Cameron to direct Prometheus 2?
April 2, 2012 9:56 AM Subscribe
James Cameron may direct 'Prometheus' sequel. In between diving to the bottom of the ocean, promoting Titanic 3D, and spinning up work on two Avatar sequels, the director lets slip that he has discussed doing a sequel to Ridley Scott's upcoming "Alien quasi-prequel" Prometheus. Whether that fills you with glee - because of Cameron's significant science fiction movie chops - or horror - because of Titanic, and, arguably, Avatar - is up to the reader. One could argue that Cameron would be obliged to hew to a tonal continuum between Prometheus and the first Alien movie, but on the other hand, he seems to delight in doing whatever the heck he wants.
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posted by Sticherbeast at 9:58 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Sticherbeast at 9:58 AM on April 2, 2012
And then after that, Fincher will direct Prometheus 3, and then Jeunet can direct a Whedon-penned Prometheus: Resurrection.
posted by kmz at 9:58 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by kmz at 9:58 AM on April 2, 2012
They're making a sequel to a prequel? Isn't that just a quel?
posted by Crane Shot at 9:58 AM on April 2, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by Crane Shot at 9:58 AM on April 2, 2012 [5 favorites]
The only Avatar sequel worth mentioning is named "Korra".
posted by DU at 9:58 AM on April 2, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by DU at 9:58 AM on April 2, 2012 [3 favorites]
And then after that, Fincher will direct Prometheus 3, and then Jeunet can direct a Whedon-penned Prometheus: Resurrection.
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posted by Sticherbeast at 9:58 AM on April 2, 2012
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posted by Sticherbeast at 9:58 AM on April 2, 2012
This is what happens when The Guardian scrapes other stories without checking the date.
posted by Uncle Ira at 9:59 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Uncle Ira at 9:59 AM on April 2, 2012
Oh.
May I just say that if you're going to put jokey stuff on your website for 4/1, that you also do the world a kindness and haul it down on 4/2?
posted by jquinby at 9:59 AM on April 2, 2012
May I just say that if you're going to put jokey stuff on your website for 4/1, that you also do the world a kindness and haul it down on 4/2?
posted by jquinby at 9:59 AM on April 2, 2012
Just wanted to check that the date on the article was the 2nd and not the 1st...
I am torn between film studios' tiresome dogged insistence on sequels and remakes and the inarguable fact that if anyone is right to do a sequel to a Scott Alienesque film it must be Cameron.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:00 AM on April 2, 2012
I am torn between film studios' tiresome dogged insistence on sequels and remakes and the inarguable fact that if anyone is right to do a sequel to a Scott Alienesque film it must be Cameron.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:00 AM on April 2, 2012
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I was really happy when tar added a single-letter flag to decode those files.
posted by kmz at 10:01 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
I was really happy when tar added a single-letter flag to decode those files.
posted by kmz at 10:01 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
when does the reboot come out?
posted by mannequito at 10:01 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by mannequito at 10:01 AM on April 2, 2012
I say let him do it only if he first promises to turn his Oscar over to Curtis Hanson.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 10:02 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 10:02 AM on April 2, 2012
Can I be filed with meh, because it's an announcement about a sequel to a movie that isn't out yet?
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 10:02 AM on April 2, 2012
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 10:02 AM on April 2, 2012
A friend gave me a perspective-changing observation about Cameron yesterday. I was poo-pooh-ing the Titanic remake, and my friend -- who's usually even more of an art snob than I am -- just shrugged and said "hey, I'm cool with that." I asked why, and he pointed out that Cameron basically uses all his money to fund his own undersea exploration programs -- "and so good, because hell, at least someone's doing it then."
....A fair point.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:04 AM on April 2, 2012 [2 favorites]
....A fair point.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:04 AM on April 2, 2012 [2 favorites]
This is what happens when The Guardian scrapes other stories without checking the date.
Oh damnit, Guardian, your film guys have been taken in AGAIN. I assumed that the Guardian having put this up as April 2nd meant I was clear of Fools shenanigans. Gah.
Note in Uncle Ira's link, not only is the date April 1st, but the last line is "Source: Prometheus Forum." So, rock solid fact checking from the Grauniad yet again... sigh. And I got taken for a ride.
posted by LondonYank at 10:05 AM on April 2, 2012
Oh damnit, Guardian, your film guys have been taken in AGAIN. I assumed that the Guardian having put this up as April 2nd meant I was clear of Fools shenanigans. Gah.
Note in Uncle Ira's link, not only is the date April 1st, but the last line is "Source: Prometheus Forum." So, rock solid fact checking from the Grauniad yet again... sigh. And I got taken for a ride.
posted by LondonYank at 10:05 AM on April 2, 2012
Bulgaroktonos: "Can I be filed with meh, because it's an announcement about a sequel to a movie that isn't out yet?"
Maybe he could build a fire, sing a couple of songs....
posted by zarq at 10:06 AM on April 2, 2012
Maybe he could build a fire, sing a couple of songs....
posted by zarq at 10:06 AM on April 2, 2012
LondonYank: "And I got taken for a ride."
Well, thanks for the trip, anyway. :D
posted by zarq at 10:07 AM on April 2, 2012
Well, thanks for the trip, anyway. :D
posted by zarq at 10:07 AM on April 2, 2012
Anyway, I made this joke on twitter before anyone else, so there...
(You have no idea how many people told me it should actually be Promethei, which isn't as funny at all)
posted by Artw at 10:07 AM on April 2, 2012
(You have no idea how many people told me it should actually be Promethei, which isn't as funny at all)
posted by Artw at 10:07 AM on April 2, 2012
Will William Gibson write Prometheus 3 about monks on a wooden planet?
posted by WinnipegDragon at 10:08 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by WinnipegDragon at 10:08 AM on April 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
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posted by Artw at 9:57 AM on April 2, 2012