Fox Eyeing Natalie Portman for Alien Prequel
Wed, October 13, 2010 
Similar to her Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky, it seems couple of days we hear of another high-profile genre movie Natalie Portman is up for. As reported by Movie Hole, she's said to be high up on Warner Brothers' list of Lois Lanes for Superman: The Man of Steel. Before that, the studio threw a formal offer her way to headline the troubled Alfonso Cuaron Gravity production (she turned it down) and her long-attachment to Pride & Prejudice & Zombies (she recently left the project).
Courtesy of Vulture comes something else to send the fanboys' blood raising. She's under 20th Century Fox's radar for the lead of their untitled Alien prequel. My reaction is the same as Aronofsky on Wolverine 2 – just, fuck no. The world isn't clamoring to know the origins of the Goddamn space jockey, and she'd be better off torpedoing Fox's offer. Hasn't she made her mark in the "prequel to popular sci-fi franchise" genre anyway?
This comes hot off the heels of Damon Lindelof (co-creator of Lost and penning the Star Trek sequel with K&O)'s rewrite getting a glowing reception from studio brass. His touch-ups are said to have appeased their concerns with the direction Scott wants to take this prequel – budget and rating. It certainly doesn't sound like both parties have resolved their issues as earlier reported, but Fox is happy. Makes you wonder if they might show Scott the door if a resolution can't be met?
For me, this is one of those flicks I'll believe is happening when we see pictures taken from the set on the first day of filming. Could it still happen, and thus make me dead-wrong? Of course, certainly that wouldn’t be the first time to have occurred.
Reader Comments (1)
I don't see this so-called prequel happening anytime soon.