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Is JACKASS 3 in 3D Arriving in 2010?Fox Only Wants a New ALIEN Movie If Ridley Scott Directs
by Matt Goldberg Posted:June 9th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
A couple weeks ago, we reported that Tony Scott confirmed Carl Rinsch as the director for a new “Alien” movie and that said “Alien” movie would be a prequel as opposed to a full-on reboot. And there was much rejoicing and chest-bursting.
But today Entertainment Weekly is reporting that according to their sources, Fox will only go ahead with an “Alien” prequel if original director Ridley Scott comes on board. It’s actually the smart move on Fox’s part because while they could easily bully a freshman director like Rinsch, the “Alien” property has lost so much clout over the years that the only way to re-ignite interest is to put the man who launched the franchise back in charge. However, if this is a deal-breaker for Fox, it looks like this deal will be broken because Scott already has eighty-bajillion projects on his plate, including an adaptation of the board game, “Monopoly”.
I wish that every property FOX owned lease went up(except for Fantastic 4 who cares?) that way people could make good films without Tom Rothman fucking everything up.
At least part of this is good news. The bad news is it’s a prequel.. come on, this movie should wake up ripley right after ALIENS… get rid of all that other crap! bring back newt!
Please Please STOP trying to re-hash these great movies that I love so much. The standard is to high to ever touch on the originals, and trying create a new ripley is also a silly idea , Sigourney is the only one who can play ripley. I cant help thinking that this new film is not for the people who grew up watching and loving them and more for the new generation who will only care as much about it as they do about the next remake.
Why cant studios and directors come up with and original idea or if you have to remake or re-hash, pick a bad movie and leave the classics alone, or they wont be classics any more , they’ll just be remembered as a cheap franchise.