From the U.K. to Iceland…I know my girl Charlize ain’t diggin’ the frigid climates!
Last week we saw a pair of cave-photos from the set of Ridley Scott’s ALIEN-esque horror-show, PROMETHEUS…likely constructed on the famed Pinewood Studios in England. Well, news has come in today that Scott his moving his whole crew to that lovely bastion of summer getaways…Iceland!
Not only that, Scott had a few things to say regarding his highly-shrouded return to sci-fi. Peep it…
“If one is afraid of nature in this profession then it would be best to find a different job.”
That sounds like more of a Werner Herzog quote, but okay. More interestingly, Scott added:
“It will be 15 minutes in total, if all goes to plan. We are shooting the beginning of time.”
About the secrecy surrounding the production:
“There is a lot of innovative and new stuff in the film and it would be a shame to ruin that [surprise] with leaks.”
And regarding the ultimate reason to film in Iceland:
“It is possible to find similar landscapes elsewhere in the world,” Scott explained. “But here it is so rough and ‘Jurassic-like’ and that proved decisive. Iceland is a massively beautiful country.”
Coming June 8th of next year, visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life’s ultimate mystery.
Noomi Rapace, Guy Pearce, Michael Fassbender, Idris Alba, Logan Marshall-Green, Rafe Spall, Sean Harris, Katie Dickie and Ben Foster also take part in the picture.
CHARLIZE!