Peter Weyland has been a magnet for controversy since he announced his intent to build the first convincingly humanoid robotic system by the end of the decade.
Whether challenging the ethical boundaries of medicine with nanotechnology or going toe to toe with the Vatican itself on the issue of gene-therapy sterilization, Sir Peter prides himself on his motto, “If we can, we must.” After a three year media blackout, Weyland has finally emerged to reveal where he’s heading next. Wherever that may be, we will most certainly want to follow.
Conceived and designed by Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof and directed by Luke Scott.
Sir Peter Weyland was born in Mumbai, India at the turn of the Millennium. The progeny of two brilliant parents; His mother, an Oxford Educated Professor of Comparative Mythology, his father, a self-taught software Engineer, it was clear from an early age that Sir Peter’s capabilities would only be eclipsed by his ambition to realize them. By the age of fourteen, he had already registered a dozen patents in a wide range of fields from biotech to robotics, but it would be his dynamic break-throughs in generating synthetic atmosphere above the polar ice cap that gained him worldwide recognition and spawned an empire.
In less than a decade, Weyland Corporation became a worldwide leader in emerging technologies and launched the first privatized industrial mission to leave the planet Earth. “There are other worlds than this one,” Sir Peter boldly declared, “And if there is no air to breathe, we will simply have to make it.”
Q&A with screenwriter Damon Lindelof »
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Robby Mason commented on Mar 24 2012
Too bad there wasn’t a more direct reference to some of Cecil Rhodes’ quotes such as annexing the planets or easily obtaining raw materials by exploiting cheap (i.e.- slave) labor. The former could relate directly to Weyland’s ambition (avarice?), and the latter could lend itself well to the irony of an exomorphic species utilizing *human* as a combination of cheap labor and raw materials. :-)
joel bielawski commented on Mar 23 2012
Is Peter a human or evolved humanoid robot??………………….hhhhmmmmmm
jim bates commented on Mar 23 2012
Next… Demonstrate..Why?
Vincent Butaya commented on Mar 21 2012
great act!
commented on Mar 19 2012
Fake
Rob Davies commented on Mar 19 2012
Amazing
R2PH 2N1Q commented on Mar 18 2012
Question :
Whenever you’re playing god’s role, Mr Weyland…
What or who is playing the devil’s one ?
Aleks Dorohovich commented on Mar 17 2012
Can’t stop, whatching over and over. Solid and very strong fiction talk.
Vagner Pagotti commented on Mar 9 2012
Not round red carpet. Very egocentric gummy guy.
It is not TED. Perhaps a 2023 Super Bowl adverts
Kirk Gornall commented on Mar 8 2012
This talk is not in the movie. I wish it was as it is a great. It is just part of the [viral] promotion for the movie. Guy Pearce will only be in the movie for about a minute. In the talk he indicates that they are three months into the year 2023. However the Weyland Industries website indicates that this speech was given on Feb 27th 2023.
commented on Mar 5 2012
will this be in the movie as well, or is this just a promo teaser that is considered canon?
commented on Mar 3 2012
Interesting. He is trying to sell the general population the idea of artificial beings by appealing to humanity’s collective ego.
Edit Rite commented on Mar 3 2012
how reptilian. the anti-steve jobs
Youngjin Ahn commented on Mar 3 2012
Coool!
Matti Jääaro commented on Mar 2 2012
I have to say though, when they showed this one at TED it did not have a title and you had no idea what it was going to be about. That made the experience awesome, if you’re gonna show this to a friend, just start it up without telling them what the plot is :-) This movie might suck ass, I don’t care, it’s still a perfect trailer.
Nick Chandra commented on Mar 2 2012
Nicely done. I love how this was all presented. Looking ever-so-forward to the film.
Irina Flowers commented on Mar 2 2012
Humanity had always had selected few to drive the vehicle of progress forward. The rest performed the tasks of breathing, multiplying and serving those in power.
justin hills commented on Mar 2 2012
Impressive.
George Johnson commented on Mar 2 2012
That was rather good, especially the chilling sign off line. Those who consider themselves so jaded as to find this boring, do stop being so po-faced and shut up! It’s only a little bit of fun, lighten up a little.
Carl Malthouse commented on Mar 2 2012
Check the source of the website it has a full bio of Peter Weyland in there.