Reportedly, the next project of director Ridley Scott will be the sci-fi sequel Prometheus 2, a continuation to his 2012 hit Prometheus - with casts Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba. It was written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof.
The production confirmed that Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender along with Elizabeth Shaw and the android David will come back for Prometheus 2 - with production to kick off in January 2016.
No specific details surfaced about the plot at this point, however, director Ridley Scott unveiled in an interview with the German site FilmFutter.com that he is actually developing a multiple sequel for Prometheus.
When director Ridley Scott was asked if Prometheus 2 would connect to the American science-fiction horror film 'Alien' franchise.
Ridley Scott stated, "Yes, but it won't be in the next one. It will be in the one after this one or maybe even a fourth film before we get back into the Alien franchise. The entire idea of it is to explain the Alien franchise and to explain the how and why of the creation of the Alien itself. I always thought of the Alien as a sort of a piece of bacterial warfare. I always thought that original ship, which I call the Croissant, was a battleship, holding these biomechanoid creatures that were all about destruction."
Ridley Scott already confirmed last year that the screenplay in Prometheus 2 will be written by Jack Paglen (Transcendence) and Michael Green (Untitled Blade Runner Project), where Prometheus 2 will feature a new alien.
Ridley Scott also said that the "baby alien" in Prometheus was "very close" to the creature from his original Alien movie, and adding that up to Prometheus 2 - the sequel will be much different.
On the other hand, 20th Century Fox is also in their pre-production on Alien 5, and the South African-Canadian film and advertisement director - Neill Blomkamp will be helming.
Reports stated that Alien 5 will actually be delayed to give way for Prometheus 2.
Prometheus 2 is slated to hit theaters in 2017, while Alien 5 will get a 2018 release date.
