Alien Prequels Hit Speed Bump

Those two big Alien prequels Ridley Scott was developing? You remember, the ones I objected to as a stupid idea and no need of connecting-the-dots before Kane's (eventually) dead ass woke up?

Script Flags says the project is suffering from a case of butting heads. Scott wants a budget fit for his epic scope ($250 million, give or take) and a hard-core 18 rating (R here on the domestic front) with lots of good juicy violence. 20^th Century Fox is on the other end of the debate wanting the opposite of what old Ridley is pushing for – something considerably cheaper and with a PG-13 rating.

A PG-13 Alien movie.

Come on, Fox, I see your resistance of handing an obese-sized blank check to Scott after a recent string of under-performers and you know what, I'm on your side here. That's too much money to blow on something that'll be restrictive to certain paying movie-goers. But at least give the man his R rating in exchange for a tighter-around-the-belt price-tag.

Feels like moot talk anyway. I never really saw this movie happening, and judging by this conflict getting out, this could be a downward sign of things to come for the Alien prequel. And no, I won't whine and slam my keyboard with "FUCK STUUUUUPID FOX!" remarks when the inevitable occurs. A prequel to Scott's '79 classic is a terrible idea – even if the great helmer himself is back behind the camera.