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Geekscape Movie Review: ‘Alien: Covenant’

by AllieHanley

Opening this weekend is Ridley Scott’s  sci-fi horror thriller “Alien: Covenant” from 20th Century Fox. This ones takes place ten years after “Prometheus” and deftly answers many of the questions that left “Alien” fans somewhat disenchanted.

The command crew aboard a colonization ship is suddenly awakened from hyper sleep after their ship carrying 3,000 passengers and 10,000 fertilized embryos suffers a malfunction. In the midst of making repairs a discovery is made. A planet that may be the perfect place to settle is just a mere two weeks away versus their planned destination being another four years journey.

There’s a saying… when it’s too good to be true, it probably is. Which would you pick?

In perfect “Alien” form, “Covenant” revisits a similar plot structure that is evident throughout the franchise. This one keeps those same beats; the initial hope of finding a new planet, that first attack and death, a turn coat, the imminent death of everyone who doesn’t escape back to the ship, and of course the traditional ending where you think it’s over, but it’s not. Those familiar beats made the first one work, and even though familiar they still make “Covenant” a very worthy sequel.

What sets this one apart is that it begins with a flash back. It’s Peter Weyland (Guy Pierce reprising his role) at the “birth” of his creation, David (Michael Fassbender). It becomes apparent that David’s idea of perfection and creation will exceed Weyland’s idea of godhood. This is later realized in brilliant fashion as David does some pretty twisted experiments in search of his own godhood.

When all hell starts to bust loose and the horror truly begins.

Another twist to this story is the dual role that Fassbender plays as not only the aforementioned “David” but also a less emotional “Walter” who is accompanying the colonization ship in a similar role as David in “Prometheus.” Fassbender a true talent, is able to instill a new persona in “Walter” and realize his “David” as two completely different synthetic humans but still similar. I never once felt like his performance was in any way overly contrived.

In an early scene where both David and Walter appear on the screen together, the special effects are so well executed you can’t tell that there’s digital compositing going on. The scene takes place in a wheat field during an attack and “Walter” protects a crew member from a Xenomorph and David shows up just when it looks like everyone is about to die, saving the day.

Another mesmerizing scene is when David teaches Walter how to play a flute, and then sort of seduces him. The reality of Fassbender seducing himself on camera is quite the visual treat and added a bit of light heartedness to the horror film.

As is a common theme of most horror films, the characters invariably start making bad decisions that cascade into catastrophe. The Xenomorphs are relentless and hungry, and they come in several varieties including one that looks vaguely human.

In true “Alien” fashion the only one who seems to be making good decisions and has a bit of luck is Daniels (Katherine Waterstone), a lady who has the resolve to run the right way and when invariably cornered has the wherewithal to trap the Xenomorph inside a flying tractor-like vehicle and then eject that out of the space craft (yes, just like Ripley without the cool “get away from her you bitch!” line.)

“Alien: Covenant” is the culmination of Ridley Scott’s movie making career. You can see bits and pieces of characters and styles from many of the films he’s famous for, even “Blade Runner.” This film works on many levels as a horror film first and foremost. Earlier this year Scott made an appearance at SXSW and said his goal was “to scare the shit out of you” with this film. On that front, he succeeds as well as the existential experience he creates with his story that speaks to God, creation, genocide, and even rebirth.  Every frame of this picture can be seen as a symbol. As for what those symbols mean, begs for repeated viewings to take it all in.

5 out of 5

  • Rating:
    R (for sci-fi violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality/nudity)
  • Genre: Horror, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Directed By: Ridley Scott
  • Written By: John Logan, Dante Harper, Jack Paglen, Michael Green
  • In Theaters: May 19, 2017  Wide
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox

‘Alien Covenant’ Get’s A New Poster & Release Date!

by The_acz

Great news for Alien fans! (No, not the Roswell ones.)

Fox has just released a brand new poster for the highly anticipated horror sci-fi film, Alien Covenant. A sequel to the 2012 prequel Prometheus, which seemed to receive a lukewarm reception with most Alien fans. Originally planned to release October 6th, 2017, Fox has decided to change the films release date. . . . . . .to sooner! Yes, Alien Covenant will now be releasing  on May 19th. 5 whole months months ahead of its original release! To help fans get through the next couple of months, the studio was kind enough to release a teaser poster with a familiar friend we’ve all come to know and love. Check it out below and tell us in the comments what you think about it!

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‘Alien: Covenant’ Has A Logo, Synopsis And A Release Date!

by Karson

You read that right, Covenant, not Paradise Lost. Fox issued a quick press release that confirms a few things.

The title: ‘Alien: Covenant’

The official logo:

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The synopsis:

Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in ALIEN with ALIEN: COVENANT, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with PROMETHEUS — and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world — whose sole inhabitant is the “synthetic” David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

And a release date: October 6th, 2017

Despite not enjoying Prometheus at all, I’ll still probably be watching this opening weekend. Let us know if you’re excited in the comments below!

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Ridley Scott’s Next Film Is ‘Prometheus II’!

by Gabriel von Grünbaum

While talking with Empire Magazine about his tantalizing new movie The Martian, Ridley Scott said that he’s already begun scouting locations for his next movie, Prometheus II. The offhand comment sent me into fits of geeky glee.

First here, let’s attempt to get everyone on the same page. Number one; Aliens was James Cameron’s (Terminator, Terminator 2, Avatar, etc.) movie, as much as Alien³ was—I say this very lovingly—David Fincher’s (Seven, The Game, Fight Club, on and on. . .) and Alien: Resurrection was—again, with love—that wonderfully crazy French bastard, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s (Amelie, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen) and Joss Whedon’s (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, The Avengers, etc.) “love child.” I deeply enjoyed each of these films on their own; appreciating what each filmmaking team brought to the original story told by Ridley Scott’s Alien. I considered each to be its own perspective and take on the Alien universe and appreciated them as such. I’m still working on my own romance/buddy-cop/comedy version that ends in a space port with the fiance running from a hive of xenomorphs to stop her true love from leaving over a misunderstanding about seating arrangements for their wedding while her space-cop partner tries to deny his feelings for the alien queen. Working title: Alien Schmalien.

