Lost guru Damon Lindelof looks to have closed the deal to re-write the Aliens Prequel.
I’m been told that he closed a deal to do rewrite work on 20th Century Fox’s ALIEN prequel, which the studio hopes Ridley Scott will direct as his next assignment. In a development as vexing as a Lost plotline, studio insiders said that while Lindelof indeed met with Scott and the studio for that rewrite job, the exchange of ideas between them sparked a take that could well turn out to be a free-standing science fiction film. The studio will decide when Lindelof turns it in. Scott Free is producing and Lindelof’s CAA reps closed his deal last night.
Now originally we were told that the giant spaceman artifact discovered and forgotten in the orignal series would factor into the prequel, but now it seems that Lindelof’s script is a brainstorm of ideas that kick it in a whole new direction.
Prequels are a rough gig as you can’t do anything that will contradict with the history to follow but still have to find a way to be creative with what framework has already been mentioned.
Lindelof is a clever guy, and we will find out more once he finishes writing it and see if they approve.
