl Rinsch will step behind the camera with brothers Tony and Sir Ridley producing. The former confirmed the news at a US press conference for his latest movie, The Taking of Pelham 123, where he also denied that the film was a remake of the original.
Very few plot details are known, although Empire Online has since speculated that it could focus on how the aliens first colonised the planet discovered by Ripley and company on their first, ill-fated mission.
Scott did say that Twentieth Century Fox will produce the movie and that the cameras could start rolling by the end of the year if everything goes to plan.
Source: boxofficemojo.com
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Collider.com reports that little known director Carl Rinsch will step behind the camera with brothers Tony and Sir Ridley producing. The former confirmed the news at a US press conference for his latest movie, The Taking of Pelham 123, where he also denied that the film was a remake of the original.
Very few plot details are known, although Empire Online has since speculated that it could focus on how the aliens first colonised the planet discovered by Ripley and company on their first, ill-fated mission.
Scott did say that Twentieth Century Fox will produce the movie and that the cameras could start rolling by the end of the year if everything goes to plan.
Source: boxofficemojo.com
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Comment by Marc P
What's next to receive the back-to-the-start treatment? Kramer Vs. Kramer - the High School Years?
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