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The point being, Prometheus was meant to be Ridley Scott‘s extension of the Alien lore specifically, rather than the visions of other filmmakers or what the studio had in mind. The problem some may have had with the film is where it deviated from those other visions.

The problems I had, that some others might share, may have had to do with the contributions of Damon Lindelof—this is just a theory. It’s based on the number of projects I’ve been so excited to see that have come up short in the execution of the final vision—stories I discover Damon Lindelof had a hand in creating. For example: Lost, World War Z, Tomorrowland, Cowboys vs Aliens, The Leftovers, etc. Has anyone done this math yet? I believe Lindelof has excellent taste and his interest in projects he wants to be a part of is fantastic. I also believe he’s got some great skills for building intrigue and investment in a story line but he can’t seem to master the fundamental skill of the satisfying wrap-up.

I truly believe Lindelof is an excellent storyteller; his characters, dialogue and scenarios are top notch—he just can’t seem to stick the landing. He’s almost an inverse of George Lucas in some ways, who has marvelous worlds and story arcs bleeding from his very essence but seems to have trouble with characters talking.

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Fassbender & Rapace mugging for EW

So, for those who didn’t enjoy Prometheus at all, I think these are the two likely reasons: those who are not actually Ridley Scott fans (Blade Runner, Legend, Thelma & Louise, on and on. . .) but probably James Cameron fans and/or those who couldn’t see past the weaker parts of the story. Good news for those who are Scott fans? Lindelof is not (yet?) part of Prometheus II. But that doesn’t mean we fans are out of the woods just yet—the writers attached at the moment are Michael Green and Jack Paglen. Green (Green Lantern, Heroes) and Paglen (Transcendence) are another couple writers who, so far, are working with great material but not generating the results we’d hope for. I’m always excited to think that anyone can transcend expectations and emerge a hero!—uh, lantern. I only have their pasts to temper my hopes with for Prometheus II and I’ve got my fingers crossed that we’re all impressed—even those who aren’t Scott fans and would rather be watching Sex and the City (Green). On second thought, maybe not those ticket-buyers. (Some days I’m a Carrie—others, a Samantha.)

My recommendation to anyone looking to set the dial on their own expectations (good or bad) is to watch Alien and Prometheus—these are directly Ridley Scott’s visions of this universe. Any of the other films, entertaining as they may be, won’t properly let you know what you’re in for. If you’re just a fan of the marvelous Aliens, you’ll be better off hosting a Terminator 2/Avatar marathon—”Come with me if you want unobtainium!” If you’re a fan of the grossly underloved films Alien³ and/or Alien: Resurrection I think we should get together to form our own support group. Seriously.

Bottom line? I’m stoked! IMDB has Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace—two names I cut and pasted to make sure I didn’t misspell them—attached to reprise their roles as android David and archaeologist/scientist Elizabeth Shaw. The story will likely involve their voyage to the homeworld of the “engineers.” Again, full on stoke mode! And you can be sure that we will keep you up to date as any new details emerge.

Geekscape Movie Reviews: A Field in England

by MCDave

Over the course of history many have argued the purpose of film. It’s a very personal and almost existential type of quandary. While artists see filmmaking as a platform for expression and storytelling, I’ve always believed that a majority of the general public simply wants to be entertained, and very little more. Yet, there’s always a small faction of people with a desire to push stylistic boundaries and create something unique. After viewing his latest directorial effort, A Field in England, it’s clear that Ben Wheatley is one of those people.

Set against the backdrop of the 17th Century Civil War in England, three men flee from battle into an overgrown field. Not long after, this group of men become overtaken by a devilish alchemist and his sidekick who force them to help locate a buried treasure. Drugged and delusional at the hands of these dangerous captors, everyone begins to question the true meaning of this so-called “treasure”.

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A mind-blowing combination of unequal parts psychedelia, dark humor and lavish surrealism, A Field in England is by far the trippiest film I’ve ever encountered. While it’s odd in the vein of Stanley Kubrick or David Lynch, and filmed over beautiful landscapes with a keen Malick-like respect for imagery, Ben Wheatley’s latest addition falls shy of the great works by these legendary directors. From the post-production standpoint, complements are well-deserved for spectacular editing and photography. However, A Field in England breaks down from a fundamental flaw in its storytelling.

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Almost nothing alike, outside of its unidentifiable purpose and cryptic symbolism, I had a similar feeling after viewing the Ridley Scott blockbuster, Prometheus. Perhaps Wheatley and co-screenwriter Amy Jump find joy in crafting a malleable experience that can be molded any which way you desire. On the other hand, this ambiguous product is best suited for niche audiences rather than the general public. While I reserve an appreciation for developing an individual style that demands cerebral rationale and thinking outside the box, such an exposure proves to be a daunting task for the viewer.

Maddening and hallucinatory, A Field in England is captivating and vague all at the same time. Although I’d rather spend my day enjoying a concrete story with a definitive message, Ben Wheatley delivers a thought-provoking and puzzling tale of insanity. With religious undertones scattered throughout the film, there’s plenty to take away from it as long as your willing to make the effort.

GRADE: 2.5/5

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Ridley Scott Gives An Update On Sequels To ‘Prometheus’ And ‘Blade Runner’

by Shawn Madden

Whether you love it or you hated it, Prometheus was definitely a box office hit this summer. The film grossed $402 million globally and with the DVD/Blu-ray hitting shelves this week…it’s definitely going to be making some more pocket change. So, of course we are getting a sequel. And even if you hated Prometheus, you’re probably going to see the sequel. Director Ridley Scott recently spoke with Metro and gave a small update on what we should expect to see next:

“Prometheus evolved into a whole other universe. You’ve got a person [Noomi Rapace’s Elizabeth Shaw] with a head in a bag [ Michael Fassbender’s David] that functions and has an IQ of 350. It can explain to her how to put the head back on the body and she’s gonna think about that long and hard because, once the head is back on his body, he’s dangerous. They’re going off to paradise but it could be the most savage, horrible place. Who are the Engineers?”

The Blade Runner sequel also came up in the chat. Scott addressed his involvement with the film as well as further confirming that Deckard was definitely a replicant.

