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Original ‘Blade Runner’ Writer Has Joined Ridley Scott To Develop The Sequel

Bronwen Winter Phoenix — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:16:20 +0000

With Prometheus hot on everybody’s lips, a new murmur has begun to break through on Ridley Scott’s other return to sci-fi – can you guess it? That’s right, a new Blade Runner movie is officially in the making, and now details on the proposed film have come in the form of a press release – and it looks like it’s going to be a sequel.

Scott has made it clear that the new film would respect the continuity of the original Blade Runner, and the official line is that the film will be a sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic – so far, so good. He’s also teaming up with the original screenwriter, Hampton Fancher (who was also instrumental in the optioning of Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, upon which Blade Runner is based).

However, we’re not sure if Fancher will end up writing the new movie, as the press release carefully states he’s on-board to “develop the idea for the original screenplay” – which could mean someone else will step into the role of writing it.

As for the story, we’ll just have to wait and see, but Scott has already commented in an a recent interview that the central character will be a woman:

“I started my first meetings on the Blade Runner sequel last week. We have a very good take on it. And we’ll definitely be featuring a female protagonist.”

Scott will produce the film with Alcon co-founders and co-Chief Executive Officers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, along with Bud Yorkin and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin. Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble, CEO’s of Thunderbird Films, will serve as executive producers.

The new film will be set “some years” after the events of the first Blade Runner, but as to how related the two movies will be, and whether there will be any returning characters, we can only speculate at this point. Check back to keep up-to-date with the latest developments.

Are you excited about a Blade Runner sequel?

Source: SlashFilm

Even The Posters For ‘Prometheus’ Are Spoiler-Heavy Now

Travis Woods — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:05:11 +0000

Until very recently, part of the fun of Prometheus’ ad campaign was just how ambiguous the marketing was for Ridley Scott’s semi-prequel to his 1979 classic, Alien. Was it a true prequel? Would it connect directly to the beginnings of Alien? And so on. And then, unfortunately, came the spoilers. In April, we received a three-minute trailer of pure spoilage, followed by a featurette with even more information. Gone were the intriguing puzzles and air of mystery that made Prometheus so anticipated in the first place. And now, even the poster campaign is spoiling the fun (and the plot).

We know that the film deals at least in part with the crescent-shaped spaceship helmed by the Space Jockey that was seen during the original Alien. Recent clips have even shown the Space Jockey attacking members of the Prometheus crew. Now, thanks to an international poster, we get to see the Space Jockey’s ship, well, exploding above the crew. Which seems to be, oh gosh, I don’t know, kind of a significant plot point to drop in the middle of a wildly photoshopped worldwide poster. But hey, that’s just me.

Hopefully, this action-oriented one-sheet will draw in moviegoers more attracted to things going boom than they are to quietly creepy and ambiguous sci-fi puzzle boxes; that said, it’s sad to see the air of mystery and ambiguity dissipate from Prometheus. It’s still one of our most anticipated films of 2012’s summer; we just wish it was a little less forthcoming with the details.

What do you think of Prometheus’ ad campaign?

Source: ComingSoon

Ridley Scott Talks ‘Prometheus’ Plot, Mysterious ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel

Travis Woods — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:13:15 +0000

After leaving sci-fi behind 30 years ago with Blade Runner, Ridley Scott is returning to the genre with his highly anticipated Prometheus. The film, which takes place in the same fictional universe as his film Alien (or, as Scott puts it, “once you start into the evolution of the story, it moves so far away from Alien that there’s only the mere DNA of the original in Prometheus”), is set for a June 8 release and, as such, Scott is beginning to hit the interview circuit; along the way, he’s dropping such nuggets as Prometheus’ plot elements, as well as big news about the Blade Runner sequel finally moving forward.

In a recent interview The Daily Beast, Scott opened up about Prometheus’ mysterious origins, and what drove him to film a sequel to one of his most indelible works, stating “I came back to a very simple question that haunted me that appears in the first Alien, and no one answered in subsequent Alien films: who was the ”Space Jockey”—the big guy in the seat?” Scott went on to say that the origin of the Space Jockey is “a really interesting story,” and that when he began Prometheus, he wasn’t sure if it would be a prequel or a sequel.

Perhaps even more interesting than the origins of Prometheus, however, was Scott’s talk of the long-rumored Blade Runner sequel, about which he would only say the following:

Funny enough, I started my first meetings on the Blade Runner sequel last week. We have a very good take on it. And we’ll definitely be featuring a female protagonist.

You can read the full interview with Scott here.

Will you be seeing Prometheus?

