Variety has reported that Ridley Scott is returning to the Alien franchise he helped kick off by signing on to direct the prequel to the first film. The project is still in development and what the hell it’s going to be about is beyond anyone at this point; one thing is almost for sure it will explain how the derelict space craft crashed on LV-426. One can hope that they don’t treat the most recent entries into the series (Alien Versus Predator and AVP: Requiem, which act as prequels as well) as cannon. That’s the plus to having Scott signed on, fans can expect him to carry on the series like those terrible movies don’t exist.