Some new new details have arrived online for Ridley Scott's Prometheus. The synopsis is said to be an official breakdown of the film and has tons of spoilers. I am looking forward to this film and can not wait to see the official trailer when it arrives online.
Charlize Theron, the Monster/Aeon Flux star, is scheduled to join Girl with the Dragon Tattoo lead Noomi Rapace on Ridley Scott’s, “No longer Alien 0, but something new with the same recycled material called Prometheus.” The actual film is scheduled to be in theaters on June 8 of next year. Scott has an established and recognized legacy of action and thriller films, including Blade Runner, Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, and American Gangster.
Update: Logan Marshall-Green, of 24 fame, has been added as a love interest for Rapace’s character. X-Men: First Class’s Michael Fassbender, Thor co-star Idris Elba, Outlaw actor Sean Farris and Kate Dickie have also been added to the cast.
Update 2: Via Rotten Tomatoes and Collider, Memento’s Guy Pearce has been confirmed to join the production.
Update 3: X-Men: The Last Stand’s Ben Foster has been added to the cast.
Update 4: While Scott was intentionally elusive about whether or not Prometheus is related to Alien, he did note he plans to work on PG-13 and R-rated cuts of the former film. Scott also touted the 3D aspect of the film.
Update 5: Via @moviefone, Watchmen’s Patrick Wilson has been added to the cast. Oh, and check out the doors on this thing, I guess.
Update 6: Fandompost has unearthed more of the premise for Prometheus. Also of note is that they locked down a June 8, 2012 theatrical date for the film.
Update 7: You can read more about the characters at Dark Horizons, courtesy of MTV.
Update 8: Rapace discusses more about her character at Dark Horizons via Latino Review and After Posten.
Update 9: Alienprequelnews.com reports that MA actor Darwin Shaw will play a character known as The Engineer, while Matthew Rook will play a character known as Elder Engineer. Thanks to @timmaughan and @alienpreqnews for the update.
Update 10: Dark Horizons via Speakeasy has a comment from Scott which suggests there might be an Alien connection-albeit miniscule-after all. Also, Sigourney Weaver will not be making a cameo in Prometheus.
Update 11: Bloody Disgusting has the first scans of Prometheus‘ unveil from an upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly.
Update 12: Comicbookmovie.com linked a low-res leaked trailer.
Update 13: AICN via boxofficebuz.com linked possible Prometheus spoilers. Correction: Looks like it’s a fake. Thanks to @timmaughan for the tip.
Update 14: CBM linked some hi-res pics.
Update 15: Theron talks about working with Scott at Moviefone.
Update 16: AICN has the poster.
Update 17: New pics via CBM and Empire.
Update 18: Comicbookmovie.com uploaded an iTunes teaser to whet your appetites for the upcoming official trailer heading online in a few days. Also, CBM got info from Filmophilia about Alien creature designer H.R. Giger’s involvement on Prometheus.
What happened to Elizabeth Shaw? Who is that in the wheelchair?
Recently released, in the form of heavily Alien inspired, teaser trailer for "Prometheus" is perhaps one of the most intriguing promos ever released. I have been watching it for some time now, on repeat, and it is driving me crazy. The whole cast and Ridley Scott have been teasing all of us cruelly for the last few months - apparently changing their minds whether it is a prequel of "Alien" or it is not. The teaser pretty much proves that in fact, "Prometheus" has very strong links to the iconic movie - here is a wonderful breakdown of the trailer, frame by frame.
What we know for sure is that Charlize Theron is playing a villain - how hot is that - and Noomi Rapace is the heroine of the story - Elizabeth Shaw, whom we see screaming in the trailer. Michael Fassbender stars as an android, who may or may not start becoming - literally - human in the progress of the story.
Charlize Theron, possibly doing push ups after sleeping during space travel?
The thing everyone wants to know is if Alien, in my opinion the scariest movie monster to ever appear on screen, will also appear in this movie. Having read most of the rumours I'm certain that we will see some variation of the creature. Well, we will certainly see the eggs, teaser shows them, but I think everyone wants to see Alien bouncing around. There were people in Alien costumes on the set. So, let's keep our fingers crossed. Although the realist in me thinks that what Scott said - about last 8 minutes of "Prometheus" being a link to "Alien" - will involve the eggs in the cave, that are found in the, chronologically, first film.
From what I gathered from the synopsis, that is flying around the Internet, it seems there may be some conflict on the ship and that the team will start fighting within the group. I think the synopsis is real, since it has strong ties to trailer images and Alien mythology, so to speak. In this case the monsters in this story will be mutated people.
There is a strong chance that there will be a freaky pregnancy in the film - the leaked early version of the trailer has footage of Shaw's belly rising, in the scene similar to Ripley's dream in "Aliens"- if it's the case - is the pregnancy by infected crew member? or by Alien? Is it a coincidence or an experiment?
Scott says there will be the scene showing the creation of Earth. From many rumours it seems that Earth may have been created by aliens or if you wish the Engineers. We may see them in the film.
Theron says about her character "she’s working with the company that’s sponsoring this whole thing and you can feel she definitely has an agenda, which we pick up in the third act.". That would tie in with the thing written in synopsis that may or may not be fake that she is more than she appears.
Scott has said that the title is reminiscent of the well known myth where Prometheus stole the fire from Gods, bringing their wrath on human race. I'm still puzzled by this, although the general consensus in speculations seems to be that it's Charlize Theron's character that will do something to bring doom on the ship.