Yet Another ‘Prometheus’ Viral Ad Features Noomi Rapace Begging For Help Concerning Humanity’s Past

Travis Woods — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:23:31 +0000

While Prometheus is still one of our most anticipated films of the summer, Ridley Scott’s “it is but it isn’t” prequel to his 1979 classic, Alien, has been laying it on a little thick with the marketing lately. One of the primary appeals of Prometheus thus far has been its sense of creepy mystery; unfortunately, a great deal of the increasing number of ads have been spoiler-heavy, dissipating that sense of mystery. The newest viral ad, however, manages to be fascinating, creepy, and highly ambiguous. Check it out below.

The newest viral clip (called Quiet Eye, part of an ad campaign between Fox and Verizon) is cut from the same cloth as the disturbing android infomercial we viewed last month. In it, Noomi Rapace’s Dr. Elizabeth Shaw sends a quietly desperate message to Guy Pearce’s Peter Weyland, imploring him to help fund her research into humanity’s origins. It ties into what we know of the film—Weyland’s company funds an expedition to the same distant planet featured in the original Alien, upon which some version of all hell breaks loose.

It’s a nicely ambiguous clip, which manages to display the firm strength and resolve of Rapace’s character, while at the same time adding some nuance to what we know of the plot, but without spoiling the film for us. Nice job, Fox.

Prometheus will premiere on June 8.

What do you think of the clip?

Source: /Film

Blu-ray and DVD Picks For May 15 – 21

Damon Houx — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:20:53 +0000

2012’s biggest films of the early months are starting to hit DVD and Blu-ray, and we’ve got some of January and February’s surprise hits, and at least one of its failures. We’ve also got a great Criterion catalog title and a bunch of Disney films from the 1980’s and 90’s. Check out this week’s big releases below.

New:

Albert Nobbs: Watch Glenn Close dressed as a man, baby! This Oscar hopeful wasn’t much of a film as it was a chance for Glenn Close to win awards. She lost to Meryl Streep, who also had a role tailor-made for an Oscar. This dreary film doesn’t offer much of interest, though it’s got a reasonably good cast.

Chronicle: One of the most pleasant surprises of 2012, this superhero film was done in the found-footage style. Though the found footage thing starts to make less sense the further the film goes along, director Max Trank does a great job building the characters, and found a new way to tell an origin story. Really impressive.

The Grey: Liam Neeson survives a plane crash and helps the survivors stay alive while fighting off wolves. Director Joe Carnahan does this sort of Jack London-y narrative fairly well, and Neeson is great as the wounded hero who is pushed to survive by his circumstances.

One for the Money : This may be the end of Katherine Heigl’s run as a leading lady in chick flicks, as the film bombed. What a generic title, and what a generic looking movie. I think the world has already forgotten this film exists.

Rampart: Woody Harrelson gives a fine performance in this film, which comes from the mind of James Ellroy. Unfortunately – as a cop film – the genre has been so exploded by great television like The Shield and The Wire so this can’t compare. It’s a little bit of a disappointment, but if you like Harrelson, he is really good in it.

Classics:

Being John Malkovich: Spike Jonze’s first feature film is getting the Criterion treatment, and this was the film that launched him and writer Charlie Kaufman into art-house superstars. This also comes with some fun supplements, and it will be great to dig into this film now that it’s thirteen years old (or twelve and a half).

Born Yesterday, Bringing Down the House, D.O.A., Duets, Father of the Bride / Father of the Bride Part II, Gone Fishin’, Holy Man, Mr. Wrong, New York Stories, Terminal Velocity, White Squall: Disney and its studios Hollywood Pictures and Touchstone produced a lot of crap in the 1980’s and 90’s. For whatever reason, there are a bunch of their catalog titles hitting the market. For Ridley Scott completists there’s a certain appeal to getting White Squall, and J.J. Abrams fans may want to check out his earlier work with Gone Fishin’. But the real winner here is the release of New York Stories, which features a great short film by Martin Scorsese, and a really good one by Woody Allen.

Road Trip: This was Todd Phillips’ breakthrough film, and is from the time when people thought Tom Green and Breckin Meyer were going to be movie stars. This is a very enjoyable time-waster, and Phillips knows how to put films together. It may have been horribly derivative at the time, but it’s still funny enough.

What are you picking up this week?

Latest ‘Prometheus’ Clip Shows a Landing

Damon Houx — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:28:25 +0000

June 8 isn’t that far away, but until then expect to be inundated with clips and trailers for the upcoming, R-rated Ridley Scott epic Prometheus. The latest from the film isn’t that spoiler-y, but it does show off the effects work that went into the movie, and Idris Elba‘s accent. Check it out.

We’re not seeing much Michael Fassbender or Charlize Theron here, but we are getting a better sense of how much care and craft went into the behind the scenes work. Ridley Scott’s films are usually – if nothing else – visually interesting, and filled with great set design. This looks to be of the Alien world, but with more 21st century thinking about the future. Likely there will be no “Mother” with white blinking lights on this ship, but it also has that grungy feel of the original. We’re in (obviously).

