While Ridley Scott recently declared that his new sci-fi movie ‘Prometheus,’ which was originally believed to a prequel to ‘Alien,’ would actually evolve into a new mythology and universe, the director is now including creatures from the popular franchise, Reelzchannel.com is reporting. The classic xenomorphs created by set designer H.R. Giger, who won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for his design work on ‘Aliens,’ are expected to appear in ‘Prometheus.’

While Scott released a press release saying “keen fans will recognize strands of ‘Alien’s DNA’ in ‘Prometheus,’ the new movie will actually take place in the same world of the classic film. Scott has built the same space jockey cockpit for ‘Prometheus’ that appeared in the first ‘Alien.’ Part of ‘Prometheus,’ which focuses on the discovery of alien DNA that reveals the coordinates for an alien world, will be shot partially in Morocco.

Damon Lindelof, who previously wrote ‘Cowboys and Aliens,’ penned the script for ‘Prometheus.’ Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, who rose to fame in 2009’s ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,’ has been cast as scientist Elizabeth Shaw. Michael Fassbender is also rumored to be cast as an android named David.

By Karen Benardello