In the run up to its release, there has been much speculation about the exact connections between Prometheus and the Alien movies. The genesis of the project was in 2002, with Alien (1979) director Ridley Scott and Aliens (1986) director James Cameron both involved in the development of what was intended to be a fifth installment of the Alien franchise for 20th Century Fox, but after Cameron bowed out due to studio disagreements and commitments to Avatar, the project stalled. Fox revived the project in 2009 and actively pursued Scott to direct. Originally declining to helm a prequel to his original film, Scott elected to take a producing role and pushed Fox to hire commercial director Carl Erik Rinsch. With the studio unhappy to green-light the project with Risch calling the shots, Scott eventually agreed to direct and writer Jon Spaihts was hired to pen the screenplay. During the development of the script, Scott saw an opportunity to push the project away from the constraints of the Alien series and hired writer Damon Lindelof (Lost, Star Trek) to expand upon Spaihts work and turn it into a more autonomous movie.
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I subjected myself to Alien Resurrection again a couple of days ago. A great example of a poor sequel. So Prometheus has had me intrigued -- Is this going to be an example of a good prequel/spin-off, something to honor and complement the original? Or is it another mistake?
Your review has made me much more enthusiastic about getting to the cinema to answer those questions.