Prometheus is a 2012 science-fiction film directed by Ridley Scott  and the 'half'-prequel to his first, original Alien movie of 1979 (screenwritten by Dan O'Bannen), which is now a cult sci-fi classic.

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Rob Sollis was asked by Sonya Klaus, the set decorator at 20th Century Fox studios, to make a series of hand-thrown metallic glazed ampules (also called caskets or urns) for the film set of Prometheus.  In the movie, they appear in stacks in the Derelict's Hibernation Room and also in the Core Pyramid Chamber (Cathedral or Ampule Room) on LV223), seen standing a small distance apart. These 'Steatite' urns contain the Engineer's pathogen A0-3959X.91 – 15.

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BACKGROUND: Since 1979, the series has been released as seven films distributed by 20th Century Studios and produced by Brandywine Productions. The first Alien film was followed by Aliens (dir. Cameron, 1986), Alien 3 (dir. Fincher, 1992) and Alien Resurrection (dir. Jeunet, 1997) all part of 20th Century Studios franchise. Scott's Prometheus positioned itself as a prequel in the timeline of the Alien films – it refers to Xenomorphs and Weyland Industries (pre-Weyland-Yutani).  Its sequel  Alien: Covenant came out in 2017. The most recent Alien movie: Romulus from director, Fede Alvarez was released in August 2024. The franchise has inspired many novels, comics and computer games, as well as a television series (creator: Noah Hawley) entitled Alien: Earth, which premiered in 2025.

 

PROMETHEUS PLOT: The research craft Prometheus embarks carrying a team of scientists and astronauts searching out the Engineers (or Space Jockeys), a mysterious race of aliens who appear in ancient scripts, who they think could have created human life. But they discover a location which is far from friendly!  More about the film & PLOT...

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Rare, collectable Prometheus items can be purchased from Rob. Replica film prop heroes in varying sizes can be found in his Shop or made to order by Contacting Rob

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