Like most modern blockbusters, we’re probably going to see thirty minutes of the film before release, and – much like The Avengers – we’re probably going to see footage that comes from the third act (or possibly the conclusion) in ways that are going to be disappointing when the film hits. The question now is if the regular audience is as stoked for this movie as movie geeks are. Could we see an R rated picture open to over a hundred million domestically? That’s what Fox is hoping for. And perhaps they’ll get it.

Are you in for Prometheus?

17 New ‘Prometheus’ Pictures Feature Alien World, Haunted Crew

Travis Woods — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:00:10 +0000

It seems like every day there’s been a new bit of media released to promote The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man, or Prometheus as the Big Summer Film of 2012. Today, it’s once again Prometheus’ turn, with Entertainment Weekly releasing 17—count ‘em, 17!—new photos from the filming of Prometheus. The shots feature character portraits, behind the scenes shooting, alien landscapes, spacesuits, and repeated shots of a haunted and haggard crew.

Check out the 17 new Prometheus shots after the jump!

While the plot remains a tightly-kept mystery, what is known about the film is that it takes place several years prior to the events of Ridley Scott’s original Alien film, and takes place on the same planet featured in that movie. Not much else is know, except the crew of a vessel called Prometheus discover a threat connected to humanity’s origins that also threatens to bring about our doom… at least, that’s what we could suss out from the spoiler-ish trailer.

Looks like we’ll just have to wait until the film’s June 8 release date to be sure. Prometheus stars Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Idis Elbra and Guy Pearce, and was directed by Ridley Scott.

Which is your favorite shot?

Source: /Film

Latest ‘Prometheus’ Featurette Talks Aliens (Not ‘Alien’)

Damon Houx — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:24:25 +0000

Prometheus may be R rated, but it’s gunning to be one of the big event films of the summer, and the advertising and viral videos are now hitting the frequency of Avengers material. Perhaps it’s a winning strategy. The latest from the Prometheus cast and crew concerns extra terrestrials. An interesting word choice for the (not?) prequel to Alien. Check out the featurette below.

This is definitely not spoiling too much (for those concerned about that), and it doesn’t offer too much new footage, but it does show some of what’s going to be the problem for the crew of the Prometheus. There is something on the planet that either attacks or takes over host bodies. But how this all plays out is still unknown, or how the creatures once fossilized in Alien interact with the humans.

When Fox accepted the R rating, it suggested that this would not be compromised, and with the R rating, one wonders if they’ve decided to add things back in they may have cut when they were angling for a PG-13. One hopes. Though Ridley Scott‘s last couple of movies have been a mixed bag (Robin Hood was pretty bad), we’re still partial to his director’s cut of Kingdom of Heaven, and he still seems to ‘have it.’ So we’re anxiously awaiting June 8, when the film hits theaters.

Where is Prometheus on your want to see list?

‘Prometheus’ Has Killed Any Chance For ‘At The Mountains Of Madness,’ Says Guillermo Del Toro

Travis Woods — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:39:48 +0000

After 2008’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army, director Guillermo Del Toro’s next project was set to be the ambitious cinematic adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, a 1936 novella about human scientists discovering evidence of ancient alien civilizations visiting Earth. Unfortunately, Universal cancelled the project, citing budgetary problems, and Del Toro moved on to the monster movie Pacific Rim, in which giant robots battle giant monsters in the future (yes, really). Recently, though, Del Toro made comments indicating that Prometheus’ nearly identical plot put the kibosh on Mountains.

Del Toro recent took to the message board of Del Toro Films to let fans know they can pretty much forget about an At the Mountains of Madness adaptation, thanks to Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien prequel, Prometheus, in which a group of astronauts in the future encounter an ancient alien civilization with links to humanity’s origins (and our downfall, if the trailers are to be believed):

I have been interviewed about this lately and wanted to post my two cents about this:

Prometheus started filming a while ago – right at the time we were in preproduction on PACIFIC RIM. The title itself gave me pause – knowing that ALIEN was heavily influenced by Lovecraft and his novella.

This time, decades later with the budget and place Ridley Scott occupied, I assumed the greek metaphor alluded at the creation aspects of the HPL book. I believe I am right and if so, as a fan, I am delighted to see a new RS science fiction film, but this will probably mark a long pause – if not the demise – of ATMOM.

The sad part is – I have been pursuing ATMOM for over a decade now – and, well, after Hellboy II two projects I dearly loved were not brought to fruition for me.

Del Toro at least sounds as if he’s made some kind of peace with his dream project being bumped from Universal’s slate so that Ridley Scott could film Prometheus; however, it’s still an unfortunate turn of events, as the director’s style—a marriage of weird fiction and fantasy genres—would have been perfect for At the Mountains of Madness.

