Ridley Scott Announces New ‘Prometheus 2’ Title
Ridley Scottrecently stated that hisPrometheusmovies wouldn’t link up withAlienforanother two or three movies. But thetitlesof hisPrometheusmovies will get there a lot faster, as evidenced by the just-revealed title forPrometheus 2. Find out thePrometheus 2title after the jump.
Speaking toHeyUGuys, Scott revealed that the nextPrometheusfilm will be titled… drumroll please…Alien: Paradise Lost. Watch Scott announce thePrometheus 2title below.
Literary types will recognizeParadise Lostas the title of an epic 17th century poem byJohn Miltonabout the Fall of Man – Adam and Eve giving in to temptation from Satan, and their subsequent banishment from the Garden of Eden. Scott noted that the reference was very deliberate. “It sounds intellectual, but there’s a similarity to it, that’s where it stops,” he teased.
Just as Milton’sParadise Lostdeals with the beginnings of humankind, so will Scott’sAlien: Paradise Lost, in its own way. The film picks up wherePrometheusleft off, with Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and David (Michael Fassbender) striking out for the Engineer spacecraft in search for answers.
“I thought the subtext of that film was a bit florid and grandiose, but it asks a good question: who created us?” Scott said inan earlier interview. “You’ve got to go back and find those engineers and see what they are thinking. If engineers are the forerunners of us, and therefore were creators of life forms in places that were possible for biology to function, who created that? Where’s the big boy?”
Meanwhile, the first half of the title seems intended to drive home the fact that thePrometheusmovies are part of theAlienuniverse, even if thePrometheusstoryline hasn’t crossed over into theAlienone just yet. It’s probably a savvy move from a marketing standpoint, sinceAlienis the more familiar and more beloved brand name.
But we’ve gotta wonder what this means forNeill Blomkamp’s plannedAlienmovie, which was supposed to carry on the torch for theAlienhalf of theAlien/Prometheusuniverse. The titleAlien: Paradise LostrepositionsPrometheusas a central part of theAlienfranchise rather than an offshoot, undermines the notion that Blomkamp’s movie is the “real"Aliensequel.
Which might be the idea. There’s been some speculation that Scott was not too thrilled about Blomkamp’s project, based on reports that hedemanded Fox delayit untilPrometheus 2was done. So if that’s the case, well played, Scott.
