Well this is big news. It’s been rumored for a while that Fox wanted to do an Alien remake with Ridley Scott producing. But today Variety reports that the plan is actually for a prequel, and Ridley Scott will direct. To put that in perspective, it’s basically like if Robert Plant agreed to sing for a Led Zeppelin cover band. Somehow Ridley Scott went from being the guy who turned down both Alien sequels to the guy who’ll make prequels, movies about Monopoly - whatever studio execs want. (*whispers*) I think he might be a replicant.
The film will be a direct prequel to Scott’s original 1979 film. This leads me to believe that the film will tell the story of the crew of the empty ship that is discovered in the first film. In a 2002 interview, Scott wanted to return “to where the alien creatures were first found and explain how they were created.” [/Film]
You know what are super cool? Sharks. You know what’s not that interesting? The story of how sharks were created. Jesus made the aliens, just like he designed Kirk Cameron’s banana and was the original sharkitecht behind shark week. Origin stories are stupid.
Trailer for the original Alien. Gotta love the out of context cat and the subliminal shot of girl in panties.
Bloody-disgusting is claiming a reliable source who says that a remake of Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien is on the way. From 20th Century Fox. Of course.
The plan is to stick with the original concept of only one alien on the ship. Michael Costigan, Ridley Scott and even Tony Scott are all on board to produce and have tapped Carl Rinsch [hee hee!] to get beyond the camera [sic] and bring a new Ripley to the big screen. Who is Carl Rinsch? I’m being told he’s a commercial/music video director and does work for Scott Free Productions, who is also producing the remake. [B-D]
If the idea that Ridley Scott is producing makes you feel better, keep in mind, Ridley Scott is also making a movie about Monopoly. And it’s Fox. $20 bucks says Ripley is played by Jessica Alba and the alien raps.
Don’t be fooled by the cute baby I used in the banner pic, this story is horrifying. A 30-year-old plumber in England recently had the EMBRYO OF HIS PARASITIC TWIN EXPLODE FROM HIS STOMACH.
Gavin Hyatt, 30, explained that the lump forced its way out after lying inside his abdomen since he was born. Medics said the 4cm growth was a parasitic twin that died in the womb early in their mother’s pregnancy.
An operation at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital was canceled at the last minute and he went home. But later he felt a stabbing pain near his belly button. Lifting his shirt, he saw he was bleeding as the lump pushed through the skin. At that point he drove himself to his local surgery.
Mr Hyatt, a former firefighter, from Witney, Oxfordshire, said: “Four hospital doctors had previously examined me and were all puzzled by the lump. “Some thought it was a cyst, others an in-grown hair. Then one said it could be my undeveloped identical twin that I absorbed at a very early stage. I feel absolutely fine now but it has not sunk in yet that I could have had a twin brother. I have him in a jar at home and I call him little Gav. I haven’t told many people. I feel like a bit of a freak.” [Telegraph]
And it was there for 30 years. Damn. This reminds me of the half-eaten sandwich I found under your mom’s tit once, but even that couldn’t have been there longer than six months. (*adjusts monocle*)
While the proposed Predator reboot is already losing steam with Robert Rodriguez only producing and not directing as originally reported, Fox co-chair Tom Rothman claimed in a recent interview with IESB that Ridley Scott was “toying with the idea” of doing another Aliens movie.
Excited? Don’t be. This is still Fox we’re talking about. You may remember their last alien movie? The one with Eddie Murphy living inside an Eddie Murphy-shaped spaceship? The one that got outgrossed by Soul Plane? And as for Ridley Scott? Yeah, he’ll be good to go once he finishes his movie based on MOTHER EFFING MONOPOLY. Ahh, what a crappy time to be alive.