Del Toro went on to state that he is “loving” and “grateful” for his blessings, among which he counts the opportunity to make Pacific Rim. As for the similarities between Prometheus and At the Mountains of Madness, he simply said, “Same premise. Scenes that would be almost identical… Both movies seem to share identical set pieces and the exact same BIG REVELATION (twist) at the end. I won’t spoil it.”

What do you think of the Prometheus news?

Source: Coming Soon

‘Prometheus’ Viral Ad Features Creepy Audio Message From Doomed Characters

Bronwen Winter Phoenix — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:17:08 +0000

A scary Prometheus audio clip has been discovered in the lead-up to the June 8th release of Ridley Scott’s much anticipated new sci-fi thriller – and the excitement continues to build as more of its deepest, darkest secrets are revealed.

The audio clip is just part of the movie’s viral campaign, and comes in the form of a creepy crew transmission, in which listeners can hear various members of the Prometheus team being attacked by an unknown assailant. So far, all fans know is that it gets in the throat, breaks limbs, and sounds pretty nasty!

The original recording was delivered backwards, and has been reversed by fans – you can listen to the actual horrifying clip here.

Prometheus was written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, directed by Ridley Scott, and stars Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace, along with Logan Marshall-Green. It’s been described as an indirect prequel to the Alien movies, and since the latest trailer came out with heavy spoilers, bits and pieces of the story have been coming out concerning Scott’s latest offering, and it’s got eagerly-awaiting fans already craving more. In fact, it’s easily one of the most anticipated films of the year, and the hype is still building.

Stay tuned, of course, for more Prometheus movie news as it breaks!

Will you be watching Prometheus on June 8^th?

Source: MovieWeb

Latest ‘Prometheus’ Featurette Reveals Even More

Damon Houx — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:46:28 +0000

For a while there you could say that Ridley Scott’s Prometheus was playing cute. It was embracing one of J.J. Abrams‘s favorite marketing schemes – the puzzle box – where part of the fun was not knowing what the film exactly was until you got into the theater. That game plan has been modified for marketing recently, and now we’re getting a clearer sense of what the film is. And for those who weren’t spoiled by the latest trailer, the new featurette offers even more footage and clues. Check it out…

We get interviews here with Scott, and stars Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace, along with Logan Marshall-Green, for whom this seems his big shot (and he also kind of looks like Tom Hardy, but maybe that’s just me).

The featurette is selling the old school in that it’s showcasing the scale of the sets. In the digital era, it’s nice to see a film have such massive working space because it does make a difference when encountering an alien space to have that reality behind the actors.

Looking up the film on IMDb, it lists Patrick Wilson as one of the stars. He plays Noomi Rapace’s father. My guess is it’s a small role, but the IMDb is the IMDb. The film is set come out June 8, and it’s easily one of the most exciting films of the summer, and it’s playing the same clips and featurette games as The Avengers has. Which means expect a lot more of this stuff in the next month.

Where would you rank Prometheus on your summer want-to-see list?

New ‘Prometheus’ Trailer Features Three Minutes Of Heavy Spoilers

Travis Woods — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:10:29 +0000

Welcome to the exact moment when Ridley Scott’s upcoming Prometheus ceased to be the ambiguous sci-fi mystery of the summer, and revealed just about every possible plot spoiler pertaining to its Alien prequel-dom that it seemingly possibly could. Thanks to a just-released international trailer, we now have three full minutes that basically lay out Prometheus’ entire plot—don’t want to know about Charlize Theron’s character? Not curious who has an alien inside of them? A warning, then: view this at your own risk.

For the last time: spoilers ahead!

The trailer basically lays bare many of the plot details that have been debated by fans of the Alien series in the weeks and months leading up to Prometheus’ release. Yes, it now appears that Theron’s corporate heavy will be a villain, just like Paul Reiser’s character in Aliens. Yes, Noomi Rapace is a badass of Sigourney Weaver levels. And yep, that’s Rapace screaming “GET IT OUT OF ME! GET IT OUT OF ME!” repeatedly. And yep, there’s heavy talk of some kind of alien force heading back to hit the Earth.

Just about the only thing not revealed in the trailer is whether or not Michael Fassbender’s mysteriously emotional android character will be a friend, or will go the way of Ash in the original Alien. And while this trailer is certainly, well, cool, it’s more than a little disappointing to see most of Prometheus’ cards all laid out on the table like this—part of the primary appeal to the film, thus far, has been its sense of foreboding mystery.

Final verdict: it’s still one of our most anticipated films of 2012, but some of the excitement over Prometheus has now been lose thanks to the overly vigorous marketing.

Prometheus opens on June 8, and stars Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender and Guy Pearce.

What did you think of the new trailer?

Source: Empire

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