Prometheus cowriter jon spaihts to script disneys the black. Nov 12, 2012 jon spaihts wrote an almost direct prequel to ridley scotts alien before losts damon lindelof came in and took the film in a direction which didnt include such wellknown franchise favourites. Original alien prequel script differences screen rant. Jon spaihts and damon lindelof facebook messenger click the button below and wait for a message. Theres a part of the hypothesis for the engineers is that they fixed earths climate they stopped it from going back and forth between ice age and hell, basically, to help life along.
Jun 06, 2012 prometheus script pdf a team of scientists journey through the universe on the spaceship prometheus on a voyage to investigate alien life forms. The cast of this movie includes guy pearce as peter weyland, michael fassbender as david, noomi rapace as elizabeth shaw, charlize theron as meredith vickers and iddris elba as janek. What resulted is prometheus, with a script credited to spaihts and damon lindelof. So what began as simply checking spaihts twitter ended up revealing the script for one of his original drafts. Read the original draft of prometheus by jon spaihts, titled alien. Compare the damon lindelof and jon spaihts drafts of. Jon spaihts confirms his leaked prometheus script, titled alien. Read jon spaihts original prometheus script right here. Spaihts was born in new york, the son of jean, a computer programmer, and jim spaihts, an electronics engineer. I was lucky enough that it sold, despite it being my first screenplay, recalls spaihts, who wrote the script while working as a documentary filmmaker and. If i were to venture a guess, the script i read was the initial draft as variety announced spaihts as being tapped to write the reboot back in april 2012. Disney are moving forward with their plan to reinvent the 1979 scifi film, and have brought prometheus cowriter jon spaihts on board the project to. Well, now you can actually find out for yourself as the full script has just burst out.
In its second major material buy this week, sony pictures emerged from a competitive situation with the rights to passengers, the script by doctor strange scribe jon spaihts that is a. Jon spaihts and damon lindelof, in addition to the original conception of the franchise elements from ronald shusett and the late. At a meeting in the offices of scotts production company. So did spaihts script also contain the silliness or was that all lindelof. The first script was written by jon spaihts and was named alien. Read damon lindelofs draft of the prometheus script. I just wish the film would have been more rooted in the original aliens mythos.
May 11, 2020 ahead of the release of passengers, we got to chat to the man who came up with the idea, developed the film, and penned the script. Nov 15, 2012 prometheus jon spaihts original script released. Prometheus through its production, jon spaihts was the screenwriter from. Ridley scotts prometheus was a gorgeouslooking movie filled with some the most abysmally idiotic characters ive seen. The visuals were incredible its one of the best looking films of all time but the script is trash.
Jon spaihts and damon lindelof, in addition to the original conception of the. Apr 24, 2020 jon spaihts original prometheus script pdf april 24, 2020 admin as a leaked early draft of prometheus leaks online, ryan looks at the alien prequel youve followed the progress of prometheus through its production, jon spaihts was was spaihtss script a superior piece of work that became sullied and. Noomi rapace, michael fassbender, guy pearce, idris elba, logan marshallgreen, charlize theron. Telling the origin story of the creature that terrified us in alien over three decades ago, ridley scotts prometheus is one of this summers most hotly anticipated films. Screenwriter jon spaihts on the passengers ending collider. So the script online now is definitively the predamon lindelof draft of what became prometheus. Anyway, one of the reasons prometheus, maulled by fans and critics alike for the past few months, was greenlit in the first place was spaihts excellent. Jan 09, 2017 if youre not familiar with passengers, the film is a rarity in hollywood. Read the original draft of prometheus by jon spaihts, titled. Screenwriting submitted 3 years ago by smilion here is the unproduced script for the mummy reboot written by jon spaihts prometheus. May 03, 2012 prometheus screenwriter jon spaihts jon spaihts is the canny screenwriter behind one of the most hotlyanticipated films this year, the scifi thriller prometheus. The 8 worst parts of prometheus made sense in the original script. Read jon spaihts original draft of the prometheus script 12 november, 2012 0 2 you probably havent heard of jon spaihts, despite him being a fantastic writer.
Prometheus script pdf a team of scientists journey through the universe on the spaceship prometheus on a voyage to investigate alien life forms. Jon spaihts confirms his leaked prometheus script, titled. A few years back, jon spaihts became popular in hollywood thanks in part to his stillunproduced scifi screenplay passengers. Apr 05, 20 the studio has snapped up prometheus and the darkest hour, fyi scribe jon spaihts to write the movie, taking over for jesse wigutow, who only just a few days ago, kosinski said in. As a leaked early draft of prometheus leaks online, ryan looks at the alien. I was lucky enough that it sold, despite it being my first screenplay, recalls spaihts, who wrote the script while working as a documentary filmmaker and freelance writer in his native new york city. This has ultimately come to the screen with prometheus and now covenant, but the creationminded series could have been very different had the original idea been used. You probably havent heard of jon spaihts, despite him being a fantastic writer. Nov 14, 2012 as youll already know if youve followed the progress of prometheus through its production, jon spaihts was the screenwriter from its early stages, back when it was still described as a true. Jon spaihts is an american screenwriter and author. Omfg read the prometheus script before damon lindelof. Screenwriter jon spaihts who used the hype for the script as collateral to move onto big projects such as prometheus, doctor strange and pacific rim. Want to read jon spaihts predamon lindelof script for. Was spaihtss script a superior piece of work that became sullied and.
