Prometheus Space Jockey 'Confirmed'

[deezelboy]

According to Sky Movies and their 'inside source', anyway, both the Space Jockey and the Giant Piloting Head have been confirmed.

From Sky:

The mysterious 'space jockey' skeleton that appeared in the opening scenes of Alien is being designed as an eight-foot animatronic for the sci-fi thriller Prometheus.

An insider revealed to Sky Movies that the character is being designed under the guidance of original Alien designer HR Giger.

And it's not the only weird alien being designed by Ridley Scott, who is pressing ahead with his plans to depict a giant head piloting a ship, although that particular effect is likely to be CGI.

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There has been a huge amount of speculation over the past months as to what will and won't appear in the movie, but an insider told Sky Movies, "I've had further confirmation that the Space Jockey creature is definitely in Prometheus and has been built as an eight foot animatronic.

"I've also had it confirmed that HR Giger is working on the project but only in an advisory capacity. By the way, people are going to be in for a shock when they sit down to watch Prometheus and there's an enormous semi-human head piloting a spaceship."

http://movies.sky.com/prometheus-latest-space-jockey-and-giant-head-pilot-confirmed

[maledoro]

Giant Piloting Head

Great name for a band!

The mysterious 'space jockey' skeleton that appeared in the opening scenes of Alien is being designed as an eight-foot animatronic for the sci-fi thriller Prometheus.

Sounds like a runt. I hope it's intended to look taller.

An insider revealed to Sky Movies that the character is being designed under the guidance of original Alien designer HR Giger.

Hopefully, Giger won't turn his back for even a second. I can imagine how others might make "improvements" on it.

And it's not the only weird alien being designed by Ridley Scott, who is pressing ahead with his plans to depict a giant head piloting a ship, although that particular effect is likely to be CGI.

It'd better not turn to look at the audience and say, "You may ask yourself, 'How do I work this?'."

[Dan]

8ft    .....

[deezelboy]

Film it with kids, just like the original, if you need people next to it.

[Neltharion]

Or maybe its just a scale model?

[maledoro]

Or maybe its just a scale model?

Most likely they'll do what they did in the original: film it with kids if they want to put humans in the scene for scale.

[maledoro]

I'll be standing in line at the cinema, wearing a t-shirt that says, "GIVE ME BIG PILOTING HEAD!!!".

[SM]

Dear lord - how long till this flick comes out...?

Maybe the 8' animatronic is just be the torso and arms.

[beckmen]

Or they'll use forced perspective and digital compositing. Hopefully.

[dude]

Maybe the 8' animatronic is just be the torso and arms.

Stuff that, build a legit fully functioning A.I. driven 8 foot robot!

[deezelboy]

Didn't they discuss doing something similar for Alien?

Got knocked down with 'but what if it goes berserk and starts killing the cast and crew?'!

[wmmvrrvrrmm]

Didn't they discuss doing something similar for Alien?

Got knocked down with 'but what if it goes berserk and starts killing the cast and crew?'!

what they had as an idea back then would have been some form of robot that would have been a lot cruder than what animatronics became, and would have been dangerous for humans to interact with.

[Neltharion]

Was the exec who said that called "Sarah Conner"?

[beckmen]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/19609/animatronic-space-jockey-in-prometheus-

Take it with a grain of salt, but in addition to news that we already knew...

Another source shot me a message today having read an early draft of the script saying that a "bioweapons planet" is the only link to the "Alien" films in it and it's a tenuous one at best.