Alien Anecdotes

First he took on Rise of the Apes....

Now James Franco, may take on another famous sci-fi franchise....Both he and Anne Hathaway are on the the list of potential candidates to star in  Ridley Scott’s Alien Prequel #1 and Alien Prequel #2  reports Bloody Disgusting.

Both Hathaway and Franco have expressed an interest in appearing in the films but aren't formally inked

Natalie Portma "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" star Noomi Rapace Carey Mulligan and Abbie Cornish have all been rumoured to be under consideration for the project in the past month.

"Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof  re-wrote Jon Spaihts first script which the studio seemingly loved as it avoids adding any further expensive set pieces and effects-heavy action sequences, and allows the film to be kept at a PG-13 rating but will still "be as violent" as the original 1979 Alien

Meantime out doing promotion for the Alien Anthology Blu-ray set out next week, past franchise star Sigourney Weaver told Screen Junkies. she has no interest in being on screen in the new films, but would like to be involved in a different way

“Certainly not as an actor but if they needed help with the story, I could probably help them. I have a good sense of what people appreciate in the series and what they don’t care about. So I hope they’ll ask me"

Hmmm

ABC news (via THR)  says Weaver and Robert De Niro may join director Rodrigo Cortés’ next thriller Red Lights.

Weaver will would play Margaret Matheson, a para-psychologist, who attempts to debunk De Niro’s character, a famous psychic.