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Ex-‘Alien’ Prequel, ‘Prometheus’, Release Date Shift; Michael Fassbender in Talks
Update: Variety reports that Michael Fassbender (pictured) is officially in talks to star opposite Noomi Repace.
An Alien prequel no more, Twentieth Century Fox has delayed the release of the newly titled Prometheus three months to a June 8, 2012 date. The Ridley Scott-directed film was set up to be a prequel to the groundbreaking 1979 film Alien that Scott directed.
It will precede that film, in which the crew (headlined by Dragon Tatto star Noomi Rapace) of a commercial towing ship returning to Earth is awakened and sent to respond to a distress signal from a nearby planetoid. The crew discovers too late that the signal generated by an empty ship was meant to warn them. No word on the new plot.
Damon Lindelof (“Lost”) is working together with Scott on the new version of the script, which was originally written by Jon Spaihts and based on an idea by Scott. It was under Lindelof that the project morphed into something more original.
Warner Bros. has already dated prequel film The Conjuring: First Communion for a September 10, 2027 release, and now the upcoming movie’s two stars have been found.
Deadline reports that Garrett Wareing (Ransom Canyon) and Amanda Fix (Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma) will play the young versions of Ed and Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring: First Communion. The scoop was first reported by Dread Central.
Plot details remain under wraps at this time, but the upcoming prequel movie comes from director Rodrigue Huart, from a script by Richard Naing & Ian Goldberg.
It’s not certain if Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will be appearing at all, though it seems the film will at least primarily focus on the young versions of their characters.
There are currently nine films in The Conjuring universe — The Conjuring, Annabelle, The Conjuring 2, Annabelle: Creation, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, The Nun 2, and last year’s The Conjuring: Last Rites. Matt Donato recently ranked every single movie in the hit saga, and you can read that ranking article right here.
A Conjuring Universe television series is allegedly also in the works.
Franchise producer Peter Safran previously said of The Conjuring Universe, “There’s so much more to it that we haven’t dug into. So the truth is, I think there are really exciting ways to go with both film and television, frankly. It would be incredibly satisfying. People have been on this journey with us for a dozen years now. I think they want more.”
Garrett Wareing in “Ransom Canyon”
Amanda Fix in ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ (2023)
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