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By: Scott Weinberg
We’ve been hearing a lot about a reboot / remake / prequel of the original A L I E N for quite some time now, but things have picked up in the last several weeks, and the latest news is actually pretty surprising: According to Variety, no less than Ridley Scotthimself will be directing the prequel, and if I need to remind you that Mr. Scott directed the first* A L I E N*, then I think you may be at the wrong horror blog. The screenwriter for the flick will be Jon Spaihts, who’s clearly one of those “mega-busy but untested” scribes. The guy has no less than five scripts in various stages of development, including Children of Mars and Shadow 19.
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