The first trailer just hit and it's definitely more Alien than Prometheus, that's for sure.
Cast-wise, Michael Fassbender is basically the only returning character. In addition to playing David the android from the last film, he's also playing a second, identical android named Walter, so there will be kind of a Social Network / Armie Hammer / Winklevoss thing going on, effects-wise. But completely new cast/crew otherwise. Will also be a hard R this go around and feature the actual aliens from the original movies, in addition to a few other creatures. For better or worse, Ridley Scott has returned to direct.
Here's the official synopsis...
So, basically, David (and maybe Shaw) likely reached the home planet of the Engineers (the giant white guys who created man) as he and Shaw set out to do at the end of Prometheus. Shaw apparently has a cameo, if not a slightly bigger role, but she's definitely not the lead this time, and I'm guessing her scenes are likely flashbacks because Guy Pierce is in this too, even though he died at the end of Prometheus, along with nearly everyone else. Either way, David has potentially sent out some kind of signal from the planet and the Covenant likely pics it up, I'm assuming. The crew of the Covenant consists of Katherine Waterston (the lead), Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, and James Franco, among other lesser known names.
With the PG-13 leash now cut, and no need for the filmmakers to play games and distance themselves from Alien like they did the last go around, I have much more faith in this version. By the looks of the trailer, Scott may very well have his sci-fi/horror mojo back, but I'll believe it when I see it.
Alien: Covenant hits theaters May 19.
Cast-wise, Michael Fassbender is basically the only returning character. In addition to playing David the android from the last film, he's also playing a second, identical android named Walter, so there will be kind of a Social Network / Armie Hammer / Winklevoss thing going on, effects-wise. But completely new cast/crew otherwise. Will also be a hard R this go around and feature the actual aliens from the original movies, in addition to a few other creatures. For better or worse, Ridley Scott has returned to direct.
Here's the official synopsis...
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Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant find what they believe to be an uncharted paradise. What the crew discover is a dark, dangerous world, whose sole inhabitant is the "synthetic" David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.
So, basically, David (and maybe Shaw) likely reached the home planet of the Engineers (the giant white guys who created man) as he and Shaw set out to do at the end of Prometheus. Shaw apparently has a cameo, if not a slightly bigger role, but she's definitely not the lead this time, and I'm guessing her scenes are likely flashbacks because Guy Pierce is in this too, even though he died at the end of Prometheus, along with nearly everyone else. Either way, David has potentially sent out some kind of signal from the planet and the Covenant likely pics it up, I'm assuming. The crew of the Covenant consists of Katherine Waterston (the lead), Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, and James Franco, among other lesser known names.
With the PG-13 leash now cut, and no need for the filmmakers to play games and distance themselves from Alien like they did the last go around, I have much more faith in this version. By the looks of the trailer, Scott may very well have his sci-fi/horror mojo back, but I'll believe it when I see it.
Alien: Covenant hits theaters May 19.