Alien Prequel Article at Entertainment Weekly

[BlackWatch]

Well, the Alien prequel bandwagon has officially started with the likes of Empire Online and Entertainment Weekly picking up the news of Ridley Scott directing. Along with that story Entertainment Weekly also posted up a blurb called Ridley Scott's 'Alien' prequel: Who's gonna be the new Ripley?. Here's an excerpt:

1. What genre will it be? You might think that Alien - given that it's about, you know, an alien - is a science fiction movie. You'd only be partially right. The first film was a horror movie, James Cameron's Aliens was a war movie, David Fincher's Alien3 was a prison flick, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Alien: Resurrection was, er, a basketball movie. So what's this one going to be? I think it'd be a mistake to go back to the haunted-house-in-outer-space vibe of Alien... which leaves what? Detective story? Revenge thriller? Romcom?

2. Will Ripley be in it? Aside from the aformentioned Alien vs. Predator films, Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley has been the constant in the series. But given that this is a prequel, will she still figure into the proceedings? And if so, how, seeing as Alien documented her first encounter with those acid-for-blood beasties? If Ripley's in it, who'll play her? Weaver may be a stunning woman and a gifted actress, but I don't think she can play a gal in her early 20s. For my money, if you're going the young-Ripley route, put Ellen Page on speed-dial. She definitely looks the part, and she's got some tough-as-nails in there.

I've wondering to myself if any of the characters from Alien will appear in the prequel, but I can't see any way in which it would make sense, considering the crew's first encounter with the creature was in the original film. Unless it's a simple character cameo as Scott did write extensive backgrounds on all the characters in Alien.

More on the Ripley article at EW.

Thanks to Jay West for the links.

[Masked_Awesome]

No Ripley please and thank you.  LOVE the character but please don't ruin what's already been established. PLEASE don't.

[Hudson]

And don't ruin more what's already been ruined enough.