“Of course what I want to do is scare the living sh-t out of you.” — Ridley Scott

That quote comes from the three-minute Prometheus international featurette below, and it convinces me Ridley Scott and I could totally be friends. In the featurette, released for the New Zealand market, director Ridley Scott, writer Damon Lindelof, and stars Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, and That Other Guy discuss the Alien is-it-or-isn’t-it-a-prequel opening June 8th.

The featurette includes some new clips, including a foreshadowing bit where Noomi Rapace’s character says, “I came here for answers. I’d rather die with those answers than leave without them.” Or at least I think that’s what she said. I got distracted by her cheekbones. So dreamy. Want to cut glass into heart shapes with them.

We also have 19 new pictures (most of them from an article in today’s issue of Entertainment Weekly) released to promote the film. Check out that intriguing photo above. It looks like Fassbender has his groping helmet on. Too bad Rapace is in her grope-proof cocoon wearing her “sexy mummy” Halloween costume. What? You got a better explanation for this?

[Sources: Yahoo, CBM (1, 2), EW via /film]

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Hey folks, it’s time for your daily dose of Prometheus news/stuff. First off, Prometheus TV ads should be hitting the airwaves soon, and they contain a surprising amount of new footage, including a clearer look at the alien “space jockey” we’ve seen flashes of in previous trailers.

Hit the jump to check the new ad out…

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Time to breathe a sigh of relief fans of people going splatter in outer space — it’s finally confirmed that Prometheus will be R-rated. Ridley Scott filmed both a PG-13 and R version of the movie, and for months Scott and FOX have been vague about which version we were going to get to see in theatres, but with the release of the movie only a month away, it seems as though the decision to go with the R cut has finally, thankfully, been made.

According to FOX the R-rating comes as a result of “sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language.” So no, sadly no Charlize or Noomi boobs, or Fasspenis. Come on guys, if you’re going R anyways, take advantage of it.

Before I end this story, a note to all you teenagers out there — grow your best high school beard, grab your fake ID and go see Prometheus. R-rated blockbusters can only succeed if the kids who are only supposed to be watching the PG-13 movies sneak in. Make us proud.

via The Film Stage

So, the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (including Wesley) recently reunited in honor of TNG’s 25th anniversary (yes, TNG is 25 years old) in Calgary. Why Calgary of all places? Don’t ask me to explain the mysteries of the universe. Thankfully there were cameras rolling, so you can watch the entire panel after the jump.

Highlights include the fact that all the hostile alien planets visited on the show were covered in cat s–t, Patrick Stewart’s love of the smoke machine while directing (“smoke made s–t look good, didn’t it?”), a surprise pro wrestling-style run-in through the crowd by a certain Trek antagonist with a one-letter name, and the revelation that Patrick Stewart is the only white man LeVar Burton will kiss on the lips.

Come on, how can you resist with teases like that? Hit that jump!

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A new extended trailer for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (opening June 8th) aired in the UK this weekend, and holy crap is it full of new footage (and perhaps more of the plot than we needed, not that we’re sad about that). Everything after 1:40 in the video below may show you more than you wanted to see yet, but not us. We’re down for getting an eyeful of this movie any time.

Speaking of getting an eyeful, we’ve also got a bunch of pictures and .gifs as well. Forewarning, the last one is definitely going to replace the Brahmin moth caterpillar in my nightmares.

[Sources: ThePlaylist, TheFilmStage, CBM (1, 2, 3), BleedingCool.]

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Sony aired some footage from Len Wiseman’s Total Recall remake at CinemaCon 2012 in Las Vegas this week, and Frosty from Collider provided a description of what he saw. Normally I’d just ignore that since writing about someone else describing a ten minute video they watched seems about as fascinating as reading a stranger’s dream journal. But then we heard the magic words “THREE-BREASTED HOOKER”.

This one showed a lot of the story set-up, beginning with Farrell as Doug at home with his wife, played by Kate Beckinsale, in a room talking about how things haven’t turned out the way he had hoped, but then he hears about something called Rekall from his friend (Bookem Woodbine), although he tells him not to go there.
Doug doesn’t listen and he goes to the city’s seedier area and is propositioned by this movie’s version of the three-breasted hooker! “You’ll wish you had 3 hands,” she tells him before he spots the sign for Rekall and goes in. [CBM]

How is that not part of every press release about this movie? If Sony wants to play it smart, they’ll replace the official poster and tagline with our improved version above. Don’t bury the lede, guys.