Prometheus sequel titled 'Alien: Paradise Lost': Ridley Scott

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Last Updated : Sep 25 2015 | 2:57 PM IST
Filmmaker Ridley Scott has revealed that the follow-up to sci-fi movie "Prometheus", would be called "Alien: Paradise Lost".
Scott made the announcement while promoting his upcoming film "The Martian", reported Ace Showbiz.
"Well, actually, really it's going to be called 'Alien: Paradise Lost'. So 'Prometheus 2' is not really going to be. It's going to be 'Alien: Paradise Lost' now," Scott revealed.
The director said that "Paradise Lost" was actually the title of English poet John Milton's famous work about the fall of man. "You know the poem? I'm sure you've never been through it, the poem's a book, 'Paradise Lost'. It sounds intellectual but there's a similarity to it. That's where it stops," Scott said.
Besides, the word "Paradise" is presumably a reference to a specific scene in "Prometheus" itself, in which Elizabeth Shaw's father told her where dead people go. Some speculated that "Paradise" was the new planet to be featured in the upcoming movie, which would be the home of the engineers of the first film.
Michael Fassbender will reprise his role as David. Scott will also produce alongside Walter Hill. With the script penned by Michael Green, "Alien: Paradise Lost" is expected to hit US theatres in 2017.
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First Published: Sep 25 2015 | 2:57 PM IST

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