7 Reasons To Have Faith In Alien: Paradise Lost

4) Damon Lindelof Isn’t Returning

There is one very good reason to think the mistakes of Prometheus won’t be repeated in the film’s sequel: Damon Lindelof, one of the most frustrating screenwriters working in film and TV today, won’t be returning for Paradise Lost.

Clearly talented, Lindelof has also been his own worst enemy since breaking through with Lost over a decade ago. He deals in intriguing concepts and cool ideas, but populates his own stories with (occasionally mindless) stock characters and often ends with unnecessary cliffhangers. He’s also arguably – after Prometheus and Star Trek Into Darkness – the current king of the plothole.

Now, the screenwriters behind Paradise Lost don’t have the most promising credentials in the world – Michael Green worked on Heroes in its glory years but hasn’t had much success elsewhere, while Jack Paglen wrote Transcendence – but someone out there apparently thinks they’re good enough for the job.

Scott is so happy working with Green though that he’s got the writer penning the screenplay for the Blade Runner sequel as well. Hopefully it’s a sign that the Paradise Lost script is something rather special.