Cineworld UK Prometheus write-up: Weyland's role...

[url=http://www.cineworld.co.uk/films/5275]SOURCE[/url] In the late 21st century, a team led by archaeologist Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) discovers a 35,000 year-old cave painting on the Isle of Skye. It matches images drawn by other, unconnected early civilisations showing a distinctive star system. Shaw interprets this as an invitation, so a spacecraft is launched. [b]After two years in cryogenic suspension, the crew awake above their target planet to be addressed by a hologram of billionaire backer Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce).[/b] Among them are Shaw, businesslike Weyland Corporation rep Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron), advanced android David (Michael Fassbender) and Captain Janek (Idris Elba). But they're about to come face-to-face with a threat to the very future of mankind! 'Blade Runner' director Sir Ridley Scott's brilliant first film in 3D is a very loose prequel to his original 1979 'Alien'.