Movie review: ‘Prometheus’

By Ashley Bergner, Box Office Buzz

The beginning of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller “Prometheus” is deceptively calm. Scott takes time to set up the premise, carefully building the level of suspense as we watch a crew of scientists and their corporate sponsors set off for a faraway planet on board the spaceship Prometheus, searching for clues that could reveal how life originated on Earth. Yet anyone who has seen “Alien” knows better than to relax, and we know this quiet beginning is just lulling us into a false sense of security. Because while the crew of the Prometheus has no idea what horrors wait for them on the alien planet, we do, and what follows is a harrowing struggle to escape from the nightmare into which the mission quickly descends.

The film begins with two scientists, Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green), who have discovered an ancient cave painting in Scotland depicting a giant being pointing to the stars. Shaw and Holloway interpret this as an invitation from alien beings to come and visit their world. Weyland Corp. agrees to sponsor a voyage to this mysterious planet and outfits a vessel called the Prometheus for a voyage across the stars.

Ridley Scott says Blade Runner 2 dumps Deckard for a female lead

By Trent Moore, Source: Blastr.com

It’s been a relatively quiet few months since we learned that Ridley Scott was working on a sequel to his seminal 1982 film Blade Runner. But things are heating up now, and we finally have some juicy details on what we can expect when we return to the Replicant-filled world.

For one, Scott revealed in an interview with The Daily Beast that he wants to focus on a female protagonist this go-round. So, whatever happens, this thing will apparently not be built around Harrison Ford’s original, robot-hunting character Rick Deckard.

Guillermo Del Toro says Prometheus killed his Mountains of Madness`

By Don Kaye, Source: Blastr.com

Director Guillermo Del Toro has revealed that his personal dream project, an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, may finally be dead once and for all. And Ridley Scott killed it.

As previously reported, Del Toro spent 12 years developing a big-screen version of Lovecraft’s classic novella only to see Universal Pictures pull the plug last year after balking at the film’s R-rated horror content and massive $150 million budget. But although Del Toro still held out hope at the time of getting the movie made some day, that hope may now have faded for good.

Harrison Ford in talks for Ridley Scott’s ‘Blade Runner’ follow-up

By Daniel Sperling , Source: Digital Spy

Harrison Ford has reportedly entered talks to appear in Ridley Scott’s new Blade Runner project.

The actor has apparently been approached to reprise his role as Rick Deckard for the follow-up to Scott’s 1982 sci-fi.

Discussions are in “very early stages”, according to Twitch Film, but Ford’s potential recruitment appears to have debunked suggestions that no original castmembers will be returning.

FOX exec attacks Prometheus leaks as ‘heartbreakingly unfair’

By Matthew Jackson, Source: Blastr.com

A few days ago the ‘net got a glimpse of what appeared to be a very poor-quality version of the as-yet-unofficial trailer for Ridley Scott’s mysterious Prometheus. The film has been under such tight wraps that we’re hungry for any glimpse we get, but Fox Filmed Entertainment CEO Tom Rothman was not amused.

In fact, he warned us all that the footage we saw was just “half-assed,” and the real deal is coming soon.

Flick Bits: First Pics of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus!

Entertainment Weekly has a sneak peek into the much anticipated new Ridley Scott flick, Prometheus.  Thanks to http://skiffyandfanty.wordpress.com for the scans.

And here they are.

 

Scott’s film, set for release next June, is the latest addition to the Alien universe/series, which began with Alien in 1979 and continued under James Cameron with the 1986 film Aliens.  Prometheus stars Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Idris Elba, Noomi Rapace, and Guy Pearce (among others).

IMDB describes the film as follows:

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Additional photos have been posted by io9, some of which you can see below:

 

Ridley Scott says his new Blade Runner film will be a sequel

By Nathalie Caron, Source: Blastr.com

Back in August, we told you that Ridley Scott was on board to direct a follow-up to his sci-fi masterpiece, Blade Runner. But what we didn’t know yet then was whether the new movie would be a sequel or a prequel. Well, it seems that Scott has decided to go down the sequel route.

In a recent interview with Speakeasy, movie god Scott confirmed once again that he was directing the next Blade Runner film, and revealed that his new pet project was “liable to be a sequel.”

The director, who’s just finished filming on the highly anticipated ”Alien-Not-Alien” prequel Prometheus, also said, “I think I’m close to finding a writer that might be able to help me deliver. We’re quite a long way in, actually.”

Scott also confirmed that not only would none of the original cast be returning (understandably), but not even the character of Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), the blade runner who hunted down Rutger Hauer’s replicant ass, would be in the new movie.

“Even though people think it’s a cool Philip Marlowe film with Deckard played by Harrison Ford,” Scott says, “the film is very much about humanity.”

So what what will that eventually mean for the sequel? Will Scott examine what makes anyone—be they humans or replicants—actually ”human”?

And does this mean that all our questions about whether Deckard himself was a replicant will never get answered?

Ridley Scott Ready To Direct New Version Of Seminal Sci-Fi Film ‘Blade Runner’

By MIKE FLEMING, Source: Deadline.com

After revisiting his classic Alien with the upcoming 3D Fox film Prometheus, Ridley Scott is committing to direct and produce a film that advances his other seminal and groundbreaking science fiction film. Scott has signed on to direct and produce a new installment of Blade Runner. He’ll make the film with Alcon Entertainment, producing with Alcon partners Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. This would be the most high profile project for Alcon since The Blind Side. They got control of the franchise earlier this year, but it’s a whole different ballgame with Scott at the helm.

That Alien prequel is NOT an Alien prequel anymore

Director Ridley Scott and 20th Century Fox have finally announced an official title, release date and star for Scott’s highly anticipated Alien prequel. There’s just one thing … it’s NOT an Alien prequel anymore.

According to Deadline, the film is now called Prometheus and is scheduled for a March 9th, 2012 release, with Swedish actress Noomi Rapace (Sherlock Holmes 2) confirmed for the lead role of Elizabeth Shaw as rumored for months. While the movie originally started development as a prequel to Scott’s 1979 classic Alien, he now says that it has changed—with the help of screenwriter and Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof—into something completely different and wholly original.

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Ridley Scott + Philip K. Dick = BBC’s alt-history WWII TV series

We can all agree that Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner was the best adaptation of a Philip K. Dick novel EVER, right? Now the director who translated Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? has his eyes on adapting another Dick novel. And this time it won’t just be a movie, but a four-part BBC miniseries.

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