Next month, 20th Century Fox’s “Prometheus” will finally touch down in theaters, but for screenwriter Jon Spaihts, the journey began nearly three years ago. Spaihts, who shares a writing credit on ...

“Prometheus” is an origin story. It offers a striking suggestion of how the human race might have come into being. But far more important, it hints at how the titular character of “Alien” was born.

Ridley Scott’s belated return to the genre that forged his reputation as a visionary stylist arrives weighed down by expectations it was always going to struggle to match, let alone surpass. And such ...

The opening moments of Prometheus present a visually breathtaking but puzzling prologue. Viewers witness a lone Engineer on what appears to be a primordial Earth, positioned beside a thundering ...

Check out the new trailer for the unofficial Ridley Scott “Alien” prequel “Prometheus”( June 8, 2012). The tagline: “They went looking for our beginning. What they found could be our end.” Scott and ...

Turns out Prometheus actually will be an origin story — just not solely about the Alien franchise. Screenwriter Damon Lindelof and co-star Charlize Theron came to Comic-Con Thursday and described the ...