Director Ridley Scott has been teasing about making a sequel to "Prometheus" ever since it was released in 2012. In a recent interview with Empire about his upcoming film, "The Martian", Scott slipped information about the untitled Prometheus sequel. The director confirmed that the film's officially his next project, AceShowbiz reports.

Scott was with Matt Damon in the interview and opened up about the challenge they had in working on "The Martian". According to Damon, the typically fast-working Scott could tackle it well. Scott was quick to agree and said, "I was already on to my next movie! I was starting to look for locations for my next movie, which is 'Prometheus 2'."

The movie may head into production sooner than it was expected as it is rumored to start filming in January 2016. There were also rumblings that Neill Blomkamp's untitled new Alien movie, in which Scott is attached to produce, has been pushed back so that Scott can work on "Prometheus 2" first. "Prometheus 2" is speculated to hit U.S. theaters in 2017 with the fifth "Alien" movie following in 2018 or later.

So far, 20th Century Fox has yet to announce any sort of timeline for "Prometheus 2". Scott didn't provide any details either.