EW: Fox Demands Ridley Scott Direct New ALIEN Prequel??

I am – Hercules!!

Tony Scott told collider.com during a “Pelham 1 2 3” junket last month that commercial director Carl Erik Rinsch would make his feature directorial debut on a new Predator-free “Alien” prequel Tony's brother, original “Alien” director Ridley Scott, is producing. But Fox apparently would prefer Rinsch make his feature directorial debut with some other movie, according to Entertainment Weekly:

Sources at Fox, however, tell EW that the studio is not interested in greenlighting a prequel unless [Ridley] Scott himself directs.

Although I’m certain Rinsch is a perfectly lovely man and his TV ads quite eye-catching, I admit I find myself getting a little chubbed up at the idea of Ridley Scott ordering around a bunch of face-huggers one more time. Find all of EW’s story on the matter here.