Fox confirms "Prometheus 2" in on while Lindelof is out

For me "Prometheus" was like going on a date with that hot chick you've been lusting after only to find out she doesn't believe in sex before marriage. Doh!

I laid most of the blame for this at the feet of Damon Lindelof who, in my opinion, gave "Prometheus" the "Lost" treatment. That is, he took an idea with a ton of potential and a great cast and, after a promising start, decided to play make believe in the backyard ("Wouldn't it be super cool if Joey had like a mohawk and some tats like my big brother, and, and, and what if Nancy like cuts herself wide open, pulls an alien outa her gut then, like, does wind sprints and rock climbing?! That'd be so cool!"). The whole production was wrapped in the cheeziest tv serial muzak theme to hit the big screen since, well, I can't personally remember another that felt so out of place. Every time the Prometheus theme drifted over the proceedings I felt like I was back on the couch and "Lost" had just returned from commercial.

To be sure, Ridley Scott deserves his share of the blame because after all the buck stops with him and he should have seen that the script was bogged down by nonsensical characters and inexplicable action (the engineer - who after all is supposed to be a member of the species that we're descended from - manages to go all the way from the downed alien ship to the crashed escape pod without the need for oxygen) and that the music sucked. Still, like that incredibly hot chick, Prometheus was redeemed by its visuals and had just enough going for it to keep me thinking long after I left the theater.

Well now THR is reporting that Fox has confirmed that they're moving ahead with a Prometheus sequel and that Damon (backyard writer of the year) Lindelof will likely have no role in the proceedings. Can I get an amen? Of course with Lindelof gone the sequel may reveal that the real culprit behind Prometheus's problems was one Sir Ridley Scott who will, after all, be nearly 80 by the time P2 hits the screen. But it's a risk I'm willing to take because if the franchise is going to go down I'd rather it went down in the hands of it's originator rather than some wet behind the ears writer/producer du jour.

Both Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender are under contract to return for the sequel which will likely hit theaters in 2015.

Noomi Rapace in "Prometheus"