Green Lantern screenplay writer Michael Green has been recruited to rewrite the script for the sequel to Ridley Scott's 2012 sci-fi film Prometheus, TheWrap reports.The untitled project, currently called Prometheus 2, will allegedly start production fall of this year and is rumored to be scheduled for a March 2016 release, adds the outlet.

In the ending of the first film, which served as a loose prequel to Scott's 1979 film Alien, a creature, closely resembling the Xenomorph from the film franchise, bursted out of an Engineer's chest. This particular scene will allegedly play an integral role in the development of the sequel's story.

It is also reported that Prometheus 2 will feature multiple models of David, the android character played by Michael Fassbender in the first film, adds TheWrap.

Although specific details of the sequel's storyline are still unknown, Cinemablend speculates that it will focus on Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, played by Noomi Repace, as she travels with the still-functioning head of David using an Engineer spacecraft to the alien planet.

The first film's writers, Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, were originally set to write the sequel, notes Collider. However, due to other commitments, Lindelof detached himself from the project.

During a 2013 interview with the outlet, the writer said, "The thing about Prometheus was it was a rewrite. Jon Spaihts wrote a script and I rewrote it And still it was a year of my life that I spent on Prometheus, kind of all in."

"The idea of building a sequel to it - from the ground up this time - with Ridley is tremendously exciting," Lindelof continued. "But at the same time, I was like, 'Well that's probably going to be two years of my life.' I can't do what J.J. [Abrams] does. I don't have the capability. I'm usually very single-minded creatively. I can only be working on one thing at a time."

The first film was criticized due to its obscure connection to the Alien film series. But for the sequel, the theme will allegedly fit more closely with the franchise's general tone under Green's guidance.