Last month, directorRidley Scottconfirmed that his long-awaited sequel,Prometheus 2, will be hisnext movie, which he will start working on after he finishes promotingThe Martian. Production is scheduled to begin in January 2016, withNoomi Rapace(Elizabeth Shaw) andMichael Fassbender(David) slated to reprise their roles fromPrometheus. Aside from those details, there isn’t much else we know about the sequel. But, while promotingThe Martianat the Toronto International Film Festival,Ridley Scottoffered some interesting details in an interview withCollider. Here’s what the filmmaker had to say about the sequel, revealing the plot will answer questions about The Engineers
“It starts off with a very grand idea-or a grand question, really. Who are they and why did they create such evil biology and bacteriology? And [in creating], to protect themselves from what? So the questions are answered there, or rather, beginning to be answered inPrometheus 2.”
The originalPrometheusfollowed Elizabeth Shaw and her team as she embarked on a mission to a distant moon, in hopes of finding answers about why humanity was created. After their mission failed, only Elizabeth and the android David remained, as they set off to continue their quest. But it isn’t known if there will be a large jump in time between the original and thissci-fi sequel, or if it will take place directly afterPrometheusends. Ridley Scott has also said in the past thatPrometheus 2won’t feature any of the classicXenomorphcreatures.
Unfortunately, the director didn’t divulge what new characters may be included in this sequel, but if production does start in January, hopefully we’ll hear more about casting very soon. Shaw and David were the only survivors of the first mission, so don’t expect any otherPrometheusstars to return. The director did tease last year that his sequel will feature a brand new alien, although little is known about that creature.
20th Century Fox announced earlier this year that it is developingAlien 5, which hasNeill Blomkampset to direct, with Ridley Scott producing. The concept artwork released byNeill Blomkampfeatured characters such asSigourney Weaver’s Ripley andMichael Biehn’s Corporal Hicks. While it is believed that these characters will be featured in the sequel, no actors have been confirmed yet. The studio is reportedly targetingAlien 5for a 2017 release, so it’s possible that fans could see bothAlien 5andPrometheus 2in 2017, since a 2016 release seems unlikely, given the production schedule. What do you think about these new details?
