It's confirmed: Ridley Scott will return to the "Alien" franchise as a director in a new film that will serve as a prequel to his 1979 film. Variety reports that Jon Spaihts has been tapped to pen the screenplay....(more)

TheOneRing spoke with Del Toro recently, who reveals that he is close to announcing who he will be casting in the role of Bilbo Baggins....(more)

Variety reports that Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment will produce a prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film "The Thing" with commercials director Matthijs van Heijningen making his feature film debut. "Battlestar Galactica" executive producer Ron Moore will pen the screenplay....(more)

Will Smith recently spoke with Collider and revealed that the next "I Am Legend" movie will, indeed, be a prequel contrary to some recent Internet speculation. "We have a fantastic prequel idea…we’re still trying to work through a couple of bumps in the story....(more)

The trailer for "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans" is now online. The film serves as a prequel to the Len Wiseman-directed films starring Kate Beckinsale....(more)

Variety reports that Warner Bros. will bring back Will Smith and director Francis Lawrence in a prequel to "I Am Legend....(more)

TheOneRing.net reports that the "Lord of the Rings" team of Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens have started the writing process with co-writer/director Guillermo Del Toro for "The Hobbit" and its sequel, scheduled to be released in Christmas of 2011 and 2012 respectively....(more)

In a piece about Guillermo del Toro today, Variety reports that Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are in talks to reprise their roles once again in Guillermo del Toro's "The Hobbit" and presumably the sequel after "The Hobbit." "The Hobbit" is based on the book by J....(more)

LA Weekly and DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com is receiving $4 million dollars to pen a screenplay based on Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons" novel....(more)

With news that Peter Jackson has been ousted from doing "The Hobbit" and a rumored second "Lord of the Rings" prequel in the works, it's no surprise that New Line would be considering other directors. TheOneRing....(more)