The project, ultimately reduced to a single film called Prometheus, which Scott described as sharing " strands of Alien's DNA " while not being a direct prequel, was released in June 2012.

In 2012 Welsh published a prequel to Trainspotting, entitled Skagboys.

He is also currently writing a prequel to The Saga, a series of four books all about Larten Crepsley ( one of the main characters ) starting with Birth of a Killer ( 2010 ) and finishing with Brothers to the Death ( 2012 ).

In 2012 Archaia Studios Press announced they were developing a graphic novel prequel to the film.

Monsters, Inc. will see a 3D re-release in theaters in 2012, followed by the release of a prequel, Monsters University, due in 2013.

It spawned a sequel in 2001, The Mummy Returns, and a prequel spin-off of that sequel, The Scorpion King, in 2002, which spawned a 2008 prequel, The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior, and a 2012 sequel, The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption.

* The Seven Wonders ( 2012 ) is a prequel recounting the journey of the young Gordianus to see the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World beginning in 92 BC.

Earth Unaware, a prequel to the entire Ender series, was released on July 17, 2012.

Combs stars with Andrew Divoff in the 2012 Screen Media Films release " Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation ", a prequel to the 2006 cult hit " Night of the Living Dead 3D " directed by Jeff Broadstreet.

" Although the 2012 prequel film is entitled " Re-Animation ", it has no connection to Combs ' most well-known film, " Re-Animator ," nor does the film play on the imagery from " Re-Animator " in any way.

A sequel remained in Development Hell for over two decades, before Mad Max: Fury Road, which is instead to be a prequel to the original film, was finally greenlit in 2012.

In July 2012, Trick Daddy released a mixtape entitled " D * ck & Dynamite " as a prequel to his upcoming album release.

* The Hobbit – two-part prequel to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, currently in production, scheduled for release in 2012 and 2013.

In February 2012, it was announced that AnnaSophia Robb will play the role as a teenager in Teen drama The CW's upcoming Sex and the City television prequel series, The Carrie Diaries.

* Magnus Greel's days as The Minister of Justice are explored in the 2012 prequel audio story The Butcher of Brisbane, featuring the Fifth Doctor, being careful not to change his own past.

A prequel, Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed, is set for release on August 17, 2012.

A prequel, Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed, will be released on August 17, 2012, in limited release.

Selkirk, el verdadero Robinson Crusoe, a stop motion film by Tournier Animation based on Alexander Selkirk's life was premiered simultaneously in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay on 2 February 2012.

In 2012 it was reported that a Swiss woman died of starvation after having attempted to survive on light alone, based on one of Jasmuheen's books.

* Columbus, Ohio based pop / rock band Casey At The Bat, formed in 2012.

* In 2012, Mauricio Chernovetzky & Mark Devendorf produce a film titled Styria based on " Carmilla " starring Eleanor Tomlinson, Stephen Rea and Katie Silverman

In 2011, it was announced that Barrymore had been cast alongside John Krasinski in Ken Kwapis's Big Miracle ( 2012 ), a romantic drama based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.

Retail Convergence, operator of private sale website RueLaLa. com, acquired by GSI Commerce for $ 180 million, plus up to $ 170 million in earn-out payments based on performance through 2012.

As of February 2012, NASA's Kepler mission had identified 2, 321 unconfirmed planetary candidates associated with 1, 790 host stars, based on the first sixteen months of data from the space-based telescope.

In January 2012, SOE announced plans to shut down the server, but based on the " passionate " response of the player base, rescinded the decision and changed Al ' Kabor to a free-to-play subscription model.

Recent years have once again brought a new construction boom to the Fairfax campus, which is currently undergoing a massive, $ 900 million construction campaign ( between 2002 – 2012 ) based on the 2002 University Master Plan.

Toronto based theatre company Frolick adapted the Little Nemo in Slumberland comic strip for presentation at the Lagoon Theatre, Olympic Island, Toronto Islands running from July 1, until August 26, 2012 under the title " Adventures in Slumberland ".

* Ralf Seemann, Martin Brinkmann, Thomas Pfohl, and Stephan Herminghaus: " Droplet based microfluidics ", Reports on Progress in Physics 75, 016601, 2012.

There is also a small community of Ahmadiyya Muslims based in Majuro, with the first mosque opening in the capital in September 2012.

Most recently, in 2012, he describes himself as an analyst at a Zurich based investment bank.

In 2009, the operations and maintenance contract for the day-to-day management and operation of the Fence was awarded to Five Rivers Services, LLC, based out of Colorado Springs, CO. On September 30, 2011, Five Rivers Services was awarded a $ 7, 022, 503 firm fixed price with cost reimbursable line items contract modification to manage, operate, maintain, and logistically support the nine Air Force Space Surveillance System field stations, presumably for Fiscal Year 2012.

In 2012, SNK Playmore announced the release of the Neo Geo X, a handheld and home console based on the original AES.

* In February 2012 a London based Theatre company Improbable performed a string of shows at the Barbican Theatre London, called " The Devil & Mr Punch " which is an adaptation of the Punch & Judy story.

As of February 2012, Ridley Scott was discussing a project based on a screenplay called The Counselor by author Cormac McCarthy.

As of 2012, Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 98 % based on reviews from 60 critics.

In football, as of April 2012, the Tirana based teams have won a combined 57 championships out of 72 championships organized by the FSHF, i. e. 79 % of them.

Their next film, Cloud Atlas, based on the novel of the same name by David Mitchell and co-written and co-directed by Tom Tykwer, is scheduled for release on October 26, 2012.

Notable story arcs of this decade include the 2010 storyline " Second Coming ", which is based on plot threads from " Messiah Complex " and " House of M ", " Age of X ", and " Schism " ( 2011 ), as well as the 2012 event " Avengers vs. X-Men ".

In 2012, a knock off site of the clothing branch Abercrombie & Fitch based in China called abercrombie-and-fitchoutlet. com offered " nigger brown pants " for sale as the result of a faulty Chinese-to-English translator.

On March 13, 2012, Disney announced that the Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure would close in the summer and be replaced by Agent P's World Showcase Adventure, based on Disney's Phineas and Ferb.

In 2012, Tharp created the full-length ballet The Princess and the Goblin., based on the story by George MacDonald.

After appearing alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt in the 2010 television film The Client List, Shepherd became a regular on the series based on the film in 2012 and will continue this role in the show's second season in 2013.