After months of speculation, Variety is reporting that the Alien prequel is definitely on, with original Alien helmer Ridley Scott set to direct.
Twentieth Century Fox has also hired Jon Spaihts to write the script, which will precede the first Alien. Annoyingly the report doesn't go into any more detail about the plot.
It is the first Alien movie Ridley Scott has been directly involved in since the original, with Carl Rinsch previously linked to direct the project.
There is not much information about this yet, and the IMDB says it is set for 2011. IMDB link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/Also, while snooping around on the IMDB site, I came across a link called "Predators." It says it is also known as Predator 3. link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424381/I can't wait to see some trailers for these.
