i'm a huge ridley scott fan.ching him return to the gen rest that he redefined back in 1979 and 19 # 2 with alien and blade runner. he hasn't doesn't a sci-fi film in 30 years and he clemmons he just didn't have any material that he wanted to actually make. it just seems weird to me. the guy did gladiator. he did edge end and american gangster. but he hasn't had a sky if i film since blade runner. >> and as i understand it, there are sort of three big questions out there fans want answered, right? >> everyone wants to know the following things. is it and i'll yepian prequel? not necessarily. there are elements of aliens throughout the movie but it is a stand alone movie. they dim tease things. they heave things open for you but it is not necessarily a prequel to alien. the second question is do you need to see alien before seeing prometheus. if you are a fan boy like me, i've seen i'll yep so many times, you will see the intricacies and all the element of alien within the movie but you can still enjoy prometheus

. >>> plus, ridley scott's allen thriller not enoh at the box office. >>> the orioles have a flare for the dra macktics and the best acting job in baseball. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. l.a. county reports john bryson was allegedly involved in two separate traffic collisions saturday. he was hospitalized. authority say he was cooperative and there is no indication alcohol or drugs played a role. the first collision is under investigation as a felony hit and run. >>> syrian troops have killed at least 35 people this weekend, shelling on the city of homs in attempt to regain control of the stronghold. hosni mubarak is reportedly slipping in and out of consciousness. mubarak, sentenced to life, has had an irregular heart beat and required assistance in breathe >>> you probably don't know his name but you definitely know his name. frank kady died at age 86. he played store owner on "green acres." >>> and ann any oakley's shotgun has been sold at auction for $143,000. she became a superstar starring in buffalo bi

. >>> plus, ridley scott's allen thriller not enough at the box office. >>> the orioles have a flare for the dra macktics and the best acting job in baseball. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la crews. >>> syrian troops have killed 35 this weekend, shelling on the city of homs in an attempt to regain control of stronghold. hosni mubarak is reportedly slipping in and out of consciousness. mubarak, sentenced to life, has had an irregular heart beat and required assistance in breathe snug probably don't know his name but you definitely know his fame. actor franc kady died at age 86. he played store owner on "green acres." >>> a letter written in english by no pothat pole lan in 1816 s for $825,000. it was written by napoleon while he was held captain by the english. >>> and legendary western sharp-shooter annie oakley's shotgun has been sold at auction for $143,000. she became a superstar starring in buffalo bill's wild west show. a total of $500,000 was paid by -- for about 10 0 items belonging to annie oakley. >>> and n

at least i got to work with him and do this very typical ridley scott iconic character. yes, it's probably. take it off from that elizabeth body. even though i left her many years ago. >> i think it's interesting that you say that and that you said ridley's the perfect transition from that because he writes such good female characters ridley and he realizes, exactly, you know. so much of the time with film, you know, the female character sort of realizes her sort of vision through the male counterpart do you know what i mean. her objective becomes clear whereas the characters that he represents thelma and louise and sigourney, they're independent, they have their own independent sort of objective and vision. and it's not reliant on the sort of you know the male lead. >> i think ridley the way he was, i have this very disturbed quite twisted scene in the movie where i go through a very horrible thing. i'm not going to go into any detail but i was kind of half naked and it was, it really messed me up my whole, my soul and my body. and i remember that i was on that table, an

ridley scott introduced the movie. it was absolutely incredible.re flying out from london to scotland to see the new movie which is the new disney pixar film. we'll have interviews with those actors including kelly mcdonald the week of june 22nd, the brave, the new pixar movie. >> most of these movies do eventually play here. don't have to go overseas to see them. >> i like to jet got to come wi >> i would love to. >> my date on the carpet, tony perkins. my girlfriend will be okay with this. >> if i were you, i would stick with the girlfriend. let's talk about snow white and the huntsman. >> it is dark, gothic retelling of a classic fairy tale with char heys theron playing the evil queen. she is phenomenal. the evil queen needs kristin stew are the's heart in order to live forever and stay young and beautiful. but she teams up with the huntsman played by chris hemsworth. i don't think kristin stewart is a good leading actress. she never really goes over that pair barrier and makes me believe in the cause that she is trying to do in this film. charl

. >> ridley scott's "prometheus" aims to jump you out of your seat in this sci-fi horror. the oozing into the dna of a crew of explorers looking for the secret of creation. instead of the answer, they find an abandoned ship full of ick. this is not a good sign. >> stop, don't touch it. >> sorry. >> and the creepy touch in the humanoid robots. >> i think there might be some confusion about our relationship tier >> it has -- about our relationship. >> worth three stars. here are the best bets for the weekend. "moonrise kingdom" gets almost four stars. three stars for "snow white and the huntsman." have a nice weekend, everybody. i am

