Alien 1979 Poster
The site was reporting that Michael Costigan, Tony Scott and his brother Ridley Scott, who directed the 1979 film, are all attached to produce, with Carl Rinsch set to direct. It was said that Rinsch is a commercial and music video director who also does producing work for Tony and Ridley Scott's production company, Scott Free Productions, who are producing the remake.
UPDATE: (5/29/09 5:45 PM PST) Today Collider was able to confirm this new film will be a prequel from producer Tony Scott, who also confirmed that Carl Rinsch will be directing. Here's an excerpt of what the producer had to say.
Collider: 20th Century Fox is talking about remaking or redoing the original Alien. What's going on with that?
Tony Scott: Yes, Carl Rinsch is going to do the prequel to Alien. He's one of our directors at our company.
Collider: I'm going to be blunt about this. Fox has not been doing a great job recently with their movies. They haven't been an artist friendly studio. Are you guys going to have some creative control and make this a kick-ass film?
Tony: Yes! But Fox is our home. They finace our production company.
Tony Scott: Yes, Carl Rinsch is going to do the prequel to Alien. He's one of our directors at our company.
Collider: I'm going to be blunt about this. Fox has not been doing a great job recently with their movies. They haven't been an artist friendly studio. Are you guys going to have some creative control and make this a kick-ass film?
Tony: Yes! But Fox is our home. They finace our production company.
for more on what Scott had to say about this new prequel.Alien was released May 25th, 1979 and stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo. The film is directed by Ridley Scott.
Prometheus comes to theaters June 8th, 2012 and stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Logan Marshall-Green, Guy Pearce. The film is directed by Ridley Scott.
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The Narrator: The Better Man
.. .. .. Haha.. Yeahhh.. ...
Fail on my part. Sorry, I just automatically saw Scott at the bottom, thinking it was the cast and crew for the prequel without even looking at the names. Thanks for pointing that out.
2 years agoby @narratorFlag
Brian
Dude, you're looking at the details for the ORIGINAL #Alien movie.
2 years agoby @brianFlag
The Narrator: The Better Man
why does it still say it's being directed by Scott when they say it's not in this very article!?
2 years agoby @narratorFlag
christof
If he remade it I'll eat the first edition best of the DVD sets because its Six-track Dolby mix is original and the directors cut edition isn't worth eating!
This is all for the sakes of three things!
Dolby stereo digital because the studio wants to push the limits of LFE.1 = less bums on seats = disaster!
CGI = totally f%ucking waste of time!
Actors I doubt will even care about!
3 years agoby @christofFlag
Saquin Turok 'X'
Thank god that they're not going to do a pointless remake of what's still the scariest sci-fi ever made. Now a prequel, that's an interesting idea. I want to hear more.
3 years agoby @teesterxFlag
RavenX5 God of Light
dont forget that H.R. Giger designed an alien monster for the movie called "Species".
3 years agoby @hackx9Flag
slysnide
He desinged a bar in Switzerland, there were ones in Tokyo & NY back in the early '90s, but they've since closed. You can go to Wikipedia and either type in "Giger Bars" or "H.R. Giger" and you'll see photos of them. The former has better images though.
3 years agoby @slysnideFlag
Err
hahaha, "hans rudy", thats great, no wonder he goes by "H.R."
3 years agoby @err2005Flag
Silk
@slysnide {Maybe they'll finally touch that untouchable auror of the Space Jockey & its' Derelict Spacecraft?} yeah that's what I was hoping, man :)
3 years agoby @silkFlag
slysnide
I agree whole-heartedly bungalow359, Hans Rudi Giger MUST design this film, though his last work in movies was "Alien3" in 1992, and he designed a radically different Batmobile for "Batman Forever" (1995) in 1994, though unfortunately it wasn't used in the final film. So whether or not he's officially retired or just that today's film-makers fail to recognize his genius is still up for grabs.
And Silk, I agree that a full blown remake would be terrible, though at least Giger's famous painting 'Future Kill' which was adapted into a film of the same name in 1985 was quickly forgotten. I did a dot pen & ink on the portrait for an Art class since I liked it so much, point being that it's hard to f*ck up a project these days and have it be forgotten cuz of it rather than be forever remembered because of it. I hope that's not the case with this prequel.
Maybe they'll finally touch that untouchable auror of the Space Jockey & its' Derelict Spacecraft?
3 years agoby @slysnideFlag
Illuminati
The original was perfect, and a prequel doesn't make ANY sense. ALIEN was the first contact between the creature and humans.
a better idea would have been to make a prequel to ALIENS! How the creatures attacked the human colony and the battle that ended them.
3 years agoby @illuminatiFlag
Silk
A remake is a terrible idea, however a prequel is a different matter altogether. It depends on how its done. If its hardcore sci-fi that, well if it follows the original premise, isn't set on earth but follows another culture and their demise to the Alien, well ... bring that sh*t on! Tony Scott is awesome and I'm sure that if he's producing, it'll be really good. And if its not, well, neither was the new Terminator. Oh yeah, and at the end of the day, the director comes second to the producer. Directors are rockstars. Producers give em all the elements they need to look good. Having said that, the_gray is probably right.
