io9 have posted what is claimed to be a detailed plot description for Prometheus.

I should say that we recevied the same information, from the same tipster, last night. We even hinted at receiving some ‘interesting’ news via Twitter.

So, why didn’t we run the article? Well, I enquired about the source’s link to Prometheus, and, while he admitted that he had no direct link, his explanation of how he got the info sounded pretty logical and feasable. On the other hand, much of the plot breakdown contains story elements that have already been reported or rumoured. On the other (third?) hand, there are certainly some intriguing new elements in there that makde this news worthy of reporting.

Finally, there’s the fact that the tipster assured us he had only sent the news to us; I wonder if he told io9 the same thing? That may be a clue to the source’s reliability and trustworthiness…

It’s a tricky one – if it’s some imaginative, fan-made piecing together and fleshing out of ‘known’ story elements, then fair enough, and well done to them. Or it could be that this is the real deal, in which case SPOILERS AHOY!, and read on with caution.

Earth. Year 2058.

Archaeological digs in Africa reveal alien artifacts that humans were genetically engineered by a advanced alien race (space jockeys). These “Alien Gods” also terraformed Earth in order to make it habitable for their human creations. Amongst finds are coordinates to the Alien God’s home-world, to Paradise. Months later the Weyland Corp launch the spaceship PROMETHEUS and his crew, into deep space to make first contact. Thanks to faster than light travel a few years later the PROMETHEUS enters the Zeta Riticuli star system. Humans are greeted by their makers, then transported further into space to a scary yet fascinating world. The Alien Gods are proud of their “children”, their first creation to reach such levels of intelligence.

As a reward they share bits of their astonishing bio-based technologies with the humans. But for one crew member of the Prometheus it’s not enough. In a treacherous act he steals the “bio-source code” to Terraforming, a technology at the origin of all Gods’ power, that could make humans equal to the gods. The Alien Gods may be scientists but are also ruthless conquerors, destroyers of worlds who will not accept humans as equals. They unleash on the escaping human crew their favorite bio-weapon, a creature used to “clean up” worlds before colonization. But something goes wrong in the process and humans manage to turn the bio-weapon against their makers. Giving birth to a smarter, nastier, bigger breed of gut eating creatures. Creatures that will be the demise of Paradise. What’s left of the Prometheus crew manages to escape the doomed planet.

On their trail a survivor Alien God in very familiar ship with one ultimate mission.

Bring the wrath of the Gods to Earth.

So, what do you reckon? There are certainly some ‘big ideas’ in there, which is something Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof have hinted at before.

If this is correct, then I for one am excited, this could be a truly epic, intelligent sci-fi horror film.

Prometheus is directed by Ridley Scott, from a screenplay by Damon Lindelof, based on an earlier, abandoned Alien prequel script by Jon Spaihts. The film also stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green and Kate Dickie, and is due for release on June 8th 2012.

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