. >>> one of the summer's most eagerly anticipated new movies is ridley scott's prometheus. since ridley scott is at the helm, you know a lot of twists and turns are coming. >> kevin mccarthy talks to two of the stars about their characters and how they related to playing hem. >> the fact that like logan's character doesn't accept you for who you are. he kind of prejudges you. as actors, when you first got in this business, your first awed indication, did you ever feel prejudged before you could show your talents? >> i made a mess of so many auditions, like really awful. yeah. it is ciewpped of weird. you kind of sort of do. yeah, you're open to sort of attack. >> it was interesting when i came to hollywood the first time -- it is kind of weird. >> everybody expected to he moo to be like this. and some produces are and directers a met, i step the into the office and they didn't recognize me. they just saw this and thought i was going to come in angry and aggressive with piercings and it was really weird. for me, acting is to transform and change into different personalities

cheat on butter. >>> we know ridley scott has directed block butters including alien and blade runnerhis new movie, prometheus, opens tomorrow. >> kevin mccarthy talked to the director about the thriller and the long trip that it took to get prometheus into theaters. >> i love the fact that the 3-d adds a depth to the actual visual but also to the characters. >> it take you into the room. >> i agree. if you could go back and shot one of your earlier films using need, what film would it be? >> i would have done alien one, blade runner, lemignot end, kingdom of heaven, black hawk down, robin hood legend. >> a whole idea about having this be a pg-13 rather than an r. >> you can't. i would have it had to lose one whole scene. >> where that is difference between art and film? >> if you are sensible, you can bear that in mind. you can't just say screw them. you can't do that. because films are so expensive today anyway. you have a kind of responsibility as well. i know that sounds dull but it actually is real. and your job is to put bums on seats. it is not like i'm writing a novel and the

. >> so ridley scott make everything more epically a some.ion was going to be, if you could take a boring part of your life and have ride scott direct that to enhance it, what would it be and why? >> those are really good questions. >> probably just my 20s. >> that ways boring part of your life? >> well, it wasn't boring but it was a difficult period. >> you want that enhanced by ridley scott. >> inhe could bring some life to it that was missing. >> i do have a serious question. obviously, the whole thing about big things have small beginnings. i think that is interesting. and talking about actors careers. what as was that small moment that you think launched you into who you are today ad an actor? >> there has have been various moment as long the way that have triggered another period of development. i worked ads a kid in theater. i day lot of theater whether i was a kid. i look back at that and go wow, that was so informative, that period. i landed a role on a tv show. you think that was so informative. and my first american film was l.a. c

this is ridley scott. >> i know. >> jimmy: this is "alien." first thing, you know, when you get offered something like that, of course, is elation. then, followed by a terrific amount of fear. [ light laughter ] and so, just sort of made sure that i did my homework as best i could, and then, came on the set and he was amazing, you know. really learned an awful lot from him. >> jimmy: you can't really say much about the movie because you don't want to give any spoiler alerts, but i can just say, you're on a ship called "prometheus." is that true? >> that's right. [ laughter and applause ] and you know -- >> jimmy: don't -- don't say anymore. i mean, you already said too much. >> i know. >> jimmy: yeah -- [ light laughter ] but we do have a clip. i want to just show you just how cool this movie's gonna be. it's in imax and 3-d and all the fun things. it's a fun movie. check it out. here's michael fassbender in "prometheus." take a look. >> you think we wasted our time coming here, don't you? >> the question depends on the understanding. what you

now director ridley scott's prequel to alien, or gladiator, i'm not sure. i have seen either one. unfortunately, prometheus was ruined for me by astrophysicist and friend of the show neil degrasse. first he wrecked titanic by pointing out that the night sky at the end was inaccurate. (laughter) how i can lose myself in jack and rose's final good-bye knowing that the pleiades were in the long cedereal position. and yesterday, neil tweeted this. prometheus goes 35 light-years into space but charlize theron gaffees were half a billion miles from earth. yes. 35 light-years would place the crew 205 trillion miles away from earth, not half a billion which neil points out would put them only just past jupiter. okay, mr. big shot astronomer. we get it. you have a gps. you know where all the gas stations are between here and alpha centare. but nation, i'm not just annoyed, i'm also terrified. because if neil degrasse tyson points out everything inaccurate in movies and this was the only mistake he found, that can mean only one thing, everything else in prometheus is true. the xenomorphs ar

michael fass bender is going to be joining us from the new ridley scott film "prometheus." true story, the original title was "space is nice." (cheers and applause) and then they thought, what about "prometheus"? and people were like hmm. (laughter) let's start tonight, of course, in wisconsin in our latest installment of... ♪ ♪ (cheers and applause) yes, that was back in the days when cows smoked and drank. you know what i'm saying! back in 2010 conservative republican scott walker was elected governor of wisconsin by a margin of 52-46. it wasn't long before walker slashed budgets and constrained unions and did the kind of things you would imagine conservative republican politicians would do. so the people of wisconsin said "whoa! wait! what? what? you never said you were going to be this conservative republican-y." (laughter) they moved to recall him like a lead-painted toy made in a nonunion chinese sweatshop. (laughter) so after 18 months, a million petition signatures and, i don't know, $50ish million, governor walker would have to face the consequences of his tyrannic

michael fass bender is going to be joining us from the new ridley scott film "prometheus." true story, the original title was "space is nice." (cheers and applause) and then they thought, what about "prometheus"? and people were like hmm. (laughter) let's start tonight, of course, in wisconsin in our latest installment of... ♪ ♪

