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Damon Lindelof Rewriting 'Alien' Prequel

By Robert Wadlow on | From getthebigpicture.net
Minus Carlton Cuse and without the safety net of J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot, Damon Lindelof is charting off on his own, agreeing to terms to rewrite Ridley Scott's prequel to Alien for 20th Century Fox.

Deadline has the story this afternoon, and from the sounds of it, it won't be one of those rewrite situations where a guy emphasizes or de-emphasizes a character here or there or adds an action scene or two featuring punchy dialogue. It sounds like an overhaul.

In a development as vexing as a Lost plotline, studio insiders said that while Lindelof indeed met with Scott and the studio for that rewrite job, the exchange of ideas between them sparked a take that could well turn out to be a free-standing science fiction film.

Lost is, of course, the natural place to jump when talking about Lindelof. He and Cuse more or less ran the show the majority of the time, even developing it with Abrams from the very beginning. But they're not listed as co-writers on Abrams' Star Trek sequel or the Cowboys & Aliens script, although fellow Abrams alums Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are.

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