Twentieth Century Fox has announced that its new science-fiction movie to be directed by Sir Ridley Scott, which had started development as an
Alien prequel, will now be produced as a totally unrelated movie, titled
Prometheus. This is good news for those that had refrained from buying the recently released
Alien Anthology Blu-ray box set for fear of a double-dip if a bigger box set including the prequel was released later.
Prometheus, written by Damon Lindelof and starring Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, is scheduled for worldwide release in March 2012.