(Update: it’s REAL) Jon Spaihts Script Surfaces Online
Take this for what you will but a PDF file has been circulating around online recently that is allegedly a version of Jon Spaihts’ “Untitled Alien Prequel” script. You’ll read that a lot from the following script rings true of what Spaights talked about in his audio commentary on the Blu-ray. And so either the faker of this document did their due diligence really well, or this is truly one of Spaihts’ drafts.
In any event, read it for yourself (PDF download link below) and let us know what you think in the comments section here or at our new look PrometheusForum.net !
DOWNLOAD: http://www.PrometheusForum.net/Alien-Engineers.pdf
(*** UPDATE: It’s REAL https://twitter.com/jonspaihts ***)
Thanks to Cosmik and Sticky_Fingaz for the heads up on this PDF file.
In other news, here are new Prometheus artwork from the same guys who designed that ever so exquisite Blu-ray cover (source http://neuronsyndicate.com/portfolio/prometheus) Thanks to PF user Antovolk for the link.
So, if this file is legit, then Jon Spaihts himself exported the PDF on his own computer just recently using Final Draft version 8.
Furthermore, Spaihts wrote “Passengers” and other works with Final Draft allegedly on a Windows computer, exporting the PDF with Amyuni software. This PDF was created on a Mac (10.8.2).
it’s real. you just got owned, son
I think the draft is legit. I have been reading it and it is dead on to his commentary. I have always wanted to read his draft, because I think true Alien fans like myself wanted to see a direct prequel and not this utterly flawed film called Prometheus. However, I read the article by blog spot of someone who read Lindelof’s version and said it was good in terms of characterization and dialogue. What we saw in the theater was the butchered or shooting version of his rewrite. I wish this script was leaked, so I could make comparisons and not hold such a hatred for Lindelof.
Great Script this is how Prometheus should have been.
Would love to see that this is filmed maybe some years later by another studio…
lol…not going to happen dude…this is not like Disney buying Star Wars.
The script has some good ideas, like the engineer technology beeing so powerfull and the engineers dominating over the xenomorphs like they were pets and so on but as prometheus failed this script would also not be very satisfying.
From my point I would like to see a film which deals with the whole subject in a more subtile way like 2001.
In the first movie, the Space jockey scene had such an impact it created so much mystery and fascination.
Ridley should have sticked to this scene an should have brought it to another level. Instead Prometheus reminds me a little bit of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.
Prometheus was visually stunning. Especially the scene when the Engineer is waked up was very good. Its just my opinion no offense here but I think the story overall was too trivial and was really leading nowhere.
And the sequel? Cmon I mean it can only get worse. More engineers maybe more action and then cheesy moments where the engineers explain why they wanted to kill humans, bcause we killed jesus. freaking hilarious, I hope that they dont make that sequel and just close the case.
You’re not getting away with just stating that Prometheus failed as if that was a fact. It was financially very successful ($400 million against a $130 million budget), a sequel has been announced and it has a lot of fans. The fact that it also has a lot of detractors does not make it a failure, it makes it devisive.
A movie that loses money is a financial failure and a movie that is universally panned and has no fans is an artistic failure, and that’s the only ways you can objectively say a movie failed. Everything else is just opinion. Stating your opinions as fact is arrogant and close to trolling, epecially when you know a lot of people here disagree.
get a grip…there was no way this film was going to fail at all. It has a bunch of 18-60 year old fans of both the Alien and Predator franchises. So don’t act like your smart and rattle off box office numbers dumb ass.
I think spaiths script was just as bad as the one that ended up becoming Prometheus, I think what Ridley scott has tried to do is take what is essentially a dog shit and turn it into a diamond, the result I thought was quite good, after reading this script though and hearing about the things that were left out of the movie that linddleloff brought to the table I am seriously thinking of taking up screen writing, and unfortunately it looks like scott will probably have to wave his magic wand again and try to turn something mediocre into glory. I think if many of the sad fuckers who bad mouthed the film actually had any intelligence and balls they would probably start writing scripts now for what they want to see in a sequel and start bombarding scott with them , because if this script by spaiths is what’s seen as passable in a film these days then it is a joke. P.s DON’T REPLY TO ME, I’m not a fucking nerd i’m just making a point, and have recently started to think about taking up writing myself which brought me here to this link, and the thought of some specky four eyed twat attack something that I wrote is just laughable and in everyday life would cost them the fucking use of there teeth
You wouldn’t make it as a screenwriter dip shit because you can’t take criticism. Don’t quit your day job tolling the internet f u c k face.
its their teeth, not there teeth. Its possessive…u dumb ass! Go back to school and learn english grammar.
I never said its a fact.
Read it again, its just my opinion. You liked the movie well thats great.
But I dont liked it and yes maybe thats a fact.
I´m with Folder in everything he said, shouldn´t be a sequel for Prometheus but that´s my opinion, a comercial succes doesn’t measures a film quality, only time will say if Prometheus is a scifi classic or just another money-making movie in a franchise
After reading both scripts and as a huge Alien fan, I think they should have collaborated on the final script together. It is rare these days to see films written by just one writer. Look at the new Star Trek films. I liked Prometheus but was also disappointed with it as well.
Was super pumped about Prometheus and pretty much let down by the film. Stunning visuals, but the plot was just a silly rehash of everything we’ve seen before with hollow characters.
After reading this “leak” I must say I enjoyed readint the script better than watching the film. This would have been an EPIC movie to see. I can visualize Fassbender holding the facehugger and mentioning the line about being dissapointed to when he met his creators. That would have elevated him to #1 ALIEN “villain” easily. Such a great scene and given how good he was as David he would have pulled it off amazingly. Just overall a much better rendition of how the film should have been.