“It’s not a rumour – it’s happening. With Harrison Ford? I don’t know yet. Is he too old? Well, he was a Nexus-6 so we don’t know how long he can live [laughs]. And that’s all I’m going to say at this stage.”

I’m actually looking forward to both of these especially if Scott is going to be directing the Blade Runner sequel. I’m also very curious if they’re going to tie together after that interesting note that seemed to tie the films together. But let’s not jump too ahead of ourselves here.

Easter Egg In ‘Prometheus’ Ties Movie To ‘Blade Runner’

by Shawn Madden

Could Ridley Scott be establishing a shared universe between the Alien and Blade Runner franchises? It seems that it could be possible given the following Easter Egg from the U.K. steelbook release of Prometheus.

The following memo from Peter Weyland, who was played by Guy Pearce, has Weyland talking about his “mentor and long-departed competitor”. No names are mentioned, but it’s pretty obvious to any Blade Runner fan that Weyland is referring to Eldon Tyrell. Tyrell was the head of the Tyrell Corporation who were responsible for creating the Replicant’s minds and memories in Blade Runner.

With a sequel to Blade Runner in the works it couldn’t be entirely unlikely that Scott is setting up a shared universe between the franchises. However, we’re going to have to wait and see on that one. Remember, big things have small beginnings.

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The Vatican Isn’t Happy With ‘Prometheus’

by Shawn Madden

L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s official newspaper has some complaints with Sir Ridley Scott’s Prometheus following the films release in Italy last week. No, it’s not about the films ending. They take issue with how the film portrays the origin of mankind and state that it’s a “bad idea to defy the gods” as well as state about the film that it “mishandles the delicate questions raised by … the battle eternal between good and evil in yet another attempt to steak the secret of immortality.”

Showing a clear lack of understanding of the premise, they argue that “the journey of Prometheus should instead symbolize the search for the supernatural.” Keep in mind that this isn’t the first time that The Vatican has lashed out at Hollywood films. However, Prometheus is getting it easier than Avatar and The Da Vinci Code did. But seriously Vatican…you have a problem with this stuff and not the guy petting the alien snake?

Source: THR

Ridley Scott And Fox Are Developing A Sequel To ‘Prometheus’

by Scott Alminiana

Well it’s a move that should come as a surprise to know one. With Ridley Scott’s Prometheus having grossed a good, but not great, $303 million globally on it’s $130 million budget it was only a matter of time until Fox began developing a sequel.

According to THR Fox and Ridley Scott are pushing ahead and are beggining to move forward with a sequel. They are talking with new screenwriters due to the fact that Damon Lindelof, who co-wrote the first film, may not be available. Stars Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace are signed on already.

“Ridley is incredibly excited about the movie, but we have to get it right. We can’t rush it,” says Fox president of production Emma Watts, who also has overseen the successful reboots of the X-Men and Planet of the Apes franchises by turning over the reigns to innovative filmmakers.

The sequel is expected to land in theaters in 2014 or 2015.

Weyland Industries Recruiting At San Diego Comic-Con 2012

by Shawn Madden

The movie may have been out for awhile now but the viral campaign for ‘Prometheus’ seems nowhere close to being done. First we had the post credit flash leading to people wondering “What is 10.11.12?” And now it seems Weyland Industries will have a presence at San Diego Comic Con.

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Could this be similar to what Marvel did last year with recruiting S.H.I.E.L.D. agents? Does this tie-in with 10.11.12 in some way? Why is there even more questions even after the movie?! Damn you Ridley Scott. Color me intrigued.

Geekscape 265: Marc Zicree! Step Aboard “Space Command”!

by Jonathan

Wow! I love this guest. Marc Zicree is a successful writer, director and producer who has worked in television and film for over 30 years. He’s written on shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation, Sliders, Babylon 5, He-Man, Smurfs and tons more. Marc is also the author of The Twilight Zone Companion and has a million stories bridging classic Hollywood and the modern day. In this visit to Geekscape, Marc talks about his new project Space Command, what he thought of Prometheus and his friendship with recently departed legend Ray Bradbury.

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“Prometheus” Has Landed! The “Geekscapepod” For June 11th, 2012!

by Jonathan

Prometheus is finally here! But was it all that we’d hoped? I check out the mech simulator game Hawken and have a blast doing it! Predator is now 25 years old! Geekscape casts the JLA movie! And I am experience serious AvX fatigue! Stop it with these crossovers already!

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And check out Matt’s positive review and Scott’s negative one!

Who do you agree with here?

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‘Prometheus’ DVD/Blu-Ray Will Feature An Extended Cut And Deleted Scenes

by Shawn Madden

Sir Ridley Scott recently spoke with Collider and not only did he express his interest in doing a sequel he also spoke about an extended cut of the film as well as some of the deleted scenes. Warning: minor spoilers lie ahead if you have not seen the film.

On Deleted scenes:

SCOTT: This is fundamentally the director’s cut. But there will be half an hour of stuff on the menu because people are so into films—how they’re made, how they’re set up, and the rejections in it. That’s why it’s fascinating. So this will all go on to the menu.

Collider: Well I’m curious about the deleted scenes. Specifically in this film, Noomi [Rapace] mentioned maybe there was a fight scene with her and an Engineer.

SCOTT: The Engineer fight scene was pretty good. It will definitely go on the menu. It won’t go on the long version. The problem about it is, while she gives as good as she gets with an axe (she’s very physical), he’s so big, for him to be clouted with a conventional weapon somehow diminished him. It’s subtle. It’s drama. I didn’t want to diminish him by having this person who has a weapon to be able to back him off. It minimized him. That’s why when he deals with people inside his cockpit, it’s over. Wham, wham, wham. Even the shot doesn’t mean anything. And so all she has time for is introducing him to the big boy inside the lab.

Collider: You’re going to do an extended cut on the Blu-ray/DVD. Is it a lot longer?

SCOTT: Twenty minutes.

Collider: So there’s, like, twenty minutes that will be added back in for a longer version?

