Ridley Scott to direct Alien prequel

[Reno]

I read somewhere one of main the reasons for Scott to do this film was to return the franchise to the horror genre- he's always maintained Alien was far closer to a horror film than a a sci-fi one. Special effects are all very well (and they do look good on the trailers) but I am hoping for a return to the claustrophobic, disquieting feel of Alien rather than a space thriller.

I'm just hoping it will be good without any particular pre-conceptions. This is an unusual case where the makers actually want to distance this film from a franchise by denying that this is directly related to Alien (even if the trailer say differently), so why expect for the film "to return" to anything that went before. Judging from everything I've seen and read, this look more epic in scale.

 

[Reno]

 

[DaveCinzano]

Not sure about the poster:

 

[Reno]

It's crap ! Then again, there is a lot riding on what must be the most expensive R rated film in a while, so no sophisticated, suggestive poster design.

 

[5t3IIa]

Pixels

 

[Reno]

Apparently they do all this ugly Photoshop crap now because if you have a nicely designed poster with an illustration or painting, audiences will think it's an animation film.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Not sure about the poster:

Me either, that makes it look crap. Odd art decision given how slick the marketing has been so far...