Another thing - which appears to be most well known - is that the film will answer the mystery of Space Jockey. For those unfamiliar with the term - you know that scene in "Alien" where they see this huge throne-thing with dead, huge creature in it? Yeah, that's Space Jockey. They kinda dropped it and it's one of the hings that builds freaky climate of the original film, but now Scott decided to dig deeper on that idea. He definitely went ahead with it, as in one scene in the teaser we see Charlize Theron with Space Jockey's helmet, somewhat smaller, on the table.
Hopefully after "Aliens" which was James Cameron's abomination - he took World's greatest horror movie and turned it into action/adventure/family/drama/crap, "Alien 3" raped by the studio and "Alien Resurrection" which was just...too much of grotesque for any one's taste, when rightful master of the series - Ridley Scott - is in director's chair again, we will get the prequel worthy of original movie. The movie will be shown in 3D which I don't object to, either with PG-13 or R rating which I will object to. It is Alien prequel, or if you follow Scott's diversion technique "the movie set in Alien universe" - it has to be R rated.
Ridley Scott also said that the movie will have ties to the original films and not to the sequels. That makes me very happy. At this point all of these are speculations of course, but we finally have something to go on - the teaser is just fascinating and promises one of the best - if not the best - movies of 2012. We have six months to wait. Let's hope the film is worth it.
AvPGalaxy reports that Ridley Scott has went to the Isle of Skye in Scotland last weekend to shoot a couple of pick-up shots for Prometheus.
According to community based newspaper West Highland Free Press, Ridley Scott was "overseeing filming of some of the final scenes" around the Old Man of Storr, a large sea-stack off the coast of Trotternish Ridge in the Scottish Highlands.
Another report of the shoot comes from the unlikely source of portable toilet hire company, Nixon Toilet Hire, who had to deliver portable toilets and equipment for the shoot before January 13th.
Exactly which actors were present for the shoot is not mentioned, and why they've had to go back for a pick-up shoot is another question.
The major gongs at this year's Oscars were dominated by silent French movie 'The Artist' - though looking ahead to 2013, it could be a more wide-open race. Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller Prometheus', starring Michael Fassbender, is being tipped as a possible Oscar nominee, while The Dark Knight Rises will surely be a contender. Elsewhere, Clint Eastwood's role as an ageing baseball scout in 'Trouble with the Curve' could see the veteran return to the Academy Awards with a Best Actor nomination, while Leonardo Dicaprio may finally take home the award for his role in 'The Great Gatsby'.
LOS ANGELES, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that Prometheus, the summer's scariest action event picture and director Ridley Scott's return to the genre he helped define, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format and released in IMAX® digital and film theatres domestically and in a select number of IMAX theatres internationally, starting June 8, 2012.
"Ridley Scott is one of the best storytellers of our time, whose groundbreaking films Alien and Blade Runner changed the landscape of the science-fiction genre," said Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. "We're excited about Prometheus and proud to add him to the prestigious list of directors whose films have been presented in IMAX."
The IMAX release of Prometheus will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX 3D Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The crystal-clear images coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio create a unique environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.
IMAX Corporation is one of the world's leading entertainment and technology companies, specializing in the creation and delivery of premium, awe-inspiring entertainment experiences. With a growing suite of cutting-edge motion picture and sound technologies, and a globally recognized entertainment brand, IMAX is singularly situated at the convergence of the entertainment industry, innovation and the digital media world. The industry's top filmmakers and studios are utilizing IMAX theatres to connect with audiences in extraordinary ways, and as such, the IMAX network is among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event films around the globe. The Company's new digital projection and sound systems - combined with a growing blockbuster film slate - are fueling the rapid expansion of the IMAX network in established markets such as North America, Western Europe, and Japan, as well as emerging markets such as China and Russia. IMAX delivers the world's best cinematic presentations using proprietary IMAX®, IMAX 3D®, and IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-Mastering) technologies. IMAX DMR enables virtually any motion picture to be transformed into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience®.
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One of the great multichannel marketing examples of the past few years was the campaign for the Warner Bros. film Inception. The initiative - which had several viral digital marketing components such as social media games and cryptic online videos - amped up the mystery shrouding Inception and was largely credited with driving interest in the movie.
Now, Fox is trying to hit similar notes with its upcoming sci-fi movie, Prometheus. The first pictures from the film surfaced last year, but they showed only vague images of astronauts. More recently, new sets of images were released to media sites and the company's own microsites, further evoking the mystery behind the origins of the aliens.
A 30-second trailer was launched in December that quickly spread on YouTube, amassing nearly 8 million views. This clip was attached to the movie's Facebook page, which has accrued upward of 100,000 Likes.
Fox is taking the viral nature of the campaign one step further, Den of Geek notes, through the launch of a mock blog run by a fictional corporation in the movie. This blog offers further hints about the background of Prometheus.
As the source notes, the care with which the campaign is being executed shows the respect Fox has for film and its fans, which is helping to drive excitement.
"Whether Prometheus proves to be an acclaimed hit or not, it feels like a film that's being marketed by people who have a passion and understanding of what they're selling – and their eagerness to keep so much under wraps merely makes us want to see the finished film all the more," Den of Geek concludes.
Prometheus is set to hit theaters this summer on June 8. A new trailer is slated to launch on Saturday, further enhancing the digital marketing effort.