Prometheus
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“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
- 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
- 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
- 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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