Twentieth Century Fox is resuscitating its “Alien” franchise. The studio has hired Jon Spaihts to write a prequel that has Ridley Scott attached to return as director. Spaihts got the job after pitching the studio and Scott Free, which will produce the film.
The film is set up to be a prequel to the groundbreaking 1979 film that Scott directed. It will precede that film, in which the crew 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.
Read more HERE and watch the original ‘ALIEN’ trailer (circa 1979) below.
Plot synopsis: A black comedy set in 1967 and centered on on Larry Gopnik (Stuhlbarg), a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel when his wife prepares to leave him because his inept brother (Kind) won’t move out of the house.
Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and set for a October 9th, 2009 release, ‘A SERIOUS MAN’ stars; Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Simon Helberg, Adam Arkin, and Sari Lennick.
THRAL WORLD is looking forward to another COEN brothers (FARGO, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, BURN AFTER READING) masterpiece.