SCOTT: Maybe. But I’m so happy with this engine, the way it is right now. I think it’s fine. I think it works. It can go in a section where, if you really want to tap in, look at the menu. To see how things are long, and it’s too long. Dramatically, I’m about putting bums on seats. For me to separate my idea of commerce from art—I’d be a fool. You can’t do that. I wouldn’t be allowed to do the films I do. So I’m very user friendly as far as the studios are concerned. To a certain extent, I’m a businessman. I’m aware that’s what I have to do. It’s my job. To say, “Screw the audience.” You can’t do that. “Am I communicating?” is the question. Am I communicating? Because if I’m not, I need to address it.

 

Personally, I love the film and can’t wait to see this extended cut to see if it adds onto the film. And with how the film has already surpassed its budget in under two days of being out domestically…a sequel is pretty much guaranteed.

‘Prometheus’ is in theatres now.

Geekscape Movie Reviews: ‘Prometheus’ (A Different Opinion)

by Scott Alminiana

*Warning: This review contains spoilers to the movie*

Prometheus has landed and it’s landed with a thud. Ridley Scott’s return to sci-fi was something I was doing celebratory back-flips over (not really, I’d hurt myself if I’d have actually tried a back-flip) and this was  a movie I have been looking forward to for quite sometime. As far as I’m concerned this movie is a steaming pile of Bantha fodder.

I’m not going to give a detailed synopsis of the movie due to the fact that anyone who has seen the trailers has pretty much seen the movie already. Basically the store breaks down as such, scientists (and I use that term very loosely) discover “an invitation” from the stars and go looking for the answer to the creation of man. They land on a mysterious planet and bad things happen, the end. For a detailed synopsis of the movie as well as different opinion on it check out Matt Landsman’s review.

People have been referring to this as a “thinking man’s movie” and that’s a statement I completely disagree with. Trust me, I’ve thought about this movie a lot over the last few days and despite the basic premise the rest of the movie is not thought out at all. The basic premise of ‘man looking for his maker’ is a cool idea but the presentation fails in almost every way possible.

Screen-writers Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof ask two big questions in the movie, “who created us” and “why do our creators hate us.” Yet they only answer the first question with a very simple “because they could.” Dammit Lindelof, that’s about as in-depth and thought-provoking of an answer as the one you gave for “what is the island.” There is absolutely zero character development in this movie and it says something about a movie when the most interesting and thought out character is an emotionless android.

Michael Fastbender’s David, who is the aforementioned android, easily steals this movie and aside from the visuals, is the best part of it. But what about the other characters? Well, the Prometheus is said to have a crew of seventeen and yet out of those we only (sorta) get to know five of them, not that we really get to know any of these people. These are supposed to be scientists and yet none of them, save for Noomi Rapace’s character Elizabeth Shaw, seems to care about the most important discovery in human history. Hell, one of the characters (I’m not even sure if he even has a name) is said to be a geologist and it seems like he could give two shits about the geology of this mysterious planet he’s on. If this is a “thinking man’s movie” shouldn’t I want to know what the characters think about the most important discovery in the history of man and shouldn’t I care about them in some way? Yet, when people start dying horrifically I could not care less nor could I probably tell you who they even were. They might as well have been red shirts from Star Trek.

The rest of the cast is made up of the likes of Charlize Theron, who plays Meredith Vickers, representative for the  Weyland Corp and an uptight bitch. That’s pretty much the extent of her role here. Logan Marshall-Green plays Shaw’s boyfriend/fellow scientist Charlie Holloway, we only know they are an item because they have sex about half-way through the movie (see, told you there’d be spoilers). His character doesn’t do much other than pout and get drunk when they get to the planet and then bang Shaw, I don’t think he actually performs any science in the entire movie (aside from the science of sex that is). Then there’s Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland, who is caked in prosthetics and bad make up. Why they cast him in this I’m not really sure, they could have just cast an actual old man and we would have ended up with the same results minus the bad make up. These are all cliched characters that we’ve seen plenty of times in other movies.

Director Ridley Scott knows how to make a beautiful looking movie and that goes for this one as well, despite it merely being window dressing this time around. Sure, the movie has some cool action sequences as well as some gruesome parts, like a scene in which Shaw must perform surgery on herself. That scene is the closest this movie gets to the gruesome horror of original Alien. Scott previously stated that this movie isn’t so much a prequel as it is more of a movie that contains the DNA of the original, which is a very true statement in every way.  Do we see xenomorphs in Prometheus? Well sorta. We do get to see an early form of the xenomorphs and that is pretty cool. Truth be told, I’m okay with this not being a direct prequel to Alien- if it had been I would have been even more disgusted with the finished results than I currently am.

If Ridley Scott and company wanted to truly make this a “thinking man’s movie” then they should have created a better movie with characters that actually think in the first place. Will this movie get a sequel? Probably, but will it be any good? Probably not. If you want to see a movie filled with cardboard characters and lack of a plot but that looks amazing then this is the movie for you. If you want to see a good movie, go re-watch Alien and Aliens.

Score: 2/5

 

Damon Lindelof Hired To Rewrite ‘World War Z’

by Scott Alminiana

Well it’s a pretty good day to be Damon Lindelof. Today not only sees the release of Prometheus, which he co-wrote, but THR is reporting that Lindelof has been hired to rewrite Paramount’s World War Z. He was brought in to polish up the films troubled third act.

World War Z, staring and produced by Brad Pitt, has been in trouble for awhile now. The zombie film from director Marc Forster was originally set for release in December but was then moved to June 21, 2013. Reshoots are set to begin in September and October. The film was shot last year in Europe and also stars Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale and Anthony Mackie.

The film is based on based on the 2006 book by Max Brooks, which tells the story of the decade-long zombie war (World War Z), from the individual accounts of various survivors around the world.

Only time will tell if wonder boy Lindelof can work some magic on the script and save the day. Stay tuned and find out!

Spoilers Lie Ahead! Ridley Scott Talks Unanswered Questions In ‘Prometheus’

by Shawn Madden

So, if you’ve seen ‘Prometheus’ by now you may have alot of questions that you’re curious about. You may also wonder where some of the concepts that Ridley Scott went after came from. Movies.com recently sat down with Ridley Scott to discuss some of the big questions that ‘Prometheus’ asks. Final warning… spoilers do lie ahead. If you have not seen the movie you may want to turn back now before you reach the point of no return.

