Though there’s an element that he may be hamming it up a bit here, it wouldn’t be the first time that a film title gets set in such a way that it connects with fans early on. While out doing press for The Martian, director Ridley Scott talked about the upcoming plans for the sequel to Prometheus. Talking with the HeyUGuys site, he apparently revealed the title for the film.
“Prometheus 2 is not really what it’s going to be,” Scott said. “It’s going to be Alien: Paradise Lost.” He explained in the interview that the film will be more a prequel to 1979’s Alien, examining the “why and how the beast was invented.” Further, the allusion to the poem by John Milton is intentional, with Scott saying that there will be “really a similarity” between it and the film.
Scott also went on elsewhere to talk about plans for three or so sequels for this part of the franchise along with working with Neill Blomkamp to get the main Alien franchise up and running again.
[Source: Deadline]
