Jon Spaihts: Prometheus

We open on total darkness.

STUDIO AND PRODUCTION COMPANIES CREDITS

MAN’S VOICE

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty

The OPEN shot is that of SPACE. We see a massive epic DARK NEBULA and a series of small and large scale stars riddled all around and within the Nebula.

(see Scott’s sketches for more details)

Our VIEW PANS to the right and in our journey two small Pluto sized orbiting Planetoids pass our VIEW and coming into view is a large Orange/Pinkish coloured Saturn type planet. As we PAN further RIGHT we are now looking at another planetoid and watch as a large Flying saucer space craft approaches this planetoid (later known as Zeus)

INT. ZUES. NIGHT

The landscape is rugged, volcanic, baron, mountainous and Primordial. Violent wind storms rage through the scenery and the wind itself has a violent, angry and unforgiven sound. The large spacecraft hovers overhead. The flying saucer type craft is weird and Alien in design.

(see Scott’s sketches for more details)

Attached to the top of the craft are two ‘U’ shaped objects which face each other. As the hovering Craft stops its movements a hatch at the bottom of the craft opens and a large thick blinding laser beam shoots out and the powerful beam penetrates the rocky surface. We then cut to total BLACKNESS.

CAST CREDITS

MAN’S VOICE

And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.

INT. ZEUS. NIGHT

We are looking up at the mountainous terrain from the rocky primordial surface. Our view PANS to the right and we are faced with a large leathery URN. As we PAN further to the right we can see a small stream of water like Liquid moving through the ground passing us and then we CUT to total DARKNESS.

PRODUCERS CREDITS

MAN’S VOICE

And the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters and god said “let there be light,” and there was light.

INT. ZEUS. DAY

There is now an ATMOSPHERE and even thick dense CLOUD formations. We are looking at a massive WATERFALL and the large SPACECRAFT hovers overhead. We again cut to TOTAL DARKNESS.

WRITERS CREDITS

MAN’S VOICE

At first there was the sun and the sun said “I’m all alone. I have no one to shine down on” so it created man.

INT. ZUES. DAY

In our VIEW is a towering CATHEDRAL. We then PAN to the right and are now facing a more strange object.

This towering ‘U’ shaped object is standing up right with it’s two ARMS touching the ground and it’s body facing the sky. Purplish flame, smoke and sparks explode out of the several large holes at the bottom of the body whilst a large thick blinding beam of light shoots out from the top of the body. The beam reaches out and beyond the sky.

EXT. ZEUS. SPACE

The bright blinding beam shoots out of the PLANETOIDS dense cloudy atmosphere and reaches far into space. We cut to TOTAL DARKNESS

DIRECTOR’S CREDITS

CUT TO BLACK

MALE VOICE

God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

FADE FROM BLACK

INT. BEDROOM. NIGHT

A little EIGHT year old dark haired girl lying under her bed covers looks up at her FATHER whom sits at the edge of the bed. Her FATHER; a man in his late thirties closes the BIBLE he holds in his hands.

FATHER

And that’s enough for tonight. We’ll continue tomorrow. Time for sleep

GIRL

Is mummy in heaven?

FATHER

Of course she is. Now Elizabeth when you get older your going to hear a lot of bad things about me but I want you to remember I did everything for you and you’re future. I have to go now and we won’t see each other for a while. But Mrs Bateman will take care of you while I’m away

ELIZABETH

I don’t want you to go Daddy

FATHER

We’ll be together again baby I promise. Now give me a kiss goodbye

The father and daughter kiss as a woman stands at the doorway. The father stands up and walks toward her and nods. She walks over to ELIZABETH.

ELIZABETH

Daddy?

FATHER

What is it baby?

ELIZABETH

Will I ever meet god?

FATHER

One day you will Elizabeth, one day you will.

The FATHER walks out of the room. ELIZABETH crawls over to the window and outside she can see the main door of the house open and her father stepping outside where four uniformed armed men wait. One of the men’s distant voices can be heard.

MAN

Mr Shaw you are under arrest for the suspected bombing of the Weyland corporation Earth HQ.

Two of the four armed men grab Mr Shaw and drag him away ELIZABETH rushes past the woman and out of the room.

WOMAN

Elizabeth wait!

EXT. FARM. DAY

ELIZABETH runs out of the house and into the sun baked farmland. Crop fields surround the farm house.

Not far from the house is a large 800 foot futuristic robotic crop duster drives through the crops with it’s tank like tires. The sky looks polluted.

(See Scott’s sketches for more details)

SHAW is being led by the four men to a vehicle which reads ‘Weyland Police Force. Building safer communities’

The woman runs out of the house and grabs ELIZABETH and holds her back.

ELIZABETH

Daddy please don’t go. Please. Please daddy! Don’t go!

INT. CRYOGENIC ROOM.

We are looking down on SHAW whom is still asleep. She is lying inside a capsule which is bright Yellow from the capsules lights. She is naked and her facial expression is pleading, frowned and tense.

A hand reaches down and shrugs her.

SHAW awakes, startled and begins shaking and looking around in confusion. DAVID looks at her with his bright yellow goggles as if he is curiously studying her emotions.

DAVID

Miss Shaw?

SHAW

Where am I?

DAVID

On board the Prometheus. My name is David, I’m the ships Science officer

DAVID looks at the monitor next to her capsule which shows a full body scan of SHAW and then DAVID leaves the sweaty gasping and shocked SHAW and walks over to a control manual in the centre of the room. He types in a series of commands and within seconds thirteen other cryogenic capsules open and the room is quickly illuminated yellow.

There is now a series of moans, groans and shocked whimpering that comes from the opened capsules.

In a series of CUT SHOTS we see the naked bodies and weary faces of each of the startled men and women inside the capsules. However one of the crew members: MEREDITH VICKERS is the only one of them not frowning. She stares at the ceiling in a sinister INCIDEOUS silence. We then CUT TO DARKNESS

PROMETHEUS TITLE CREDITS

INT. SICKBAY CORRIDOR

Eight men stand in a line in the corridor; each of them talking to each other about regular everyday things. Along the left side of the corridor are windows looking into the sickbay where MUDOW and SHAW are sitting opposite each other. The only people not PRESENT are DAVID and VICKERS.

INT. SICKBAY

SHAW is sitting at the edge of the examination table as MUDOW examines her.

MUDOW

First time?

SHAW nods her head. She is pale and sick looking.

MUDOW

Well for the next several hours you’ll be feeling a constant sense of hunger, dehydration, weakness in your joints and limbs and a mind grain worse than the biggest hangover you’ll ever encounter. Well good news. You’re blood has reprocessed and replaced all of the chilled feline solution in your body. Oh and I’m Imora Mudow By the way. I’m the ships medical officer. We left Earth in such a hurry I didn’t get to know anyone