Director Ridley Scott is confirmed to be returning to Fox's dormant
Alien franchise for the first time since the original film was released in 1979. Three sequels had been released in the intervening years, but only James Cameron's
Aliens was particularly well-received. Scott has been induced to return to the franchise on the basis of screenwriter Jon Spaihts' script which is a prequel to the original film. In
Alien, the crew of a space towing vessel investigates a distress signal from a nearby planet. They find the remains of a being from another world who has obviously suffered a horrendous, but mysterious death. Upon re-entering orbit, the crew finds their craft has been infiltrated by an unseen menace that is killing them off one-by-one. The new film will explore how the events leading up to these developments originated. For more
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