"Alien" Prequel News

The website Hitfix had an article posted today in regards to one of Ridley Scott's next projects: the prequel to his 1979 masterpiece "Alien" as well as 3-D technology. Scott mentioned the following: 1) the film will be shot in 3-D and 2) there are two prequels planned, but will not be shot back-to-back.

Scott goes on to discuss the 3-D technology and if audiences today will accept the slow-burn approach that Scott brought to the original film. Among the other tidbits mentioned of late in regards to the "Alien" prequel are that the films will take place roughly 30 years prior to the first film and that the lead character will be female, but no relation to the Ellen Ripley character played by Sigourney Weaver in the series that spanned from 1979 to 1997. I am guessing that it is safe to assume that there will be no Predators making an appearance either.