Prometheus (2012) and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005)
How the plan for an Alien prequel migrated into Prometheus, and the tensions behind an Aardman classic.
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Show Notes
In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two films long in the planning - but with a fair few bumps on the way.
Ridley Scott was eventually lured back to the Alien saga with 2012's Prometheus. Even then, he originally found a different director - and two different writers each took it further away from the original.
The Wallace & Gromit film, The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, was the start of the end for a major deal between Aardman and DreamWorks Animation - and Aardman was willing to take the film elsewhere anyway.
Stories of both are told in this episode.
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