Recent word of an Alien remake or reboot on the horizon really didn't excite me (remake news rarely does) but now there is confirmation that the film will actually be a prequel to Ridley Scott's 1979 masterpiece. The Alien prequel will be directed by Carl Rinsch, a very talented commercial/music video director and part of Ridley and Tony's Scott Free Productions. See what else Tony Scott has to say about the prequel to his brothers film.While at a press junket for The Taking of Pelham 123 Collider asked Tony Scott the truth behind the Alien reboot/prequel rumors.
Collider: 20th Century Fox is talking about remaking or redoing the original Alien. What’s going on with that?
Tony Scott: Yes, Carl Rinsch is going to do the prequel to Alien. He’s one of our directors at our company.
Collider: I’m going to be blunt about this. Fox has not been doing a great job recently with their movies. They haven’t been an artist friendly studio. Are you guys going to have some creative control and make this a kick-ass film?
Tony: Yes! But Fox is our home. They finace our production company.
Collider: And I’m very happy that you guys have the financing. But a lot of the films they’ve been doing at the studio level, they’ve been nickel and diming and not giving fandom what they want. So I guess my question for you is…are you a little nervous about reengaging the franchise or are you excited.
Tony: I’m excited cause Ridley created the original and Carl Rinsch is one of the family.
Collider: When do you envision this film getting in front of cameras?
Tony: Hopefully the end of the year.
Collider: Will it be a summer of 2011 movie?
Tony: Honestly, I don’t know.
Obviously I would love to see an Alien 5 but in a world where prequels and reboots reign supreme, I'm glad we are getting a prequel.
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