![]() At the time, he said his Lovecraft movie would face a long pause. The icing on the cake was Prometheus, because del Toro felt his version of At the Mountains of Madness was too similar to the Alien movie. ![]() Production was supposed to start in 2011, but Universal wouldn't greenlight it if it was rated R, like del Toro wanted the studio wanted it to be rated PG-13. Lovecraft adaptation and Tom Cruise was supposed to star. Finally, in 2010, James Cameron came on to produce the H.P. Del Toro had been working on the adaptation since 2006 when he and Matthew Robbins co-wrote a script, but he could never get a studio to finance it. By 2017, Scott said he did not think the project "will ever see the light." At the Mountains of MadnessAccording to Guillermo del Toro, we have Ridley Scott's Prometheus to thank for him never making his planned At the Mountains of Madness movie. Later in 2015, Blomkamp revealed (again, on social media) that Alien 5 was "kinda holding" pending Prometheus 2 (aka Alien: Covenant). Play Sadly, the fact Ridley Scott opted to move forward with Alien: Covenant seems to be what killed the project. So I think it's officially my next film." He announced the news in true 2010s fashion: by posting some concept art to his Instagram account with the caption, "Um. Neill Blomkamp's AlienAfter Prometheus but before Alien: Covenant, there were a brief, wonderful two years where Neill Blomkamp was supposed to direct the next Alien movie.
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