Now, he wants “Prometheus 2” to warrant a pretty hard-R rating this time around because he intends to take the sequel back to its roots, referring to the first “Alien” movie.
Compared to the tense terror of “Alien,” “Prometheus” was very soft with just the robo-Cesarian pushing it over the top. Scott intends to bring the same tense terror to “Alien: Covenant.”
In an interview during the 2016 Golden Globes awards early this year, Scott narrated that he always remembered walking down the edge in Saint Louis when they were previewing “Alien.” He said that he could not sit through the film one more time. So he walked down the edge into the kitchen scene when John Hurt started to bring up his breakfast. Scott realized right there how pretty scary the film was.
Scott explained that he felt a sense of responsibility that he had gone too far because it was extreme. He promised to try and do that again with “Alien: Covenant,” but much worse.
With “Alien: Covenant” hitting theaters in about 21 months time, Scott has all the time he needs right now to out-chestburst himself with the “Prometheus” sequel.
Scott seriously intends to recapture the suspense, surprise, and gore of the first “Alien” movie which obviously had fans of the sci-fi horror action series quite excited.