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.
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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