More news from Bloody Disgusting, this time it’s not as uplifting. It seems that 20th Century Fox has decided to finalize their deal with the Devil by creating a remake of the sci-fi classic ALIEN. But it’s not all bad news; they did get an inexperienced, music-video director named Carl Erik Rinsch to make it.
There’s no real information available yet as to what exactly the story will be or whether they will include a story at all. The thinking is that it will be about a brand new crew of suckers happening upon an alien. The alien will then proceed to eat them. Ridley Scott has agreed to produce the movie, i.e. collect a paycheck.
At least they seem to be avoiding recasting a new Ripley and just remaking the original. If this actually gets made, having a brand new crew get terrorized is the only way to guarantee that it isn’t completely worthless. But if they did that, why wouldn’t they just make a sequel? The answer is because a remake has the potential for making more money than a sequel would. Finding out where the story goes is old hat, watching what happens before the story or watching the same story told again is where it’s at!