. >>> another big opening had to settle for the second spot, ridley scott's alien saga "prometheus" taking in $50 million. >>> lady gaga suffered a concussion during her final show in new zealand when a dancer accidentally hit her on the head with a metal pole. she is said to be doing just fine and still set to start her australian tour on wednesday. you saw the video? >> got hit hard. >>> finally after five years and two years matthew mcconaughey and camilla alves were married in austin, texas. wedding guests slept over friday in luxury tents. he was wearing a dolce & gabanna tux. for the vows, the couple whispered into each other's ears. what does a luxury tent entail? >> a luxury tent. maybe it's a come if i, come if i bed. you can go places in the caribbean. >> king sized? i heard there was air conditioning. >> in the tent? >> in the tent, yeah. >> tent. not green. >> it's now coming to us from wmc action news 5 where the city rallied to save one precious life. a team of plumbers, city workers and animal advocates worked tirelessly to free a kitten from an underground pipe while it was

. >> reporter: director ridley scott says that's what he wanted, to make "prometheus" real and unstoppablecbs news, london. >> opens tomorrow in theaters nationwide. it's rated "r". >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," president obama's current fund-raising blitz we get insight from ed rendell. a new movie "rock of ages" stops by studio 57. all that and more on "cbs this morning." that's the "cbs morning news" for thursday. appreciate you watching. thank you so much. i'm terrell brown. have a great day. ,,,, >>> and man shot by oakland police this morning. the mystery are more officer pulled the trigger. >>> and now you

. >> reporter: director ridley scott says that's what he wanted to make it real and unforgettable. >> if you don't stop, there won't be any home to go back to. >> reporter: cbs news, london. >> previews are really scary. good morning. nothing to be scared about because you're watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. with all of us. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm mike hydeck. happy thursday. we're almost there. >> i need one more cup of coffee and i'll be at optimum. >> you off tomorrow? >> he am. >>

it's going to limit the audience and a younger audience, but "prometheus" boasts the direction of ridley scotte-art effects. originally planned to a prequel to the alien series it did evolve away from that into its own film. it's expected to open in the $50 million range. far on the other side is the family animated comedy, " d "madagascar 3: europe's most wanted." it's supposed to be in the $50 million range. the advantages are it's a family film. and it's playing in about 900 more theaters than "prometheus." those factors may put it over the top. bill says? >> >> "prometheus" wins. >> really? >> the reviews were pretty good. >> i'm going to go, not just to go against you, which i often do, i'm going to go with "madagascar." kids are going out of school. there are going to be so many more kids around. families, 900 more theaters. i just think i'm right on this one. >> i want buttered popcorn on the desk monday morning. >> how random. >> it's a movie bet. >> okay. i would have figured maybe a buttered bagel. a cinnamon roll. it is 5:00 in the morning. buttered popcorn. he's so weird. i'm lynn

this sci-fi thriller comes from ridley scott. they set out to find each origins of human life. they get to their destination and friday life forms have set a trap that may lead to the destruction of birth. charlize theron plays the mission supervisor. "prometheus" is rated r. >> there is, the casino. >> talking animals visit the coast in "madagascar 3: europe's most wanted." they are trying to track down their penguin friend so they can get back home. to have to hide out with a traveling circus to evade capture. "madagascar 3: europe's most wanted" is rated pg. that is the box office preview. >> they have the bases covered this weekend. that looks good. fantastic. 5:50. a day away from the belmont stakes. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. good luck. lysol knows the soft places we love could be home to bacteria. so use lysol disinfectant spray on soft surfaces everyday when you're cleaning up to kill 99.9% of bacteria. lysol. mission for health. our cloud is made of bedrock. concrete. and steel. our cloud is the smartest brains combating the lat

