Facts – What We Know So Far

(updated: December 18, 2011)

Confirmed:

• Official synopsis:

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.

• Release date: June 8, 2012 (USA).
• Cast List.
• Genre: Sci-fi, Horror - Of course, what I want to do is scare the living shit out of you (Ridley Scott).
• Prometheus is part of the Alien universe - Link 1, Link 2, Link 3.
• Thematically, Prometheus is about ‘God versus Science‘.
• Focus on contact with the Space Jockey race.
• Story doesn’t take place on Earth in any significant way.
• In the story Prometheus is the name of the human crew’s space ship.
• Michael Fassbender’s character is an android.
• The last 8 minutes of Prometheus evolve into a pretty good DNA of the Alien one.
• HR Giger is involved. Confirmed by Ridley Scott here.
• Xenomorphs will have a considerably different look and will do perverse things.
• It will not be the xenomorphs as we know them in Alien (and/or Aliens).
• What we see of the Jockey in the ’79 movie is actually a biomechanical suit. Another source here.
• Lindelof says Prometheus will not be gory but the horror will be more psychological in nature.
• Will have as many practical effects as possible.
• Theatrical release might be PG-13.
• Designed for 3-D.
• Ridley Scott wanted to do a sequel immediately.
• The ending of Prometheus will not lead into the 1979 movie.
• Again, if Prometheus were to have a sequel, it would not be Alien.
• Charlize says Prometheus is not a prequel.
• Michael Fassbender’s ‘Prometheus’ Character Inspired By Greg Louganis.
• Fassbender says there are creatures in the movie that you will recognize.   
• Noomi Rapace says her character in the end is such a survivor.   << NEW
• Logan Marshall-Green’s character Holloway is Elizabeth Shaw’s love interest.
• Charlize says Patrick Wilson’s character is all in flashback.

Unconfirmed:

• Man sees 3 aliens having lunch.
• Another reports mentions an alien with a domed-shaped head.
• Highly likely Weyland Corp logo (company before Weyland-Yutani).
• There will be two droids.
• An enormous semi-human head piloting the ship.
• In this suit is a humanoid alien.
• Two Space Jockeys listed as Engineer and Elder Engineer.
• Two human space ships – Prometheus & Magellan.
• Leaked detailed synopsis – “Paradise” October 2011 version.
• Leaked detailed synopsis – KFS June 2011 version.
• Prometheus Trailer description by a privileged theatre owner.
• Weyland gives a speech announcing Prometheus ship launch.