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July 30, 2009 - untitled Alien prequel / writer hired, Ridley Scott will direct
Scooped on Thursday, July 30, 2009
After pitching his idea for a story for the untitled Alien film, screenwriter Jon Spaihts has won the job and will write the script for the sci-fi/horror prequel. Furthermore, Ridley Scott is now the one attached to direct the new Alien movie, marking his return to the franchise that he helped launch back in 1979.
In their coverage of the story Variety states that whatever Spaihts idea was, Scott and 20th Century Fox loved it. The writer came to prominence for his Passengers spec, a sci-fi drama onboard a starship en route to a far-off solar system and that revolves primarily around just two characters.
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mckracken
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Posted: 15 years 29 weeks ago
hmm...doesnt sound like Weaver is attached, or should be...for that matter.