Script reaction, another actress rumored
Every day there’s someone different circling Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien prequels, and to be honest, until someone officially signs on, I’ll watch the speculation fly.
To get it out of the way first, Natalie Portman is said to be circling the films. So is Noomi Rapace of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Again, until something official comes along, take it all as rumor.
The team at Vulture have also been hearing about Damon (Lost) Lindelof’s script and the studio was thrilled with it. Says Vulture’s insider:
The thinking is that if the original Alien were released today, minus the F-bombs, you could still get a PG-13. Alien is a very Jaws-ian movie: There’s no sex, and while there’s lots of violence, most of it is off-camera. Maybe you’d have to cut away from certain scenes two seconds earlier, but it could be done.
That’s true, however, that only covers about a bit of how of the MPAA works. Minus the sex, minus the swearing, Alien could still get an R rating for “intensity” which the MPAA is known for granting out to some films.
Source: Vulture
