Prometheus is a 2012 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof. The film stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green and Charlize Theron. Set in the late 21st century, the story centers on the crew of the spaceship Prometheus
as they follow a star map discovered among the remnants of several
ancient Earth civilizations. Led to a distant world and an advanced
civilization, the crew seeks the origins of humanity, but instead
discovers a threat that could cause the extinction of the human race.
The film began development in the early 2000s as a fifth entry in the Alien franchise, with both Scott and director James Cameron developing ideas for a film that would serve as a prequel to Scott's 1979 science fiction horror film Alien. By 2003, the project was sidelined by the development of Alien vs. Predator, and remained dormant until 2009 when Scott again showed interest. A script by Spaihts acted as a prequel to the events of the Alien
films, but Scott opted for a different direction to avoid repeating
cues from those films. In late 2010, he brought Lindelof onto the
project to rewrite Spaihts' script, and together they developed a
separate story that precedes the story of Alien but is not directly connected to that franchise. According to Scott, though the film shares "strands of Alien's DNA, so to speak", and takes place in the same universe, Prometheus will explore its own mythology and ideas.
Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Jon Spaihts, Damon Lindelof
Stars: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Fassbender
Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre
he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking
mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins
of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest
corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to
save the future of the human race
