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New 'Prometheus' Stills Reveal Ridley Scott's Secret Reason for His Belated Sort-of-Prequel to 'Alien'

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As these scans from the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly clearly show, it turns out Ridley Scott just really wanted to trick Charlize Theron into doing some Samus cosplay. We can only pray his plans for a Blade Runner sequel are as similarly horny nerd-intentioned. I'd love to find learn the future of the Tyrell Corporation from a Scarlett Johansson that is for some reason slutty Zelda.

More scans, including first looks at Noomi Rapace and a Johnny Cab-looking Michael Fassbender, await below.

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