20th Century Fox has now released the trailer for Ridley Scott's highly anticipated Prometheus, the prequel to the Alien franchise.
The trailer is reminiscent of the original Alien trailer, where the film's title slowly reveals itself. The clips from the film look pretty spectacular, proving Scott's feel for picturesque, grand and atmospheric sci-fi hasn't changed much (thankfully) since Blade Runner.
Director Ridley Scott, in post-production for his film, had this this to say about the film's connection to his 1979 Alien:
"I mean, you could actually say, and there's a quote I did, a pretty good quote: By the end of the third act you start to realize there's a DNA of the very first Alien, but none of the subsequent aliens. To tell you what that is is a pity, and I'm not going to tell you, because it's actually pretty good, pretty organic to the process and to the original. But we go back, we don't go forward."
Regarding the so-called Space Jockey, the mysterious creature in the beginning of Alien, he added that this film should answer that mystery:
"I was always amazed that, I mean, I've only done two science-fictions, but I was always amazed that no one asked who the hell the Space Jockey was. He wasn't even called the Space Jockey. During the film they started to call it the Space Jockey. I don't know who started that one off. I always thought it was amazing that no one ever asked who he was, and why was he there? What was all that about? I sat thinking about this for a while and thought, well, there's a story! And the other four [films] missed it! So, here it is."
He also added that the Xenomorph (the Alien creature) will not be featured in Prometheus. (Source: Filmophilia)
Directed by Ridley Scott, starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Logan Marshall-Green, and Guy Pearce, Prometheus comes to Orange County theaters on June 8th, 2012.
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