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Prometheus
File:Prometheus-poster.jpg
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Directed byRidley Scott
Written byDamon Lindelof
Jon Spaihts
Produced byRidley Scott
Tony Scott
David Giler
Walter Hill
StarringNoomi Rapace
Charlize Theron
Michael Fassbender
Guy Pearce
Idris Elba
CinematographyDariusz Wolski
Edited byPietro Scalia
Production
company
Release date
  • June 8, 2012 (2012-06-08) (United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Prometheus is an upcoming 2012 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott. The film was originally intended as a prequel to the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien but evolved to explore a more stand-alone mythology, apart from the Alien franchise. Filming began in March 2011, and Prometheus is scheduled to be released on June 8, 2012.

Cast

In August 2010 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo star Noomi Rapace met with Ridley Scott for a role as the lead actress[1]. Other actresses in talks for the role included Gemma Arterton, Carey Mulligan, and Abbie Cornish[2][3]. In January 2011 Rapace was confirmed for her role as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw[4]. Other castings followed such as Michael Fassbender as an android named David, Charlize Theron, who was described in a previous article as a "a fortysomething, tough-but-sexy woman" (when Michelle Yeoh was previously rumored to star), and Logan Marshall-Green as Noomi Rapace's love interest.[5][6]

Noomi Rapace describes her character as unique and similar to Alien's Ripley.[17] In Comic Con 2011, Charlize Theron revealed that her character is a head of the famous Weyland-Yutani corporation seen in the previous Alien films and described a dark side of her character saying that she "slowly sheds that skin through the film".[18]

Production

Development

The film was first reported in mid-2009 as an untitled prequel to Scott's 1979 science fiction horror film Alien. Scott sought to produce the prequel and have former commercial director Carl Erik Rinsch to direct it, but 20th Century Fox, which owns the Alien franchise rights, wanted Scott to be the director.[19] By July of 2009, Scott was attached to direct the film. Screenwriter Jon Spaihts had pitched to Fox his approach to the prequel. The studio and Scott liked the pitch and hired Spaihts to write the screenplay.[20] Scott anticipated setting the film 30 years prior to Alien and to produce the film in two parts and in 3D. The director said in an interview, "The film will be really tough, really nasty. It's the dark side of the moon. We are talking about gods and engineers. Engineers of space. And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and clean up a planet?" The story, which originally went through several drafts, featured a female lead character and would present a "technologically feasible" view on the early stages of "near faster-than light" travel, as well as focus on terraforming and Weyland Industries before its merger with the Yutani Corporation.[21] The film would explore the nature and origin of the unknown extraterrestrial race, who only had a brief appearance in the first Alien as the derelict spaceship's pilot. Scott also announced that the original Zeta II Reticuli planetary system would have been part of the prequel story.[22] Screenwriter Damon Lindelof was hired to revise Spaihts's screenplay.[23] In October of 2010, Lindelof submitted the revised screenplay to 20th Century Fox. The studio was pleased because it had contested Scott's proposed budget of $150–160 million and found Lindelof's screenplay to be more budget-conscious; Scott had initially requested a $250 million budget along with an R rating, but 20th Century Fox was reluctant to invest so much money in a film that was not PG-13.[24] In the same month, several female actors met with Scott for a role in the film, and Natalie Portman and Noomi Rapace were reported as early contenders.[25]

Rumors that the movie would be released under the title of "Paradise" were debunked by 20th Century Fox & Devin Faraci, formerly of CHUD.com.[26] In January of 2011, the film was confirmed to be titled Prometheus with a release date for 2012. [27]. Scott downplayed the film's ties to the Alien franchise. He said, "While Alien was indeed the jumping-off point for this project, out of the creative process evolved a new, grand mythology and universe in which this original story takes place. The keen fan will recognize strands of Alien's DNA, so to speak, but the ideas tackled in this film are unique, large and provocative."[28] However, speaking to MTV on February 12, 2011, Fassbender stated the film was still an Alien prequel, saying, "Prometheus is absolutely connected to Alien... There's a definite connecting vein."[29] In a June 2011 interview, screenwriter Damon Lindelof claimed it will be a prequel to the Alien films but follow a different story, stating "a true prequel should essentially [precede] the events of the original film, but be about something entirely different, feature different characters , have an entirely different theme, although it takes place in that same world. That was my fundamental feeling about what this movie wanted to be".[30]

Pre-production and filming

On November 10, 2010, a tweet by Henry South, a visual FX designer working on the Alien prequel, indicated the film had gone into production.[31] Arthur Max is in charge of the films Production design, heading a small Pinewood Studios art department whose task is to deconstruct the first Alien and reverse-design the prequels from the original art and visuals.[32] The Alien itself will be reenvisioned as a progenitor of the received form of the Xenomorph, and Scott reported that he had planned to contact H. R. Giger for possible artistic collaboration. At Comic Con, Damon Lindelof stated that the film is keeping as many practical effects as possible. The only mention of CGI used was for on-set pre-visualization of external space visuals.[33]

Roger Christian, art director on the first Alien, speculated that the film would be shot in 3-D,[34] which was eventually confirmed by Ridley Scott. Since 3-D films need high lighting levels on set, the hallmark atmosphere of the Alien films with darkness and shadows will be added in post-production through grading processes, while the 3-D equipment will be based on post-Avatar technology.[35] Filming began in March 2011.[36] After three weeks filming at Pinewood Toronto Studios,[37] production moved in May to Pinewood Studios in London. The 007 Stage was used for one of the set pieces.[38]. Filming is currently underway in Iceland for a two-week shoot. Ridley Scott stated that this location will occupy the first 15 minutes of the film as a "beginning of time" sequence.[39]

Release

Prometheus is scheduled to be released on June 8, 2012. It was originally scheduled to be released on March 9, 2012, but the date was pushed back for "a high-profile summer release".[40] Ridley Scott reported that he is shooting PG-13 and R-rated cuts of the film, of which will be decided by Fox for release when the film is finalized.[41]

References

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