Movies.com: Thank you, first, for giving us a film that we need to contemplate and discuss and argue about for days without ever really coming close to answering all that it asks. It feels like it has been too long before we’ve been treated to a meal such as this.

Ridley Scott: Thank Christ! I think that’s great.

Movies.com: The film asks very big questions about where we come from as a species, and where we go when we die. It’s not possible to deliver concrete answers, but I’m hoping you can tell me how, in the planning stages of the script and story, you came to decide which open-ended, philosophical questions you would at the very least attempt to answer definitively.

RS: Well, 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 [Noomi Rapace’s character, Dr. Elizabeth Shaw] saying, “I don’t want to go back to where I came from. I want to go where they came from.”

Movies.com: So that was always going to be the natural ending for this film?

RS: Totally. And because they’re such aggressive f**kers … and who wouldn’t describe them that way, considering their brilliance in making dreadful devices and weapons that would make our chemical warfare look ridiculous? So 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. As she says, “This is not what I thought it was going to be, and I think we should get the Hell out of here or there won’t be any place to go back to.”

That’s not necessarily planted in the ground at the tail end of the third act, but I knew that’s kind of where we should go, because if we’ve opened up this door — which I hope we have because I certainly would like to do another one – I’d love to explore where the hell [Dr. Shaw] goes next and what does she do when she gets there, because if it is paradise, paradise can not be what you think it is. Paradise has a connotation of being extremely sinister and ominous.

Movies.com: We’re not going to get a slow build in this second film, then. These guys are volatile from the start?

RS: In a funny kind of way, if you look at the Engineers, they’re tall and elegant … they are dark angels. If you look at [John Milton’s] Paradise Lost, the guys who have the best time in the story are the dark angels, not God. He goes to all the best nightclubs, he’s better looking, and he gets all of the birds. [Laughs]

Movies.com: So Milton was one of your influences for the Engineers?

RS: That sounds incredibly pretentiously intellectual. But in a funny sort of way, yes. I started off with a title called Paradise. Either rightly or wrongly, we thought that was telling the audience too much. But then with Prometheus – which I thought was bloody well intellectual – that wasn’t my idea. It was Fox’s notion, It came from Tom Rothman, who’s a smart fellow. The more I thought about it, the more I thought it was a good idea. This is about someone who dares and is horribly punished. And besides, do you know something? A little bit of an education at the cinema isn’t such a bad thing.

Movies.com: Do you worry that you’ve lost the element of surprise that worked to your advantage with the original Alien? By now, we’ve seen numerous movies in the Alien universe, and like it or not, audiences are coming in with an expectation that deflates tension and suspense. Did you feel the need to pull the audience in to the story in a different fashion this time?

RS: I was hoping I had with the fact that you have a sequence at the beginning of the film that is fundamentally creation. It’s a donation, in the sense that the weight and the construction of the DNA of those aliens is way beyond what we can possibly imagine …

Movies.com: That is our planet, right?

RS: No, it doesn’t have to be. That could be anywhere. That could be a planet anywhere. All he’s doing is acting as a gardener in space. And the plant life, in fact, is the disintegration of himself.

If you parallel that idea with other sacrificial elements in history – which are clearly illustrated with the Mayans and the Incas – he would live for one year as a prince, and at the end of that year, he would be taken and donated to the gods in hopes of improving what might happen next year, be it with crops or weather, etcetera.

I always think about how often we attribute what has happened to either our invention or memory. A lot of ideas evolve from past histories, but when you look so far back, you wonder, Really? Is there really a connection there?”

Then when I jump back, and you put yourself in a situation of a cave painting, you see that someone 32,000 years ago is showing me a little man sitting in the darkness, using a candle light that is fat from a creature he killed and ate. And in the darkness are two or three other family members whose body heat is warming the cave. But he has discovered that from a piece of this black, burnt stick, he has discovered that he can draw pictures on the wall.

In essence, you have the first level of emotion and a demonstration of entertainment, right? Because he’s drawing brilliantly on the God damn wall. Now, you put yourself into that context, it’s 100-times bigger than Edison. And people don’t go back to the basics and ask, “Holy shit, what gave him that knowledge, that jolt to not scribble on the wall but draw on it brilliantly?”

If you go back and look, a completely underrated film is Quest for Fire. That was one of the most genius, simplistic but incredibly sophisticated notion of what it was. The evolution of that was just fantastic. And that got me sitting back on my ass thinking, “Damn! What a fundamentally massive idea.”

Movies.com: You throw religion and spirituality into the equation for Prometheus, though, and it almost acts as a hand grenade. We had heard it was scripted that the Engineers were targeting our planet for destruction because we had crucified one of their representatives, and that Jesus Christ might have been an alien. Was that ever considered?

 

RS: We definitely did, and then we thought it was a little too on the nose. But if you look at it as an “our children are misbehaving down there” scenario, there are moments where it looks like we’ve gone out of control, running around with armor and skirts, which of course would be the Roman Empire. And they were given a long run. A thousand years before their disintegration actually started to happen. And you can say, “Lets’ send down one more of our emissaries to see if he can stop it. Guess what? They crucified him.

SPOILER WARNING: What Is 10.11.12?

by Shawn Madden

Spoiler warning ahead! If you haven’t seen ‘Prometheus’ by now I advise you to turn away. But if you have seen ‘Prometheus’ by now and stayed through the credits you saw this mysterious date flash across the screen with the Weyland Industries logo.

What is the significance of this date? As we all know Ridley Scott and the cast were very secretive about just what ‘Prometheus’ was about from the start and even the internet snoops didn’t know just how it was going to end and tie things together. And upon seeing it (I wont give my review…but I thought it was very smart and great) you understand why Ridley Scott kept saying “strands of DNA” the whole time. But once this flashed across after the credits people were left wondering “What is 10.11.12?” being that this is about four months from now. Is it more viral campaigning? Are they pushing forward with a sequel already based on international numbers and very impressive midnight showings?

Only time will tell. But there is a website and the first piece to this next puzzle has been revealed:

So now we play the waiting game and lose our minds trying to figure out just what is the significance of 10.11.12.

The Geekscape Movie Review – Prometheus

by Matt Landsman

In the 1979 Ridley Scott classic, Alien, the terrors were dark, mysterious and rarely seen.  This isn’t the case at all in Prometheus, where the origin of the titular creature in Alien is explained, and new, even larger questions about humanity are raised.  I’m glad that it was Scott who chose to revisit his own work rather than another director. Prometheus is not prequel so much as it’s a further exploration of the same universe, but little did we know just how vast this universe actually was. The film is an anxious, relentless, cerebral horror film.  And make no mistake, it’s more horrifying than any of the previous installments in the franchise.

In the haunting opening images, a pearly white, perfectly-muscled tall humanoid called an “engineer” (Space Jockeys if you want to go by Alien terms) is dropped off by a ship and abandoned on a planet where he must carry out a sacrificial deed.  Flash forward quite a long time to where explorer scientists Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and her boyfriend Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) have discovered ancient cave drawings of early humans communicating with beings from the stars.  Aging tycoon Peter Weyland (a heavily made-up Guy Pearce) commissions Shaw and Holloway to lead a mission to a mysterious planet which has been mapped out in the cave drawings in an attempt to meet whoever made man kind and answer some of life’s essential questions.

In the two years it takes to arrive on the alien world, the robot David (Michael Fassbender) tends to the ship and studies the humans in a state of stasis. He takes it all in and he’s amused by human-kind.  From the second he first appears on screen to the end of the film, David steals the entire movie.  Fassbender’s performance has a curious gravity that makes him the most likeable character, regardless of his moral and emotional ambiguity.

Once on the planet, Holloway is quick to point out ant-hill like structures saying that “God doesn’t use straight lines.”  But weren’t they going there to find god in the first place? Anyway, the team of scientists and David don helmets and head into the ant-hill like cavernous structure.  The things they find inside lead them to evidence about the origins of mankind, but manage to raise even larger existential questions as the crew members are horrifically picked off one by one.

Prometheus is more grotesque any in the “series” to date (and it being part of said series is debatable).  In tone, it’s most comparable to Alien but a lot more physically grounded and a lot less grounded philosophically.  It’s open to some big interpretations. Aliens turned out to be more of a war/action film, and it’s true that there are elements of that thrown into the mix here too and Alien 3 and 4 aren’t even worth talking about.  The images in the film are meant to be graphic and shocking, to create terrifying iconography that would stay with the viewer to leave the same impression that you would get experiencing “God’ close up for the first time yourself.  What would you say to him? What would you expect him to tell you?

There are some ties to Alien, notably at the end (as to be expected) but the movie feels more like a spinoff within the same universe than a sequel.  This works for me because it shows just how vast this universe can be.  While the technology at the heart of the film and biomechanics are largely fantasized, they feel very realistic, and the film offers a very logical idea as to where we came from.  This is where the movie really shines for me.  Without ever giving a concrete answer, it guides us toward the direction of one viewpoint while still leaving the basic question of man’s identity in the scheme of things open-ended.

One of the most beautiful aspects of the film is that Elizabeth Shaw seeks to meet those who created her and ask them why.  Holloway tells David that the humans made him because “they could” to which David tells him that’s an incredibly disappointing answer. Every base is covered from a logical standpoint.  This is a thinking man’s movie for sure even though it still has the visual trappings and mild sense of humor of a big action blockbuster.  Prometheus is a winner in my book, which is a big sigh of relief since I was greatly anticipating it.  Not only does it serve as a fitting prequel to Alien which is just about as good as the original, but it broadens the horizons, makes the viewer feel small and leaves them asking all the right questions.  Don’t miss this one.

Prometheus Has Landed To Impressive International Openings

by Shawn Madden

‘Prometheus’ the Ridley Scott prequel to ‘Alien’ that isn’t a prequel has already started off strongly this weekend. Going head to head with ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ the film is the biggest opening day for a Ridley Scott film ever in the UK.

We have had a superb start with Prometheus opening a clear No. 1 grossing £2.2m ($3.39M). This includes an estimated £200k ($306K) from special midnight screenings on Thursday,” the studio told Deadline.

The two x70mm IMAX locations in the UK (London and Manchester) reported sold out showings all day yesterday and even late night screenings were sold out in advance. ‘Prometheus’ has also broken records for advance IMAX screenings set by ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows Part 2’ and ‘Avatar’. It could have performed even stronger in that department but most of the IMAX shows were only playing one evening performance on top of ‘MIB3′ because Sony had a 2-week agreement with IMAX digital.

The movie opens here on Friday and I for one will be there at midnight on Thursday.

 

 

So, Just What Is ‘Prometheus’?

by Shawn Madden

Check out this cool featurette with Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Ridley Scott and Noomi Rapace discussing just what the movie is and if there is a future after it.

And if for some odd reason you have not seen the most current trailer by now:

Find out just what ‘Prometheus’ is all about on June 8, 2012.

Will We See Deckard Return In “Blade Runner” Sequel?

by Shawn Madden

So, not too long ago it was revealed that Hampton Fancher (who wrote the script for the original “Blade Runner”) is returning to write what was also revealed to be a sequel rather than the rumored prequel.

After “Prometheus”… Ridley Scott plans on working on the follow up to “Blade Runner”. Scott recently revealed that the protagonist of the film would be a female but has expressed interest in having Ford return as well. “I don’t think it’ll be Harry [starring]. But I’ve got to have him in it somewhere. That’d be amusing.”

But before any of that begins Sir Ridley Scott is set to direct “The Counselor”, a “morality tale” about a lawyer who foolishly dabbles in the drugs trade. And after that hopefully he can start work on the next “Blade Runner”… unless a sequel to “Prometheus” benches it.

Do we need more Deckard? Will the now 71 year old Harrison Ford do it? Will there be Xenomorphs or not? Was that last one a joke? Yes it was. But as for the rest…

We will just have to wait and see. The yet untitled sequel is set to film next year with a 2014 release.

Geekscape Roundtable: Reasons For Living in a Post-Avengers World

by GeekscapeStaff

The Avengers has come and gone, having assembled close to a billion dollars worldwide. What’s your reason for living now? Geekscape’s writers have a few reasons to survive at least through the end of the summer. Spoiler alert: It’s Prometheus.

Matt Blackwood: Indies and Gingers

After The Avengers, I am most looking forward to a couple indies. I know that sounds pretentious, and I certainly don’t want to impugn the inherent buzz of this summer’s blockbusters, but these two particular films each have something about which I’m even more excited. The first is God Bless America, Bobcat Goldthwait’s bloody indictment of reality TV’s subjects. Goldthwait’s previous two comedies, Sleeping Dogs Lie and World’s Greatest Dad, began with sick, over-the-top premises and ended up transcending their genre trappings and becoming beautiful messages of hope. The other film is Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz. I’m not proud of the reason I’m excited about this one, but I’ll show up for Sarah Silverman’s rumored full frontal and stay for the nuanced drama Polley has become known for.

I’m also pretty hopeful about Prometheus. I love Alien; hell, I even love Alien Resurrection! A new horror/sci-fi set in that universe, with Damon Lindelof involved? I’m intrigued. Plus, according to the Gambler’s Fallacy, Ridley Scott is due to make the greatest movie of all time by now.

Finally, there’s Pixar’s Brave. Pixar probably has a better critical batting average than any studio in history, the sad bunt that was Cars 2 notwithstanding, but I usually don’t make an effort to see them. If you have ANY children in your life- cousins, students, illegitimate offspring- you WILL see them whether you want to or not. They are inevitable. I haven’t tried to see one since The Incredibles, and yet I’ve caught them all. But Brave, the tale of a young Scottish girl following her dream of being a highland warrior, is a story I’ll make a trip to the theater to see.

Haterz Gonna Hate

Jae Renfrow: Aliens Resurrected 

So now you’re aimless wandering around, wondering what you’ll do now that you’ve finally gotten to see Thor and Hulk square off on the big screen. Why don’t you come hop aboard the Prometheus train with me? We’re invited(….or are we?) to a far off planet where we’ll get to witness Ridley Scott direct a sort-of prequel to one of the greatest horror films of all time, Alien.

Prometheus has had one of the best ad-campaigns in a long time. Instead of over exposing you with TV spots, 10 minute scene clips and Japanese trailers, they’re dropping wacked out viral clips of futuristic TED talks, and Michael Fassbender showing more range as a soulless robot than Jeremy Renner did as Hawkeye. I’m just sayin’… he didn’t have much to do, did he?

I still don’t know what the hell is gonna happen in this movie, but what I can guarantee is that whatever aliens are in this movie, they’ll be 100% more menacing then those wussy Chitauri and their Jet Motos.

Scott Alminiana: Cock Push Ups

Now that The Avengers has decimated the box office I can now look forward to a few other things. The first thing that I’m looking forward to is the new album from Tenacious D: The Rize of The Fenix. It’s the first album from Tenacious D since The Pick of Destiny movie and album crashed and burned six years ago. To promote the album The D has released two videos so far that prove that Tenacious D is back in fine form and ready to rock our socks off. They will also be touring in concert to coincide with the album release and you can bet I’ve got my tickets already!

The other thing I’m looking forward to is Prometheus, the long awaited return to sci-fi from Ridley Scott. What isn’t there to look forward to from this flick?! From Ridley’s return to the genre that he helped to redefine, to a script from Damon Lindelof that looks to explore some very big unanswered questions from Alien. If the trailers that have been released are any indication of what’s in store for us, then it looks like Prometheus could be one hell of a movie. I’ll be waiting in line opening night for sure.

Heidi Hilliker: It’ll end better than The Dark Tower

Locke & Key Clockworks #6 (of 6)! This last story arc of my beloved series has been epic… And epic might even be an understatement! There’s been so much back story revealed about the drowning caves, the Omega Key, the Black Door, how keys are made, Rendell Locke and the mysteriously evil Dodge. Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez never cease to surprise me with inventive and fascinating information. I can’t wait to see how this chapter concludes and how they set up for the final story arc of the series.

I’m having such a double edge sword of emotions about this titles conclusion. I hate to see this book come to a close but I love the nervous excitement of finding out how it ends! The release date for issue #6 is June 27th. I hope that is pretty spot on. IDW has been known to come in late on Locke & Key’s release dates. I’ll be biting my nails until I get to visually devour this issue so it better be released on time or else I’m going to end up with hobbit fingers.

Molly Mahan: Queen of the Browncoats

The next flick I’m looking forward to is Snow White & The Huntsman. Though I’m not a big fan of K-Stew, I do love me some deconstructionist fairy tales! Also, I am hoping to see Chris Hemsworth be interesting in a movie again. After two weeks of his performances boring me to tears, I am hoping he’ll return to his Star Trek roots and give an emotional performance that I know he’s more than capable of. Or at least hack some Wicked Queen’s men to pieces with an axe. Either way, I’ll be satisfied.

Matt  Kelly: King of Logic

Look, I know everyone has been excited for Avengers and Spiderman and Batman. And with good reason- they look like great movies. They’re everything a geek has dreamed of one day seeing on the silver screen. But I’m not one of those people. Sure I’m going to see all three of those films in theater, but the movie this summer that I can not wait to experience is the sequel to the best 3D film in the last decade. I’m talking about Piranha 3DD. This movie is promising plenty of gore, boobage, laugh out loud comedy and over the top in your face 3D action… Sign me the fuck up.

The Chitauri are coming!

Prometheus To Be Released With An R Rating!

by Scott Alminiana


Thank the space jockey, Fox has announced that Prometheus will indeed be rated R! The MPAA has issued Ridley Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre an R rating for “sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language.” These days studio’s tend to water down movies to get PG-13 ratings because they fear the dreaded R rating. Big budget movies that are rated R, such as Prometheus, are seen as risky business because they limit the exposure to younger audiences. I’m sure I’m not the only one though who will be glad to see Sir Ridley’s R rated return to the universe he helped launch with 1979’s Alien. Gods forbid we should have to sit through another PG-13 alien movie because we all remember how “awesome” Alien vs. Predator was.

