Carlos Huante talks Alien and working on Prometheus

Back in May last year we learned that designer Neville Page had done some work on Prometheus. The Cloverfield creature designer has been very secretive about what he actually designed, but comparing the tight fitting spacesuits we've seen in the recent Prometheus photos with Page's costume work in TRON: Legacy, I wouldn't be surprised if he had a hand in the costume department on Prometheus.

Another designer attached to Prometheus which we haven't heard as much about is concept artist Carlos Huante.

Huante, who has previously worked on designs for movies such as Men In Black (1 and 2), The Mummy, Hellboy, and War of the Worlds, has been rumoured to have designed the creatures we will actually see in Prometheus, while Page only worked very early on in the project.

APN reader Jaime Prater managed to have a small chat with Huante, who at this time is of course not at liberty to speak about Prometheus.
He can however tell us that he has always been a huge fan of the original Alien:

"It was really sort of a 'coming around to a full circle' for me working with Ridley on the Alien Prequel.
I was thirteen or fourteen when Alien originally opened at the theater in 80. Because I was under age at the time I first saw it with my parents, and then dragged every aunt and uncle that would go see it with me to the theater 8 times.
That movie affected me more so than Star Wars. Well... Star Wars was pretty huge but Alien was serious. And I think that was what was so cool about it.
It wasn't a comic book, or so far out that it couldn't happen in a real future. Very, very impactful movie experience for me at the time. Also, the exposure to Giger's work which knocked me around for years."

On working with Ridley Scott on Prometheus he says:

"As high as my expectations were, working with Ridley was better than I expected. He was focused on the design and what I was doing for the first 3 months. It was great!
I can't talk about the movie, but it was a great experience for me.
I don't know what they ended up using of mine in the end, but I was the only one designing the alien creatures at that time."

We will hear more from Carlos once Prometheus has been released in theatres this summer.
In the meantime some of his artwork can be seen and purchased at his website:
http://galleryanatom.squarespace.com/
http://www.carloshuanteart.com/

(Big thanks to Jaime for the info!)