3 years agoby @silkFlag
bungalow359
i have to agree.why isn't scott doing it in fact i'd be happy with either of them directing it.WHAT EVER THEY DO THEY MUST GET H.R GIGER TO DESIGN IT.i'm sure he must have mellowed by now!
3 years agoby @bungalow359Flag
slysnide
RavenX5: I said the exact same thing. I couldn't believe it! I mean Ridley aint that old. Why not do it after "Robin Hood?" (May 2010)
Or Tim Burton after "Alice In Wonderland?" (May 2010)
the gray: you're absolutely right about everything you said in your comment.
3 years agoby @slysnideFlag
RavenX5 God of Light
a commercial/music video director making an Alien prequel?!?WTF!Ridley Scott should directed it,not that guy!
3 years agoby @hackx9Flag
Marcus-07
Now,when it's confirmed I can say that I'm excited about this and I hope this will be great. I thought that they won't do it when there were some talks about it...but now: Ok,gooooood. Don't f*ck this up!
3 years agoby @marcus-07Flag
PhxtonyMex
cool! why would they make a remake of great movie? a prequel makes sense.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows set photos. check them out at
http://antoniodamexico.blogspot.com/
3 years agoby @phxtonymexFlag
wizyatt
I CANT FRIGGING WAIT!!! MAYBE WE WILL FIND OUT WHERE THAT ALIEN SHIP CAME FROM.
3 years agoby @wizyattFlag
LuthorX
it will be PG-13..
because of fox
3 years agoby @luthorxFlag
Darko
A prequel to Alien has success written all over it. Let's just hope it's "R" rated and not a censored or watered down PG-13.
3 years agoby @brokenweldFlag
thereisnoname
Gotta be better than either of the AVP movies.
3 years agoby @thereisnonameFlag
GK
Let's see what they can do. Shall we?
3 years agoby @indianajonesFlag
J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director
I'm sorry to say this film has the possibility that it won't be good.
Ridley Scott recently has been a hit and miss, American Gangster & Body of Lies sucked. Hopefully he can redeem himself with Robin Hood.
Tony Scott is a good director, i'm looking forward to Pelham 123
I reckon with Ridley because he is a more bigger known mainstream director, people expect his films to be brilliant and have high expectations, while although Tony is a less unknown than his brother, people dont have such high expectations from a Tony Scott Film, in which they enjoy it more.
Not though The Scott Brothers are producing, not directing though, they are probably producing alongside 20th Century Fox, since ScottsFree is a subsidary of Fox.
I wnat to know what happen to the story about Aliens coming to Earth, well that was the proposed iedea for Aliens 5
Ditto on Ridley being a cool guy, Todd, met him a few weeks back on the set of Centaurion, in which Robin Hood was filming in the same place as well.
3 years agoby @chronicFlag
Chiro-man3
Nice....If this movie goes foward, it should meet the expectations of all the alien fans.
3 years agoby @durso3Flag
Mutant
Teen actors shouldn't be involved in this at all. Let the adults handle this.
This may or may not be good, but I have faith in the Scott brothers. If they can come up with something new and exciting for the aliens then so be it, Ridley is quite a nice person, I met him years ago. But like you I would prefer a sequel than a prequel.
3 years agoby @zenderFlag
Yahzee
For those of you saying that because Ridley Scott is involved this is gonna be good let me remind you of.... Batman Forever. Tim Burton was producer, but the movie had nothing of his quality. I wanted a new Alien movie after Resurrection WITH Sigourney Weaver on it, not a teenage-friendly moronic prequel. I've never been so much against something. F*CK those who don't respect such a classic film series. First they toy with the Aliens in those useless AVP movies and now this?
3 years agoby @yahzeeFlag
the_gray
Mark my words...it'll be PG-13 and marketed to a younger crowd. If you don't believe me, see LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD and TERMINATOR SALVATION (both decent movies, but uncomparable to their R-rated predecessors). Hollywood has lost the concept that made "old school" cool - suspense, grit, and ingenuity. Instead we get child and teenage actors to tame the main characters, colorful and pointless explosions/shootouts, and eye-rolling stunts that are impossible and utterly ridiculous to walk away from. Sorry for the rant...I haven't finished my first cup of coffee.
3 years agoby @the-grayFlag
A-J
yes! yes! yes! yes! ive been waiting so long for another stand alone alien movie im so pumped that ridly scott is in on it to.
3 years agoby @ajlewisFlag
Shelley
I am interested and looking forward to more information, especially the cast. Actually I am kind of excited to hear about this since I am such a fan of the franchise.
3 years agoby @shelleyFlag
Chad Vital
Yeah Tony Scott is just as talented as Ridley Scott, so I'm pretty stoked about this. I'm comfortable with this because they are basically "overseeing" it lol.
3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag