Brother Tony to Ridley Scott, the original director of Alien confirmed that Carl Rinsch will be directing the Alien's prequel which will focus on the backstory surrounding the Alien's home planet. Tony is quoted: “Yes, Carl Rinsch is going to do the prequel to Alien. He’s one of our directors at our company.”
The bad news is the Alien prequel is a Fox Studios property. It will most likely be a lame PG-13, non fan friendly show case of Aliens without story substance. The other bad news is Ridley Scott has nothing to do with it. The worse news is that based on the AVP series there is no chance this could be a good movie.
The good news? There is no good news about an Alien prequel. Even if Ridley and Tony Scott are on board as producers. The first move was perfect. Without Ridley Scott directing this film is doomed to Hollywood varnishing and ruin.
OK, maybe there is some good news. Predator is getting rebooted as Predators! Robert Rodriguez is taking on that failed franchise. Alright, I lied. The Predator news is just as bad.
The Alien prequel is slated to begin production by the end of 2009. No word on the film's targeted release date.
-Lars Hindsley
