Do you know when the book of the screen play will be released?

I read the original Alien novelization. Like most movie adaptations, there isn't much more than expanding on the scene a little with the writers ideas of what happened. It basically supplemented the movie. For instance, I remember the Kane meets face-hugger scene. It described the face-huggers tongue/probe excreting acid to melt Kane's helmet to get inside. I can't remember much else from the book, but that was at least 25 years since I read it. The rest of the book probably parroted the movie, so my memory of the movie trumps the book reading. Still, I would be interested in reading it again. I was young when I read it and may get more out of it now. There appears to be some new copies on Amazon for $97.00 and some used ones for $0.01. Movies made from books are a bigger problem than novelizations. For instance, I read the Hunger Games before watching the movie. I thought the movie sucked compared to the books, which weren't that great anyway. It blew the whole movie experience, or maybe that movie just blew.

I just did an intensive search. Nothing put into stone yet. Just found a lot of other folks asking the same question. Keep checking back here for as soon as our scouts get word it will be posted. Suggestion: Using 'Google' search for "Prometheus-movie.com Novel". The only thing at the printers right now is this: [url=http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&safe=off&gbv=2&biw=1024&bih=669&q=Prometheus-movie.com+Novel&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=15770255655100710940&sa=X&ei=3jKsT7KGKoWKsQKN7pifAg&ved=0CFgQ8wIwAA]http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&safe=off&gbv=2&biw=1024&bih=669&q=Prometheus-movie.com+Novel&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=15770255655100710940&sa=X&ei=3jKsT7KGKoWKsQKN7pifAg&ved=0CFgQ8wIwAA[/url]

@ abordoli Thanks for taking the time to check and get back to me. Appreciated. It's like a drug....I just need another fix of spoiler.....An ounce of plot or a line of cut dialogue. Can't wait to have the story in my hands......I'll give up tomorrow ; ) M

I've made the mistake of reading books before seeing it's subject film simply because I couldn't wait. Big mistake. It just takes all of the joy and excitement out of seeing it on the big screen. I won't do that again.

lol.... Yeah i guess so, but also i guess spending to long on here can have the same spoiler effect ;)

i DO NOT... BUT i AM ALMOST CERTAIN THAT ALL BOOKS, COLLECTABLES, DVD'S AND ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO MERCHANDISING OF THIS FILM IS GOING TO BE SEVERELY DELAYED BY THIS FILMS INITIAL RUN SUCCESS, AND EVENTUAL KNOCKING DOWN OF THE BIGGEST WALL THE PAST 90 YEARS IN ALL OF THE ARTS...IT IS GOING TO WIN BEST PICTURE, DIRECTOR AND ART DIRECTION AT THE VERY LEAST AT NEXT YEARS OSCARS AND THE TRAIN HASN'T EVEN STARTED ROLLING YET...THE WORLD OF FILM IS ABOUT TO BE CHANGED FOREVER BY THE SINGLE BIGGEST EVENT IN IT IN THE PAST 33+ YEARS !!! COUNT ON ALL OF IT BEING DELAYED WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING !!!

^^ what Spartacus said, I completely agree! This film is going to change the tide!

I believe that for me (and we all have our fun in different ways)...I would prefer to read the book first...I love books and my mind having to visualise things. That way, when I watch the movie...I feel I have more depth and context behind the characters, places and motives in the story. And it becomes amazing watching the way those imaginary scenes unfold on the screen. Being on here is turning this two hour film into a month long event for me....I'm loving it. Ever since I was 13 and read the article in my Dads Sunday Telegraph about this upcoming movie ALIEN...I was hooked. Yes, it's only a film...but films, music,books, cartoons and sport all make us who we are...that's why it's great when you meet a girl and you start talking about films and music you like...you make connections because these things are powerful. We are all products of what we absorb and enjoy...I'm sure Prometheus will be a fantastic experience. I got my dad to smuggle me into the long gone Mercury cinema in Basingstoke as an early teen to see the X rated film (he didn't know he was smuggling me in...and I am very tall...he just gave me a stare when the "X" certificate came up on the screen and told me not to tell my mother). This time round I have a ticket for my son....he's 25 and hates scary films...but his pushy dad is making him go : ) Peace.

aww@Mithra....that's awesome you're taking your son!! Mine is are only 4 and 12 mos so that's a no to that. However, my 4 yr old loves Aliens and The Terminator so I'm totally grooming him. As far as books go, I love reading the book before seeing the movie as well. Of course, the books are generally much better as they have the time/pages to delve much further into the characters and plot. I love the challenge of visualizing what's being described...and take my time with that. It has to be perfect in my mind. And as long as the film isn't crap, which Prometheus will NOT be, I don't think I'd have a problem reconciling the book with the film. Plus, we have been given the advantage of knowing who is playing whom and not just blindly picking up a book. Which, if Sparty is correct, won't be happening for some time!

@IrishAndroid1 Thanks for that...4 and 12...you've got your work cut out...Glad I started (and stopped )at 19..My son is now at Cambridge...he tells me he has colleagues working on holograms that can move things.....my mind can't cope with that....the future aint what it used to be I can tell you!!!!