Good Idea Who Barnett Might Play in Prometheus Sequel

Interesting hunch, however Barnett being a young Burke would push Prom2 between Alien and Aliens. Aliens is set 57 years later from Alien, so it would depend on the timeline ultimately.

There will be no Burke. No Burke. No. Burke.

Oh, this is PERFECT, I like the way you think. And I say with while biting my cheek with my own inner mouth parts. As always suspected, Prometheus is a reboot in a parallel Alien(s) world. There'll be Egg Queens, there'll be Space Marines. The (purity of the original Xeno/Space Jockey is no more and the) franchise has just evolved. :)

Major, you sound like you know something the rest of us don't. Why no Burke character in P2?

David- the only privileged information I have is my own aversion to Burke. No Burke. On topic, my hope is that Rik is the mature Deacon. All joking aside, I didn't give these things much thought until Prometheus, and then my personal canon shifted. It is now Alien, and Prometheus. I don't hate the other films, this is just what works for me. No Burke. Burke don't work. That said, I could see him in that role. Just hope I don't.

I would be dissapointed if it was Burke. Maybe he could be the last Engineer alive who hasn't had the use of the biomech suit,because the Engineers planet has been ravaged,therefore is smaller and weaker. But that would be interesting if he was the deacon, dont know about talking, but it would've inherited allsorts from Shaw,Holloway,Trilobite and the Engineer.

I have read it suggested that he might be Weyland's dead son - that David was modelled after.

David and Rik do bear a resemblance to each other. Still think it will be a corporate suit, however. The next film will spend more time on the topic of terraforming, and you couldn't devote a film to that topic without making a Weyland exec the front focus. Hence, the need for Barrit. Making Barritt the adult Deacon would change the physical mythology of the films too much. Aliens take on their hosts forms, but they don't evolve into humans. That's stretching it, I think.

Who knows as this Movie could follow a Human Crew on another Ship, as sure Yutani does have to come into the equation... And no doubt Weyland Industries would want to know what became of the Prometheus Mission. But then that would lend far to much into a Prequel to Alien, and maybe Ridley wants to explore the Engineers more. In this case the Character could be a Engineer, or creator of the Engineers or even a creation by the Engineers, i mean are we the only Humanoid race these Engineers had seeded? Or again he could be used in flash backs, be that Shaws past and dreams or even the Engineer Elders telling a story about the creation of Mankind.

He could be Vickers and the Deacons lovechild haha

That is an interesting idea David. Personally, I don't think Ridley Scott will revisit anything to do with ALIENS. His universe consists of ALIEN & Prometheus. Everything in between was created by different directors. Of course Fox could have other ideas, but I don't see any point in Ridley returning to the ALIEN/PROMETHEUS Universe unless it continues his vision! Hence no Carter Burke & NO QUEEN!! :-D

& much as I love them.......NO PREDATORS either!!! :-D

If that's the case, and Ridley refuses to depart from his vision, then we can expect to see a film that, in tone, plot, and theme at least, comes closer to "Blade Runner" than anything else. I suspect that he will create an intergalactic "heart of darkness" with inquisitors Shaw and David seeking answers to the most profound questions of the meaning of life from Kurz type figure, ugly and mysterious, civilized yet incredibly brutal. Such an "atmospheric" mood with heavy introspection could up the boredom factor for the casual fan and deliver the film a box office kiss of death.

[size=200][b]I think he will play Elisabeth Shaws Dad. He looks a bit like Patrick Wilson. [/b][/size]

I really don't think he will play her dad. The first film already showed us what her father looked like when she was a child, so I wouldn't see the point in replacing Patrick Wilson's profile unless they will show us her father when she was an infant, or before she was born. And frankly I'm not convinced that her father's backstory is all that important to begin with. Yes, I understand it establishes the "what you choose to believe" motif of the film, but delving further into his past doesn't enhance the motif any. My hunch is that Barnett will play a Weyland "corporate slimeball" who is secretly monitoring everything that happens to Shaw and David and will ultimately be the one who sends the fake distress signal to the commercial ship Nostromo that lures Ripley and her crew to land on LV 426.

Hi there Ridley said paradise is more like hell then paradise. So maybe rik could be the higher authority : the one who created the engineers or perhaps one of the elders . As Shaw asked : who created them. Interesting question . The possibilities are virtually endless. I agree that aliens and prometheus does it for me also . Hope Ridley continues his vision. As svanya noted when watch some of the extras on the blu ray you can see he made prometheus and it came from the heart. Live long and prosper . Peasce !!!! Nice to hear from you again bigdave.

All this is very interesting and I'm dying to know news of his role in the sequel. I think that could be related to the engineers, but how? It could be an emissary to try to benefit mankind or even a creator as some of you have said. Anyway there is still the possibility that it's someone related to companies or a friend brother or student of Shaw. BTW @Big Dave, I'm glad to hear from you after so long also.

Went directly to the source and asked Rik on Twitter about the casting rumors. Not surprisingly, I haven't heard anything back from him:) He talks a lot about his photo shoots and what he ate for breakfast, but remains unforthcoming on his role in Prometheus. Since Ridley seems to be taking his cues from 14-th century poets (One of Dante's books is named Paradiso after all), it wouldn't surprise me if Barnett played Virgil type figure who serves as Shaw tour guide through the nine layers of the engineers' hellish paradise, the ninth layer being, of course, the creator's layer, where Shaw may or may not find answers to the questions she seeks. Unless Barnett spills the beans to me on Twitter, I guess we'll just remain in wait and see mode. Big Dave

Well Ridley may have given us clues as he did with Prometheus... With Prometheus he claimed... That Shaw and Holloway found clues to what they believed to be their creators and god, but what they found certainly where not gods. With Paradise he gave similar hint in which he says... That Shaw and David are off to the Home world we call Paradise but what they find will be far from Paradise, and also that Shaw would be foolish to trust David, but she has no choice. This to me could hint that David may try and play nice with Shaw, and that his creator is gone (Weyland) so he is free and will now Help Shaw find answers to Mankind's creation.... But the whole time David will have his own sinister Motive and will unleash Hell... While i dont like the idea..... who knows if the movie franchise could go the whole Time Travel route and have David play a role in creation of the Xeno (hybrid created from the Goo) and unleash it upon the Engineer Home world thus wipe them all out and then he may want to do the same on Earth, but Shaw Ultimately stops him?

Love the idea, but a hybrid has already been loosed upon the world, the Deacon Alien on LV 226, lest we forget. How would you tie that alien to the hybrids David would manufacture while on the Engineer Home World? That's a tricky plot hurdle.