Nov 14, 2012 read damon lindelofs draft of the prometheus script. Commissioned around the same time scott came on board, it would have taken the. Dec 23, 2016 screenwriter jon spaihts who used the hype for the script as collateral to move onto big projects such as prometheus, doctor strange and pacific rim. Damon lindelof prometheus script rewrite ties to comics, books, and film early development began on a fifth alien film in, with. How much does the script harken back to the original alien franchise. Engineers, reveals a totally different xenomorph prequel story to the kernel of the enterprise is a script by passengers scribe jon spaihts titled alien. The 8 worst parts of prometheus made sense in the original. We spoke with passengers writer jon spaihts prometheus, doctor strange about. Nov 12, 2012 over the past few weeks i had been on the hunt for a certain screenplay, one that has now leaked online thanks to scribd. The kernel of the enterprise is a script by passengers scribe jon spaihts titled alien. Your unconscious mind was suppossed to pick up on all the sex references through gigers designs and the aliens lifecycle and it was suppossed to make you uncomfortable over the course of the movie. His science fiction romance passengers was included on the 2007 black list of unproduced highvalue screenplays. The script for jon spaihts the mummy has a july 20 date and could very well be the first or one of the first drafts of the film. Covenant scripts, you can also check out scripts for the rest of the alien and predator films, including 2 of jon spaihts scripts for prometheus, in our downloads section.
Overall, rather good, but the characters annoyingly and jarringly flaunted. Full text of alienengineers originalprometheusscript. Read damon lindelofs draft of the prometheus script collider. The title isnt as good, but his version of the story contained much bigger nods to the alien series including use of. Right now, thanks to a couple of scripts appearing online, people can get a better idea of who brought what to the table for prometheus, with both damon lindelof and jon spaihts drafts available. The studio has snapped up prometheus and the darkest hour, fyi scribe jon spaihts to write the movie, taking over for jesse wigutow, who only just a few days ago, kosinski said in. Read the original draft of prometheus by jon spaihts.
The team of scientists becomes stranded on an alien world, and as they struggle to survive it becomes clear that the horrors they experience are not just a threat to themselves, but to all of mankind. Will damon lindelof ever be able to win back fans after his rewrite of jon. Lindelof had done major revisions to the original script written by jon spaihts. Prometheus cowriter jon spaihts to script disneys the. Jon spaihts wrote an almost direct prequel to ridley scotts alien before losts damon lindelof came in and took the film in a direction which didnt include such wellknown franchise favourites. Ive got a copy of the original jon spaihts script, alien. Prometheus scribe jon spaihts to write the black hole. At a meeting in the offices of scotts production company, scott free, screenwriter jon spaihts was asked to riff on the possibilities of a film that would revisit the alien universe. Apr 04, 20 disney are moving forward with their plan to reinvent the 1979 scifi film, and have brought prometheus cowriter jon spaihts on board the project to work on the script. The original version of the prometheus script by jon spaihts recently popped up online. We spoke with passengers writer jon spaihts prometheus, doctor strange about jims dilemma and how the ending evolved during the. Mar, 2017 now i have an excuse to obsess over how the film was initially much more alienoriented, as a draft of jon spaihts take on prometheus has leaked to the masses. Finally, jon spaihts original draft for prometheus entitled alien.
Compare the damon lindelof and jon spaihts drafts of prometheus. It wasnt always that way, though, and now you can read the script that would later be ruined to become prometheus when fox began to plan a prequel to alien, jon spaihts was. Read jon spaihts original draft of the prometheus script. Nov 12, 2012 read the original draft of prometheus by jon spaihts, titled alien. Whats even better is that its been confirmed by spaihts himself as the real deal. By clicking here you can download and read jon spaihts alien. If youre not familiar with passengers, the film is a rarity in hollywood. Uprising was involved in all script updates, but his original vision would up being changed as the passengers screenplay went though various stars and studio backers. There seems to be reports of a november dated script. Now that prometheus has come and gone, we can look back and see what a missed opportunity the script was. Nov 12, 2012 jon spaihts alienoriented prometheus script leaks. Engineers, the original version of prometheus flixist. Read jon spaihts prometheus script that damon lindelof ruined. Prometheus screenwriter jon spaihts filmmaker magazine.
Alien engineers deutsch space engineers gameplay german. Prometheus scribe jon spaihts penned the script years ago, and after a few. Prometheus writer jon spaihts to rewrite black hole. As youll already know if youve followed the progress of prometheus through its production, jon spaihts was the screenwriter from its early. Check out the script in its entirety and be sure to let us know how you feel it compares to the finished film in addition to this first look at one of the alien. How an unsung screenwriter got to work with ridley. As most of you know, prometheus was penned by two screenwriters. The difference between alien and alien prequel script is that alien was psychosexual in nature. Prometheus, directed by ridley scott, with screenplay by jon spaihts and. May 19, 2017 this has ultimately come to the screen with prometheus and now covenant, but the creationminded series could have been very different had the original idea been used. Full text of alienengineers original prometheus script. Nov, 2012 the first script was written by jon spaihts and was named alien. Apr 07, 2019 jon spaihts original prometheus script pdf april 7, 2019 posted by admin as a leaked early draft of prometheus leaks online, ryan looks at the alien prequel youve followed the progress of prometheus through its production, jon spaihts was was spaihtss script a superior piece of work that became sullied and. Jon spaihts original prometheus script pdf april 24, 2020 admin as a leaked early draft of prometheus leaks online, ryan looks at the alien prequel youve followed the progress of prometheus through its production, jon spaihts was was spaihtss script a superior piece of work that became sullied and.
It links to the alien films much better than the final draft. The original script has a scene where he purposefully and ruthlessly decides to provide the contract to watts and holloway. And now that ive read it, i find it very interesting to see how this and prometheus differ. The original screenplay for ridley scotts prometheus 2012 written by jon spaihts entitled alien. I recently read his spec script passengers, about a man who wakes up early from hypersleep on a hundredsyearold space mission.
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