Prometheus

Was originally intended as a prequel to Ridley Scott's Alien, but Scott decided to turn it into an original film with Noomi Rapace (who was already set to star) still in the cast as one of five main characters. Some time later however it was confirmed that while the movie will take place in the same universe as Alien and greatly reference that movie, it will mostly be an original movie and not a direct prequel.

Designer H.R. Giger, who worked on the original design of the Xenomorph Alien, was brought in to assist in reverse-engineering the design of the Aliens in the film.

Director Ridley Scott named the film "Prometheus", seeing the name aptly fit the film's themes: "It's the story of creation; the gods and the man who stood against them." In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus was a servant of the gods, who stole and gave to mankind the gift of fire, an immeasurable benefit that changed the human race forever (for better AND worse).

Ridley Scott decided against featuring Xenomorphs (the titular Alien of the film series) in the film, as "the sequels squeezed him dry, he did very well... and no way am I going back there." Instead, this being an indirect prequel to Alien, he decided to feature an Xenomorph ancestor/parent.

During production, Ridley Scott kept the use of computer-generated imagery as low as possible, using CGI mainly in space scenes; Scott recalled advice VFXpert Douglas Trumbull gave him on the set of Blade Runner: "If you can do it live, do it live", and also claimed that practical VFX was more cost-effective than digital VFX.

An innovative viral campaign was used to promote the film, consisting in several videos depicting the near future world from the film. The first was a fake TED Talk given by Peter Weyland (played by Guy Pierce), dated 2028. Later, two different versions of a commercial promoting the David 8 android (played by Michael Fassbender) were released. Theses viral videos were designed by Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof themselves, and were directed by Scott's son, Luke Scott.

The film contains approximately 1300 digital VFX shots.

Prometheus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Artist: Marc Streitenfeld Binding: Audio CD CatalogNumberList: EAN: 0886919783421 EANList: Feature: Record Label: Sony Feature: Catalog#: 88691 978342 Feature: Country Of Release: NLD Feature: Year Of Release: 2012 Format: Soundtrack IsAdultProduct: 0 IsEligibleForTradeIn: 1 ItemDimensions: Label: SONY MASTERWORKS Languages: ListPrice: Manufacturer: SONY MASTERWORKS NumberOfDiscs: 1 PackageDimensions: PackageQuantity: 1 ProductGroup: Music ProductTypeName: ABIS_MUSIC PublicationDate: 2012 Publisher: SONY MASTERWORKS ReleaseDate: 2012-06-12 SKU: A886919783421 Studio: SONY MASTERWORKS Title: Prometheus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) TradeInValue: UPC: 886919783421 UPCList:

Product Description Since working as music supervisor on Ridley's Scott's 2005 film, Kingdom Of Heaven, Scott has called on Marc Streitenfeld to score all of his subsequent movies including A Good Year, Body Of Lies, Robin Hood and American Gangster, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA. Prior to his work as a composer, Streitenfeld had collaborated with Scott as music editor, music supervisor and technical score advisor on several projects, including Matchstick Men, Black Hawk Down and Gladiator.