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Newswire || BY Jen Yamato || 11 12 2012 4:10 PM

Jon Spaihts' Original 'Prometheus' Script: Better Than The Film?

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What if Prometheus had actually answered questions and had been more of a direct sequel to Ridley Scott's Alien films, instead of a maddeningly ambiguous but thought-provoking spin-off vaguely connected to the Alien universe? Screenwriter Jon Spaihts' original Prometheus script, confirmed to be legit by Spaihts himself, has surfaced online revealing what his facehugger-laden version might have looked like.
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Behind the Camera || BY Frank DiGiacomo || 10 08 2012 2:30 PM

There Were Supposed To Be Facehuggers! 'Prometheus' Screenwriter Spills Secrets Of Early Scripts

There Were Supposed To Be Facehuggers! 'Prometheus' Screenwriter Spills Secrets Of Early Scripts

Ridley Scott's latest alien franchise could have looked more like a direct prequel to his last one, according to the original screenwriter for Prometheus Jon Spaihts. In a surprise-laden interview with Empire,  Spaihts says he had written facehuggers and chestbursters into early versions of the storyline before Scott and script doctor Damon Lindelof  decided to move in a more original direction. more »