it comes from famed director ridley scott of "alien" and "blade runner" fame.and reminiscent of the sigourney weaver days way back when. great use of 3d the critics are saying. these two romantically involved archaeologists have made a stunning discovery of a pictogram that shows humans worshiping an enormous figure and there's -- kind of gets back to the whole origin of the human race. they want to seek out these aliens that could give the clues to life here. take a listen. >> let's say we find these beings down there, you won't engage them. you won't talk to them. we'll do nothing but report back to me. >> is there an agenda that you're not telling us about? >> when you are paid a trillion dollars to find this place -- >> >>> this morning on "world news now" -- hard hits. >> those hits now at the center of a massive consolidated lawsuit against the nfl. it's been filed by thousands of former players who say the league actually hid information about head trauma. it's friday, june 8th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good friday mornin

this one is also in 3d directed by ridley scott and a prequel of sorts to his 1979 masterpiece "alienabout a group of scientists that travel to another planet finding clues to life on earth and hoping to snind aliens that may have visited the earth. becomes scary pretty fast. the movie is beautiful to look at. has a great story and definitely very terrifying sequences, but i think setting it in the alien universe actually took away from it a bit. sometimes there are shortcuts they take here, and it kind of takes you out of the movie almost a little bit. you kind of know where some of the characters are going to go based on what you no about the alien world. overall, a solid film, and something that if you have been looking forward to this, i think you're going to like this a lot. people have been waiting for this for a couple of years. >> creepy. >> revisiting it. >> your grade? >> my grade is a b. i think it's not a perfect movie, but it really affectively blends science fiction and tear. >> okay. very good. then before we let you go, you can tell us about your new sirius radio show.

and ridley scott used for "prometheus." the cost is $3 million. home. >>> david letterman's been out of control lately. he dropped his pants with alec baldwin. now, he's taking one of your fellow canadians. the canadian is justin bieber. unfortunately, it doesn't look like he's all-too crazy about the bieb's newest tattoo. he had advice for the teen idol. listen carefully to what the biebs says. >> don't go nuts. >> i won't. >> more and more, you see the mural and the sistine chapel. it's too much. >> i'm not going for the 16th chapel. >> canadian high school. >> bless his heart. >> that was over the line. wow. >> poor biebs. >> poor guy. i think he got -- left high school very, very early so he could pursue making millions and millions of dollars. >> the one person more famous than ben in canada. >> based on twitter followers, i would say you're absolutely right. >>> speaking of school and education, you heard of kicking it old-school. but how about kicking it preschool. this is a kindergarten class with her spin on a hit single "vogue." can you

this is the new ridley scott directed prequel to "alien," it's about a space crew that's searching fors of the human race and they run into very scary aliens around the way. you only get a brief glimpse but what you do see is unsettling. take a look at this. >> these are ancient civilizations. they were separated by centuries. and yet this was discovered at every one of them. >> what do you mean a life form? >> oh, the head. >> take us home! >> we have to stop it. >> they won't let you go back there. >> the whole thing's been blown out of proportion. [ applause ] >> jimmy: from the plan element element of the really big sun. one more thing. it is time for our weekly tribute of the fcc, where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it is "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> a bitter battle in a hotly contested primary race today in new jersey. two incumbent democrats are [ bleep ] one another. >> richard dawson could [ bleep ] your wife or daughter and you didn't mind. >> let's talk about rule mores now and a titanic-sized [ bleep ]. >> what people will be talking abo

this whole universe that becomes open. >> everyone knows ridley scott for "blade runner" and "alien."lassic, you know, ridley trait where something is building under the surface. we see what appears to be an objective in terms of the crew on a mission. >> you haven't said we'll be able to sleep at night? >> that goes without saying. >> beyond the camera into the movie theater? >> hopefully. >> noomi, so many of your fans know you from "the girl with the dragon tattoo." what did you feel when ridley told you he wanted you to star in his next film? >> i was shocked. i was like why? i couldn't understand it. took me many, many weeks to understand it was really happening. but then we started to work. we talked about that. even if it's ridley scott, one of my heroes asks me to be in his movie, soon as you start to work, you have to ignore that. you can't work if you just are paralyzed with awe. you have to find a way to find your focus and do your work. >> michael, you're playing a robot who shows no emotions. i read you are seriously creepy in this role. >> i do creepy well. creepy and we

ridley scott back at it again. >>> someone is spilling secrets and top lawmakers are going to put a stopt comes after recent leaks of sensitive information about the covert drone and cyberwars against terrorism. here's abc's jonathan karl with more on this. >> reporter: stories depictsed a decisive president and are chock full of classified intelligence. the secret u.s. cyberattack on iran's nuclear program. the double agent who helped foil an al qaeda attack. the secret terrorist kill list maintained by the president. some of the leaks are already under investigation by the fbi. u.s. officials told abc news the director of national intelligence is now doing more lie detector tests of people with access to classified information. republicans say the leaking is politically motivated, and possibly criminal. >> you think it's coming right from the white house? >> well, yes, i do. to say otherwise just defies credibility. three stories within 30 days painting a picture of a strong president. >> reporter: should there be prosecutions here? >> absolutely. >> regardless of how politically usefu