Prometheus 2 Plot, Trailer, Release Date, & Paradise: What Do We Know So Far About The Sequel?
Prometheus Rising! No, it is not the name of the new Prometheus-prequel-sequel, this is an update on what we know so far about the second Prometheus film.
Here are five things that we know: the who, the what, the when, and the how-and-why of Prometheus.
Who is involved: Michael Fassbender, and Noomi Rapace are expected to return; and Ridley Scott, and Michael Green will be penning the script to the sequel. We know Scott, the original director and writer of the Alien films. Green was on the team of writers that wrote Green Lantern starring Ryan Reynolds.
And Green is also working and writing the new Blade Runner film. Do not scream! There is more to Green; Green created the short-lived but exceptional TV series Kings, Entertainment Weekly reported; and Green has worked on Smallville, and Heroes, and he has been hired to pen the new The Flash TV series, The Wrap reported.
The What, as in "what is the sequel about?" These are current rumors at this point, but it might feature multiple Fassbender robots. The title of the sequel has not been released as yet.
When: the sequel is expected to be released as early as March 2016. Production is expected to start this fall, after Scott delivers his Moses film Exodus to Fox.
The how-and-why: the Prometheus film met audiences with a mixed reaction; they either liked it or just did not understand. One film critic in the LA Times wrote, "Part philosophical treatise, part pulp fiction, part pure horror show, Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' ends up with less to say than it thinks it does," the LA Times reported.
In case you missed the film, spoilers included. It is about a God-fearing archaeologist, Rapace's Elizabeth Shaw, and a team of scientists who have been tasked with finding an alien race that are perhaps the architects of humanity, called the Engineers. Fassbender played an android named David whose remains, by the end of the film, helps Shaw, the only survivor, to launch an Engineer spacecraft bound for their home planet.
The last shot featured an alien creature bursting out of an Engineer's chest, and a sequel will likely incorporate that terrifying development. Some critics are surmising that the sequel will be more "alien-y."
Part of the "why" is that Prometheus made $400 million worldwide. Fox is making the film its priority project.
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