1.<\/a> Sir Ridley Scott<\/a> and his brother Tony are producing a \u201cprequel\u201d to the Alien<\/a><\/i> series (1979-1997); the original film was, of course, directed by Sir Ridley himself three whole decades ago. There is no word yet on whether the prequel will take place before or after the Alien Vs. Predator<\/a><\/i> movies (2004-2007), which are set in the present day, but those films are arguably non-canonical and thus don\u2019t matter anyway. The new film will be directed by someone called Carl Rinsch<\/a>. \u2014 Bloody-Disgusting<\/a> (x2<\/a>), Collider<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2.<\/a> Boom Studios<\/a> will publish Die Hard: Year One<\/i>, a comic-book prequel to the original Die Hard<\/a><\/i> (1988) in which John McClane will be a rookie cop who \u201cdeals with a catastrophe during the 1976 Bicentennial celebration.\u201d Die Hard<\/i> itself was based on a book called Nothing Lasts Forever<\/a><\/i>, which in turn was written as a sequel to the Frank Sinatra movie The Detective<\/i> (1968) \u2014 but presumably this comic will have nothing to do with that earlier story. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n 3.<\/a> Ryan Reynolds says he is \u201cintimately\u201d involved in the plans for Deadpool<\/a><\/i>, a spin-off from the X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/a><\/i> prequel. Whether it will be a prequel to Wolverine<\/i> or only a sequel to the prequel \u2014 and thus possibly, but not necessarily, a prequel to the original X-Men<\/a><\/i> films (2000-2006) \u2014 remains to be seen, but one Fox source did reportedly say that the film will be \u201ca complete exploration of this unique character \u2013 his origins, his emergence as the Merc with the Mouth, etc.\u201d The studio is developing another Wolverine<\/i> movie, too, of course. \u2014 Hitfix<\/a>, IGN<\/a>, David Poland<\/a>, MTV Splash Page<\/a>, Variety<\/a><\/i> (x2<\/a>), Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n 4.<\/a> Bryan Singer, who directed the first two X-Men<\/i> movies, says he might be interested in returning to the franchise to direct the Magneto<\/a><\/i> prequel \u2014 but not if it dwells at any length on the Holocaust part of the character\u2019s back-story. Between Apt Pupil<\/i> (1998), Valkyrie<\/a><\/i> (2008) and the prologue to the original X-Men<\/i>, Singer says he\u2019s done enough Nazi stuff. \u2014 ComingSoon.net<\/a><\/p>\n 5.<\/a> A bunch of Lord of the Rings<\/a><\/i> (2001-2003) fans got together and made a 38-minute short film called The Hunt for Gollum<\/a><\/i>, the events of which coincide with the early scenes in The Fellowship of the Ring<\/i>. It\u2019s actually pretty good for a low-budget, volunteer-based production; you can watch it below. \u2014 Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/i>, BBC News<\/a><\/p>\n