Prometheus stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce and is set for release on June 8th.

Prometheus Gets An Awesome New International Trailer!

by Scott Alminiana

A new international trailer for ‘Prometheus” has it the web and it is glorious! Each new trailer that has been released has given not only given us more of an idea as to what the story is about, but has also shown us more of the wonderful sci-fi world that director Ridley Scott and crew have created. This newest trailer shows some amazing visuals and has enough geektastic moments crammed in it to make any geek cream their pants in joygasm.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS TOO: Was that a glimpse of a xenomorph and a “facehugger Jr” in the trailer?! I have no idea, but I know I’ll be there opening day to find out!

Again, don’t watch this trailer if you want to go in completely fresh!

Twentieth Century Fox Teases Fans At Cinemacon 2012

by Eric Diaz

For years, Twentieth Century Fox has been the studio fanboys love to hate; from slowly killing the Alien franchise with bad sequel after bad sequel, to their treatment of their Marvel properties, let’s just say that Fox chairman Tom Rothman has a bad reputation with the geek crowd. But last summer that started to change, when both X-Men First Class and Rise of the Planet of the Apes actually ended up being….really good. And now Prometheus looks to be a legitimate sci fi movie and not just another cheap cash in like AVP. Has Rothman seen the light? In any event, people are excited about Fox genre fare for the first time in a long time. At this year’s Cinemacon in Las Vegas, several websites got the chance to quiz Rothman on several genre movies, and here are some of the tidbits that they got:

According to MTV News, who spoke to Rothman, the sequel to X-Men: First Class will begin shooting early next year; “We’re going to start shooting January 2013 for a release date of either Christmas 2013, or Summer 2014, The script is in development now. Matt, Simon Kinberg and Jane Goldman are working on it now.” In other mutant news, The Wolverine is still set in Japan and based on the famous Chris Claremont/Frank Miller mini series from the 80’s. Studio work is going to be done in Australia, but location shooting is going to be in Japan. Rothman admits to the mistakes on the last Wolverine movie, and indicates that they’re “listening to the fans” this time.  “I can just tell you on behalf of (Hugh Jackman) his goal is to make the ultimate, bad ass, berserker rage Wolverine” Also, it looks like the rumors of Chronicle director Josh Trank taking on the Fantastic Four reboot are true, as he has been brought in to develop the new FF movie: And speaking of Chronicle, that might be getting a sequel too, although Rothman said they “won’t just make a sequel to make one; the story needs to be there, one that maintains the honesty and integrity of the original.” 

In terms of the sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Rothman said (in speaking with Collider) “That’s very much on the tracks.  We’re developing a script.  Rupert Wyatt, who directed the first one, will direct the second one.  We’re pushing forward aggressively, so the script’s being written now… but the goal for us would be summer of 2014, if that’s possible.

And finally, for those excited about the fifth Die Hard movie, A Good Day to Die Hard, here’s what Rothman  had to say about this one: “John McClane, the ultimate American hero, goes to Russia.  So talk about a fish out of water, he’s completely out of water….It’s really a father-son story, which is that John McClane’s been a great cop his whole life but he’s been a pretty lousy father.  He has a grown son who he’s not really been in much touch with, and McClane thinks the son’s a fuck up—that’s a technical term. So he goes to Russia, he thinks, to bail his son out of jail, and it turns out the son’s not a fuck up, he’s the antithesis of that.  In fact, the apple has not fallen far from the tree, the apple has not fallen from the tree, which is that the son is a badder ass John McClane than John McClane.” Sounds to me like they are setting up Willis free Die Hard 6 with Jr. McClane.

Ridley Scott Discusses PG-13 Rating for Prometheus, Teases at Story

by Matt Landsman

Unless you’ve been in a state of hibernation floating around in space for the past few months, you’ve probably heard of Prometheus, the upcoming prequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi classic, Alien.  While the original alien and the sequel directed by James Cameron were both hard-R’s, in a recent interview with Empire magazine, Ridley Scott seemed to be leaning toward a PG-13 rating.  Scott also spoke on how Prometheus functions as a standalone film in addition to being a prequel, and what sort of surprises fans of the original are in store for.

Since Prometheus has yet to be shown to the MPAA, Scott seemed to hint that the film will be more successful as a PG-13, and nothing that fans love about the tone of the series will be lost.

“Right now I don’t know where we are. The question is, do you go for the PG-13, or do you go for what it should be, which is R? Financially it makes quite a difference, or the risk makes quite a difference, and yet you also have to apply the question — if you soften it, will you financially suffer? As opposed to just going for the throat and gambling. Essentially, it’s kinda R. The little bastards will still get in anyway, so what’s the difference? It’s not just about blood, it’s about ideas that are very stressful. I’m not an idiot, but I’ll do everything I can to get the most aggressive film I can.”

Scott also touched on the mystery at the center of the film—who is the Space Jockey? Fans of the original all clearly recall the giant alien pilot carcass, but evidence in the latest trailer suggests that really all we saw of the creature was its outer space suit. “I always wondered when they did [Aliens] 2, 3 and 4 why they hadn’t touched upon that, instead of evolving into some other fantastic story. They missed the biggest question of them all: who’s the big guy? And where were they going? And with what? Why that cargo? There’s all kinds of questions.”

Prometheus is looking to be one of the most promising movies of the summer, having already delivered two sleek, stylish trailers and a slew of virals for “The Weyland Corporation.”  Regardless of whether or not the movie is a PG-13, I think it will end up appropriately chilling and perfectly match the tone of the original Alien thanks to Scott’s direction.  The film opens June 1st on regular theaters and IMAX and stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron and Logan Marshall-Green.  Check out the trailer below:

Prometheus Extended Trailer

by Shane O'Hare

The cool kids down at WonderCon got to see the extended trailer for the Alien prequel Prometheus. If you weren’t able to attend the convention, DO NOT FRET for the Geekscapists have you covered! Check the extended trailer below

First thing I notice is the practical effects used. Especially the vehicles driving off the ship, has a very Alien feel to it, everything had weight in that movie and this extended trailer shows that Prometheus will be a very visceral movie come June.