Sir Ridley Scott talks Prometheus 2
Spolers ahoy as Sir Ridley inevitably gives away some of Prometheus when discussing its sequel.
It's little secret that, since it started arriving in cinemas, Prometheus has proven to be something of a divisive beast. Its box office, though, has shown a real and ongoing appetite for the world of Alien, and from the way the movie ends, there's clearly a lot left to explore. Much has been discussed about the film, after all, and how it is two films removed from the beginning of Alien, which sets up sequels rather nicely.
Here's what Sir Ridley Scott has to say on the topic, which is just a little spoiler-y if you haven't seen the film yet.
"From the very beginning, I was working from a premise that lent itself to a sequel, I really don't want to meet God in the first one. I want to leave it open to Shaw saying, 'I don’t want to go back to where I came from. I want to go where they came from.'"
"I'd love to explore where [Dr Shaw] goes next and what does she do when she gets there, because if it is paradise, paradise cannot be what you think it is. Paradise has a connotation of being extremely sinister and ominous."
"Because [the Engineers] are such aggressive fuckers, I always had it in there that the God-like creature that you will see actually is not so nice, and is certainly not God."
The above refers to Paradise, which was the name of the film before Prometheus was chosen instead, and by the sounds of things it will be the title of the sequel which seems quite likely to be made based on the above. Although you'd imagine we'll have a bit of a wait as Scott is committed to making The Counselor first, and more than likely the new Blade Runner film after that.
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Spolers?
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.....Prometheus 2....not for me thanks Ridley....I will stick to watching Alien on Blu Ray.
how can anyone be annoyed with Prometheus? He didn't "FOOL" anyone, he has create a truly fantastic movie that sets up the roots of the Alien mythology, it was perfect for me and a true work of art. the story, acting, character development, pacing, setting, special effects and most importantly script... couldn't have asked for a better sci fi film.
Whilst I agree that the film was shot beautifully, I have to ask, are you taking the piss? The script was terrible, the pacing was a mess and the character development aside from David was practically none existent.
I loved Prometheus and am really excited about a sequel, especially if someone else gets to script it! Even though flawed there really is nothing like it, and I would love to see where the Engineers come from. It's great to see sci fi exploring far off alien worlds instead of the usual action films set in a near future dystopia. Go Ridley! (but please take on board the criticisms)
Here we go again....
Sorry but no thanks. Prometheus hype wrote cheques that its rubbish script could not cash. It was so rubbish that it's killed all my interest in further movies. I'll stick with the original ALIEN movies thanks.
Fassbender's going to be so massive that there's no way he'll sign-up to play a 'head' for the sequel.
Yeah but Shaw took his body with her. I'm sure he'll be able to tell her how to reattach the two.
Does that include Resurrection?
I had a few problems with the script, but not many, and I'm astonished by the level of disapproval. The AVP films have BAD scripts. I'd class the Prometheus script as occasionally patchy. I hope and suspect that there will be a little more character development in the extended version (if it appears), with a few scenes (like the captain's quick conclusion about the nature of the planet) having a bit more build-up and weight behind them. I think it's a very well made film overall though. My greatest criticism would go towards to casting of Holloway, and the acting of that Scottish woman... must have been Ridley's cousin or something.
I'm with you there, chief. We get precious few big budget sci fi 'event' movies, and I think this was very decent. I'll take these sequels over Avatar 2 & 3 any day.
As an aside, I've never seen 'Lost'... I can't stand those slick US series. But as far as the writer goes... it wasn't perfect, but there was nothing that either needed more explanation, or that can't be explained in future films. The day we get given all the answers in our sci fi is the day I stop loving sci fi.
It MUST go on.
So a lot like Star Trek V: The Final Frontier! ".. call it what you will. The
Klingons call it "Kuitu". For Romulans it's "Vortavor". The Andorian word is...
is unpronouncable.""
what a douche
Bloody hell, I can't quite work out what people expected from this. I thought it was a great night at the cinema. Bring on the sequel(s).
Couldn't agree more!
SPOILERS HERE. I'm in purely for more Fassbender. He was absolutely perfect as David and I'm so glad he survived the film, even despite decapitation Ash-style. Hopefully, Prometheus will look better when it has a sequel to round it off. Maybe that's not what you want from a film, but having seen it, it's what we can hope for. Saying that, I did enjoy it anyway. Just felt the cliffhanger was a little lazy.
i hope someone can talk him into continuing with the prometheus saga instead of mucking around with bladerunner
Have to agree with toon monkey. You must of been
Yep, Prometheus was bloody good. Bring on the sequel
Wow! How can anyone call Prometheus bad, flawed or rubbish? I really think some of us aren't up for intelligent movies with big themes making ample use of Sci Fi as a genre and not keeping it so limited as many other movies have been. Here at last is an event genre movie that delivers excellence is spades. Here at last are some of the big themes we hope to see tackled in this kind movie and people complain?
Just come back from seeing the movie, went with two others who didn't like it (one who hated Lost and the other who liked Transformers 3). While nothing will ever replace 70's/80's sci fi for me, this was visually amazing, Fassbender was, as always, very good and I kinda liked the ambiguity of it all. Ok, due to the narrative, I didn't really care about the characters except David and maybe Rafe Spall (didn't expect to see him in the film anyway) but it didn't really detract from my enjoyment at all. The "little" nod to the myth of Prometheus was interesting and while it was not a direct prequel I am excited for the next 2 films, if there are any. SCI FI RULEZ
Film is bangin, nothing less. The holographic computer visual effects especially in 3D were totally amazing. Bring on the next!
