Alien prequel not gonna happen !

So, apparently, the new Science Fiction movie Ridley Scott was working on for Fox is not a prequel to "Alien" , but rather a completely different movie, that, according to Scott himself morphed as a stand-alone story from a screenplay that was indeed supposed to be a new movie in the horror franchise. Noomi Rapace is still attached to play the leading role. You can read the full article about this story on Deadline.com

I'm not sure if it's good or bad news. I was excited when I first read that Ridley Scott, the man who gave birth to the original series was returning for a prequel, but I also was in doubt that they could really breathe new life into something that has been stretched a little too thin through the years. All the rumors about the "space jockey" and a new alien civilization seemed to be a poor excuse for a new entry in the franchise, because there's not really much room to move in with these movies. In the end, you'll still have a bunch of people being killed one by one by vicious alien creatures. In how many new ways can you skin that cat ? I'm honestly even more excited to hear Scott plans a different kind of sci-fi, maybe something in the lines of "Blade Runner". Time will tell.