Just last month we told you that Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Avengers) were in negotiations to star in Tommy Wirkola‘s (Dead Snow) Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters for Paramount Pictures as the sibling witch hunters.

Now, according to Deadline, Ridley Scott has is eyes on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Noomi Rapace for the lead role in his forthcoming 3D Alien prequel at 20th Century Fox. The site claims that she has already had more than one meeting with Scott, and that she has left a very strong impression on the director.

The Untitled Alien Prequel is slated to hit theaters in 2011.