Wha? I must not be critical at all. I loved the movie. If there was anything wrong with it, it was just that I wanted more.
I really enjoyed Prometheus, but I'm not sure there's need for a sequel. I loved the ending and really liked how open it was. I'm sure Shaw got to where she wanted to go and got her answers one way or another.
Probably still go see it though! Not enough good Sci Fi in the cinema these days!
Really? He's a douche for expressing an opinion?
Seriously??? What film was you watching it was shocking. Work of art? You retarded are something or did you really like the cute killer worm scene or the scientists taking off their helmets or having major abdonimal surgery and being able to sprint straight away or running from a crashing spaceship in the same direction its falling???? Or am I stupid and not getting it. Maybe I havent got the brain power to compute its intelligentness, or maybe its just a crap film.
The longer the wait the better, I'm in no hurry. History shows us that the quicker a sequel arrives, the worse it will be. Matrix 2 & 3 within 2/3 years of the first one, then 6 months apart. Quantum was rushed. Iron Man 2 was rushed. I hope SkyFall has benefitted from a long development period. The danger is with this one is that we lose interest, and Ridley loses motivation to make one, or two more. This is Avatar all over again.
It was meant to be an excellent sci-fi event, but where Prom should have been the serious sci fi movie us geeks could celebrate and talk over for years to come, Prom is now a practical joke in how not to make a movie - Prom is more famous for what it leaves out than what it tells us. And its not even a remotely scary chiller either.
deeply flawed, but not crap. Crap is a B Movie, or men in black 3.
"Not sure there's a need for a sequel?!" Are you serious?! There's so many plot threads dangling its like a just married car!
"Intelligent" movies don't have glaringly obvious plot holes and stupid motivations for characters. Just look at the reaction on youtube - theres a video linked by simon peggs twitter about the dozens of questions unanswered. The characters were just plain idiotic here. A directors cut hopefully can repair some of the damage, but using its "high brow concepts" is not good a good enough argument.
Agreed. A cliffhanger should be earnt, Ridley says in this very article that;s what he intended to aim for. I just dont like Ridley to be honest... is that a geek crime?
This is an amazing movie, much better than most dumb reality TVs and half-baked comedies. Love the sequel or more. The identity of Yutani from Weyland-Yutani Corp is unanswered, again. Just yesterday, a viral footage about Yutani showed up in youtube. I wonder if there is anything about the sequel.
... and Aliens vs. Predators. ;)
Someone please just anwser this!!!!!! At the end when the alien comes out of the engineers chest, it is not the same alien as in the series of Alien movies, so how are we going to find out about it evolving as it doesn't have a tale or it's mouth doesn't have the capability to completely come out and it looks a bit nice than the originals, so will this ever be revealed???
they should goin in how predators are related to this because there was a space jockey skull in the predators trophy room in avpr
well unlike what a lot of people thought going in to see the movie, that ship was not the same ship seen in Alien. it was just one of many bio-weapon lab ships. also remember the form the adult aliens take varies depending on what species they incubate in.
so the aliens we know from the aliens movie are a just a single variant of one of many different batches of adaptable bio-weapons.
An absolutely fantastic movie! Great plot, good acting, gross and strange events and finally the Alien we all know! Can't wait until the sequel comes out!
I sincerely am a huge alien movie fan, I think Prometheus was an outstanding introduction and explanation of the origin of alien and the storyline, I can't wait for a next part of Prometheus. Congrats to Ridley scott and all the producers of the film, thank you so much! keep up the excellent work!!
he story didn't fit with the Alien movie it was supposed to be a sequel to. And what was the story with that snake like thing that looked like a penis? Why were the crew of the Prometheus so dum?
Sequel,
snake like thing,
dum
Please Kill yourself.
A true film lover would just ignore the minor flaws. I loved it
Well itsa movie! Not reality its meant to b out of this world! If your looking for reality DONT GO TO THE MOVIES! And stay at home twat
this movie is bad, i love alien but this, cmon, bad scrip, characters in forgoten
Loved the way it dismissed the AVP films as non-canon by firmly establishing that no 'Alien' as such existed before 2089.
Lets be honest with one another for just one, fleeting second. This film. Was dogshit.
Wth man.. How is forgettable characters bad? I remember nothing about characters and everything about the theme of the movie. Its about the ship and its extreme mission. Maybe if you just for once forgot you were watching characters you'd have seen the amazing plot being built. Did you really go for good scripts and memorable characters or to be inspired by the theory of an engineer and question of who created god. Bring on the sequel and make sure I dont remember every character, but every questi(n it begs you to ask about our mortal existance
The crew Werentt watching themselves like you were. They have never been on rock like this. And this is not a sequel to Alien, its a prequel. Its where the Alien comes from. I get the feeling Prometheus 2, or Paradise which I believe its being discussed as by R.S., will go the opposite direction. Likely after Shaw gets her answer in Prometheous 2, the new alien series with Deacon will merge in Paradise and David and Shaw will save the Promethean Elder engineers and we will have the reason the engineers leave us alone for good. AvP (Alien v Promethean) prometheus 3 Alien 3...
I want more aliens, and Engineers in the movie.
i want prometheus 2 paradise action figure toys and vehicles toys