‘Alien’ Prequel Get a Title and Probably Some Actors
The director is working on getting casting finished for a March shoot date. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’s Noomi Rapace, whose name came up for the lead months ago, is reportedly now the front-runner to play tough-but-sexy protagonist Elizabeth Shaw. The character of Vickers–the slightly older, “fortysomething, tough-but-sexy woman”–meanwhile, is being offered to tough-but-sexy Michelle Yeoh, while Michael Fassbender is in talks to play David–an android precursor to Ian Holm/Lance Henriksen.
Total Mutant Catastrophe: The Latest X-Men Set Pics
Liam Neeson returns for Wrath of the Titans
While the Sam Worthington-led Clash of the Titans did very well at the box office, it was reviled in both the critical and fan communities for shoddy storytelling and even shoddier 3-D.
Neeson has higher hopes for the sequel: “We will start next March. I’m very much looking forward to it. It’s a whole revamping, you know,” the Irish actor said of the new take from director Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles). “I’ve only read half of the script, and there is still some work being done—they’re on [the 10th draft of the] script—but I think it’s going to be some kick-ass stuff and a very human story to it.”
I’m extremely curious about the Alien prequel. I hope they reveal more about it.
What do you think of the new X-Men pics?
Do you think the sequel with Liam Neeson will do better than Clash of the Titans?
