Jon Spaihts: Prometheus

RAVEL

I don’t know. The transmission’s jammed

JANEK

Shit. I don’t like this at all!

INT. ORRERY. DAY

The entire surroundings an details of this room is invisible due to the darkness. Suddenly there is light from what appears to be a mechanical panel with strange buttons, markings and symbols. Four large Sarcophagus’s rise and they are illuminated with different colours. The Sarcophagus opens and a green illuminous liquid pours out of it.

INT. CAVE TUNNEL. DAY

DAVID stops and looks at the mechanical bracelet and then looks up in shock.

DAVID

Wait!

Everyone stops and faces him.

DAVID

There’s oxygen. I believe it’s breathable

Everyone looks at their devices and then SHAW is the first to reach for the small lever on her egg shaped helmet. HOLLOWAY reaches out to stop her.

HOLLOWAY

No don’t!

SHAW

It’s called faith Holloway. Try it

SHAW pulls the lever and lifts the helmet off from her shoulders. Her eyes and mouth are closed but she then opens her eyes and takes in breath.

SHAW

My god David’s right. I can breathe. How is this possible?

DAVID

My guess is that protective layer of mist or laser was keeping the oxygen trapped inside.

HOLLOWAY

okay I don’t think we should go any further

FIFIELD

And why is that?

DAVID

I agree with Mr Holloway. We are walking into something we just simply don’t understand

FIFIELD

Look this is the first time the human race has ever found signs of Extraterrestrial life. We’ll head back if we’re sure there is risk of life

The group continue walking and then come across a dead; a large metallic DOOR. A large pipe is next to the door.

SHAW

It looks like a door

FIFIELD

No shit. Find a way to open it

MUDOW and SHAW approach the door and then kneel down to examine the pipe next to it. DAVID notices something on the wall and climbs up the pipes and finds a lever on the wall and pulls it. The large door then opens vertically and an explosion of oxygen and steam escapes from behind the door engulfing both MUDOW and SHAW.

FIFIELD, MILBURN, MUDOW and DAVID are the first to enter. HOLLOWAY helps SHAW and both of them enter through the doorway.

INT. SPIRAL CAVE. DAY

HOLLOWAY and SHAW enter. MILBURN drops the empty large bag and continues to the other end of this very dark room. HOLLOWAY and SHAW look around and then study the strange markings on the floor which leads to a large hole. DAVID passes them and looks back at the doorway and studies the hieroglyphics and symbols written around the doorway.

DAVID

Miss Shaw? What do you make of these?

INT. CONTROL ROOM. DAY

JANEK sits at his chair and stares at the large holographic monitor in front of him which shows the live footage shot by the groups shoulder cams. VICKERS stands behind him and watches also.

The voices of the group can also be heard.

SHAW

They look like ancient Egyptian or Sumerian hieroglyphs or something

INT. SPIRAL CAVE. DAY

A thin but strong wire has been tied around one of the many cone shapes rocks and the rest of the long wire is carried by FIFIELD who takes it to the edge of the hole and drops it in. MILBURN, whom is standing next to the hole drops a flare. We see the flare dropping quite some distance.

MILBURN

Any volunteers?

DAVID

I’ll go

MILBURN

You? You’re not going human on us are you?

DAVID

No. If I did then I’d be cowering in a corner

DAVID leans down the hole and begins to zip down.

INT. TEMPLE. DAY

DAVID reaches the bottom and waits as SHAW and MUDDOW zip down. DAVID helps them gain their balance.

DAVID, MUDOW and SHAW are now in this large pitch black area with HOLLOWAY slowly descending above via the zip wire.

DAVID moves further through the area.

As DAVID continued to walk forward his feet gets caught and he trips and falls. MUDOW and SHAW rush over to him.

DAVID

It’s okay I just tripped

SHAW

Oh my god!

DAVID

What?

David turns and discovers what he tripped on;

A BODY. DAVID stands up and studies the body along with MUDOW and SHAW. The BODY is at least thirteen foot tall and it’s HEAD is missing.

MUDOW

Over there

MUDOW moves over to a large HEAD which is six times larger than a humans. It has Elephantine features and a trunk from it’s nose leads to and is attached to the BODY’S chest.

SHAW

I wonder what happened to it

Both MUDOW and SHAW kneel down and study the GIANT head.

DAVID then turns and begins walking into a larger section of the area. His flash light zooms in on a large three foot URN like jar which stands next to others.

DAVID walks through this graveyard of URNS studying them until he points his flash light dead ahead. He stops when his flash light zooms in on a large MONUMENT. SHAW and MUDOW stand up when they spot the MONUMENT.

All three of them stand there staring up at the Massive MONUMENT which is shaped like a Human HEAD.

(See Mr Gigers concept art. Although he still refuses to get on a plane so email him)

MILBURN and FIFIELD finally arrive and study the MONUMENT.

FIFIELD

I don’t believe this!

MILBURN

My god look at it. It’s like it’s looking down on us. Look at the hieroglyphs on it’s face

DAVID

Miss Shaw? You’re an archaeologist. What so you have to say?

SHAW

I’ve never seen anything like it in my life

DAVID approaches one of the large URNS and touches it. As he takes his hand away a sticky glue substance sticks to his hand.

DAVID

It’s like leather

DAVID studies the top of the URN and wipes away the debris. A circular pattern with a small button in the centre can be seen. DAVID pushes the button and it clicks down. There is a series of clicking followed by a louder click. The top opens and there is a release of hissing gas. A white cylinder type jar slowly ejects from the URN. DAVID lifts the JAR out of the URN.

FIFIELD

Okay grab some samples. We better be getting back now

DAVID walks over to MILBURN with the white jar.

MILBURN and MUDOW place the large ALIEN head into the bag. DAVID places the URN inside the bag.

MILBURN picks up the bag and carries it as the group head back toward the zip wire, our view zooms in on the opened URN.

EXT. CATHEDRAL. DAY

CHANCE, RAY and JOSHUA are waiting by the vehicles watching the group arrive at the bottom of the staircase.

CHANCE

What did you find?

MUDOW

We’ll explain later

CHANCE

Can we go now?

MUDOW

Right everybody get in, we’re leaving

Everyone rushes to their vehicles. MILBURN who is now holding the bag climbs onto the back of one of the Buggy’s.

INT. ORRERY. DAY

We are looking at a strange ALIEN control panel. There is a series of different coloured buttons and many weird and strange hieroglyphics. A large thick pale/blue hand comes into view. It has three very long fingers and a thumb. It makes a fist and one of it’s fingers touches a button.

EXT. ZEUS CLOUDS. DAY

The thick dense greyish white clouds begin swirling even faster and a series of thunderous bangs are heard as a lightening storm can be seen from within.

EXT. PROMETHEUS. DAY

The three vehicles speed toward the PROMETHEUS

INT. CONTROL ROOM. DAY

JANEK

Open the Cargo Bay ramp

RAVEL

It’s already done sir. Er… Sir?

JANEK

What now?

RAVEL

It’s the atmosphere. It’s changing

JANEK

What do you mean changing?

RAVEL

Look!

JANEK stares out of the window and his eyes widen.

EXT. PROMETHEUS. NIGHT

The Rover and the 2 Buggy’s drive to the ramp. MILBURNS Buggy is the last to drive up the ramp but