Director Sir Ridley Scott will be 75 years old in November and he’s looking for answers. There is no doubt that Scott has earned his success and even a knighthood with iconic films such as ‘Alien’, ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Gladiator’. Scott could drive around a car made out of gold if he wanted to but it’s obvious that he’s looking beyond the triumphs, money and accolades. He’s looking for the deeper meaning to life and that search begins in ‘Prometheus’.
Director Ridley Scott must going through a period of nostalgia ahead of the release of ‘Prometheus’ that sees the filmmaker revisit the world of his 1979 film ‘Alien’.
For a long time there have been rumours that buoyed by working on ‘Prometheus’, Scott has been playing with the idea of returning to the ‘Blade Runner’ universe, and last year Alcon Entertainment confirmed that Scott would produce and direct a follow up to the sci-fi classic (Collider story here).
Collider via an official statement have confirmed the shape the new film will take as well as who might be working on the project as screenwriter.
Hit the jump for more details.
The viral campaign for Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ has been outstanding so far and today it went to new levels of awesome with a new clip titled ‘Happy Birthday David’.
The clip features an introduction to David (Michael Fassbender), the latest android from Weyland Corp set the launch as part of Project Prometheus.
These clips are special because apparently they will not feature in the final film and have been created to expand the universe of ‘Prometheus’ to promote the film, while sending film geeks to hospital with nosebleeds caused by overexcitement.
Hit the jump to check out the clip as well as a promotion poster for David.
The British version of Empire Magazine has a feature in their May issue on ‘Prometheus’. The story contains lots of plot details and interviews with the cast as well as a breakdown of each character in the film.
The best part of the story is that we get a first look at a few of the supporting characters that make up the crew of The Prometheus, including Fifield played by Sean Harris and Milburn played by Rafe Spall.
The magazine scans come courtesy of Collider and Prometheus News.
Don’t forget to grab a copy of the May issue of Empire if you’re a hardcore ‘Prometheus’ fan here.
Hit the jump to check out the images.
‘Prometheus’ is the film that just keeps on giving. After an IMAX 3D trailer, a full length trailer and a viral clip hit the internet on the weekend, we wake on Monday (here in Australia) to find that Fox have released a new international trailer.
It contains an extended opening not seen in the other trailers and a tiny bit of new footage.
Hit the jump to check out the international trailer.
New’ Prometheus’ trailer has appeared online.
It rocks.
Just watch.
Synopsis:
“Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life’s ultimate mystery.”
‘Prometheus’ is released 7 June 2012 in Australia and 8 June 2012 in the US
2012 is a huge year for blockbuster films but it also seems to be the year of brave new different methods of marketing a film. The film that’s making the biggest impact in our opinion is Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’.
‘Prometheus’ has been one of the first films this year to have a teaser trailer for a trailer as well as the brilliant viral marketing campaign featuring Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland, giving a speech at TED 2023 that you can watch here.
At first the idea of a teaser trailer for a trailer really irked us but the footage is too good to dismiss.
A new full length trailer for ‘Prometheus’ will debut at an event on 17 March in the US. A teaser trailer for the trailer has appeared online with lots of new footage.
Hit the jump the check it out.
There is nothing better than a piece of marketing designed for a film that is completely separate from the end product. Something created that is not seen in the final edit but enhances the story and helps create the world the audience is willing to get lost in upon the film’s release.
Director Tony Scott and writer Damon Lindelof have come up with a beautiful piece of viral marketing for their upcoming film ‘Prometheus’.
Hit the jump for more details.
We don’t know how we missed this one (double-uppercut) but the LA Times got their hands on a new image from ‘Prometheus’.
It features Noomi Rapace standing in a corridor that looks like the hallway at H.R Giger’s house. There are a couple of familiar looking characters on the left hand side for ‘Alien’ fans to geek out over.
Hit the jump to check it out.
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