Prometheus

film by Scott [2012]

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“Alien”

  • Sigourney Weaver in Alien
    In Alien: Sequels and crossovers

    Prometheus (2012), a prequel of sorts directed by Ridley Scott, explores questions regarding the origins of human life. A 2017 sequel to Prometheus, Alien: Covenant, continues the former film’s story. A further sequel to Alien, Alien: Romulus, was released in the summer of 2024. The…

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discussed in biography

  • Ridley Scott
    In Ridley Scott

    …starred Crowe and Cate Blanchett; Prometheus (2012), a sci-fi thriller that revisited the eerie world of Alien; and The Counselor (2013), a crime drama scripted by Cormac McCarthy.

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Fassbender

  • Michael Fassbender
    In Michael Fassbender: Career

    …in Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller Prometheus. He then reunited with McQueen for 12 Years a Slave (2013), an acclaimed docudrama about Solomon Northup, a free Black man abducted and sold into slavery. Fassbender brought an arresting intensity to his role as an unstable plantation owner obsessed with an enslaved woman…

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Theron

  • Charlize Theron
    In Charlize Theron

    …character in the sci-fi thriller Prometheus (2012), the leader of a space expedition, was similarly icy and imperious.

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