Michael Fassbender in Prometheus courtesy 20th Century Fox
At the Empire Awards Michael Fassbender spoke with Red Carpet News TV about his role in Prometheus. The interviewer asked if the star playing an android saw anything from the previous Alien films on set.
“There are certain elements of the spaceship. There are threads of it there, there’s almost an aftersmell of it in the air, there’s the essence of it there,” Fassbender said.
You can see the interview below including a joke about wearing Magneto’s helmet from X-Men: First Class.
Fassbender is playing an android named David. You can see a “commercial” for his character here. His android voice in the trailer is still chill inducing because you know David has “special” programming from “the company!”
Michael Fassbender in Prometheus courtesy 20th Century Fox
The Prometheus promotion mission continues at full blast. Director Ridley Scott hinted at a sequel at big presentation as Wondercon this weekend.
“If we’re lucky, maybe we’ll have a second part because at the end of Prometheus, the film does leave some nice, big, open questions.” He also sounds very glad to be back in this genre again – “I’ll certainly do another science film as soon as possible. One of the trickiest things is: How original are you going to be?”
Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron answered fan questions via Yahoo. He plays the android David. She plays Weyland officer Meredith Vickers. You can watch them below.
Michael Fassbender in Prometheus courtesy 20th Century Fox
A new viral video has emerged online for a new “product” from Weyland Industries from the Alien movies. This new video is an advertisement for “David” an android played by Michael Fassbender in Prometheus.
The “David 8” Demo is voiced by Fassbender and ends with the same eerie tagline from the new full length Prometheus trailer.
This is the second viral video promoting Prometheus. The first was a TED video starring Peter Weyland.
The second trailer for Prometheus debuts March 17th in a special invite-only premiere at the AMC Downtown Disney. Director Ridley Scott will be there for Q&A conducted by the film’s writer/producer and Lost show runner Damon Lindelof. The trailer will go online immediately following the event at http://youtube.com/amctheatres.
Here’s the AMC link where you can submit questions to Scott.
In case you missed it here’s the TED video which shows the link between Alien and Prometheus.
Now there’s a website for the evil corporation from the films and this beautiful but frightening image.
On the page you can see this image and description under coming soon:
courtesy Weyland Industries
“OUR FAMILY IS GROWING
Weyland engineers have been working around the clock to bring you the newest, most advanced addition to the Weyland family. Stay tuned for a special announcement.”
This Geek’s Opinion: This will likely be the introduction of the artificial person that will be played by Michael Fassbender in Prometheus. Ian Holm played an android in Alien.
The picture above appears to be inside the ship of the “Space Jockey” from the first Alien film with an egg and a map showing multiple star systems. What do you think?
Ridley Scott is not just a brilliant director but expert marketer too.
Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy from X-Men: First Class courtesy Marvel.com
Michael Fassbender has working a long time to become an overnight sensation. Now Hollywood’s hottest leading man will help aspiring film artists get their shot. The star of X-Men: First Class is teaming up with his Prometheus director Ridley Scott for the Your Film Festival, which allows filmmakers to submit 15-minute works.
Films can be entered from now until March 31st. This summer, 50 submissions will be chosen by Scott’s production company, Scott Free. Films can be any genre or format.Youtube will feature the 50 chosen films. The public will be able to vote for their favorites. The competition be narrowed down to 10. Finalists will be flown to the Venice Film Festival and have their work screened there. Scott and Fassbender will then select the winning film, which will be awarded a $500,000 production grant to collaborate with Scott Free on a new film.
Thanks to the International Business Times for the story. Here’s the star himself explaining how it works and his role:
Prometheus still of Noomi Rapace courtesy 20th Century Fox
The only thing more dangerous to humanity than the species in the Alien mythology is the evil company and its greedy corporate minions. A new viral video is online starring Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland, head of the shadowy company appearing in the Alien films. It appears on the TED website which hosts special corporate conferences. In this video Weyland is addressing thousands in the year 2023 before the events in Prometheus.
Michael Fassbender in Prometheus courtesy 20th Century Fox
I think Guy Pearce is pretty mesmerizing in this. Weyland is part inspiring, part menacing as he addresses the conference. Weyland references artificial lifeforms. Michael Fassbender will be playing one in the film.
As Weyland shares the Greek legend of Prometheus, it’s eerie to think of how they mirror the events of Alien and of what is said to happen in the new film.
Thanks to Digital Spy for spying this online. This follows up the previous post in which director Ridley Scott revealed Pearce’s role and the connection between the films. By Editor
Prometheus still of Noomi Rapace courtesy 20th Century Fox and USA Today
Has Ridley Scott revealed the link between Prometheus and Alien. Fans speculated that Prometheus started as a possible sequel or prequel to Alien. The famous director and others have commented that the new film has the DNA of Alien. Scott gave an interview with a Hungarian news outlet that has now been picked up by Coming Soon via AVP Galaxy comes this translation.
WARNING
POSSIBLE SPOILERS
YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ THIS
OK
HERE IT COMES
Ridley Scott gives the connection between the two films and reveals the role played by Guy Pearce. It was revealed that Charlize Theron would play a corporate officer. Now we may know her boss.
“When the first Alien movie and Blade Runner were made, I thought that in the near future the world will be owned by large companies. This is why we have the Tyrell Corporation in Blade Runner, and Weyland-Yutani in Alien. They sent the Nostromo spaceship,” Scott said.
“The Prometheus is owned by an entrepreneur called Peter Weyland, and is played by Guy Pearce. That’s the connection between the two films, and nothing more. Prometheus is a new film, a new world, and is full of new ideas. And of course new monsters as well,” Scott continued.
Any update on this exciting project is cool news. This could be an early clue about how Ridley Scott will approach a new film set in the Blade Runner world.
