Alien: Covenant

Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in ALIEN with ALIEN: COVENANT, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with PROMETHEUS – and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – whose sole inhabitant is the “synthetic” David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

  • Release Date: May 19, 2017
  • Director: Ridley Scott
  • Written By: John Logan, Dante Harper

 

  • Cast: Michael Fassbender
The Freaky New ‘Alien: Covenant’ Is Exploding With Xenomorphs
The Freaky New ‘Alien: Covenant’ Is Exploding With Xenomorphs
The Freaky New ‘Alien: Covenant’ Is Exploding With Xenomorphs
The last Alien: Covenant poster 20th Century Fox released should have been enough of a warning. A demented egg bathed in eerie green light sat in the midst of shadows in the one sheet, an image that begs you to turn around and run away. In case you didn’t get the hint of the dark and dangerous creatures that lurk on other planets, this new poster will remind you.
16 Great SXSW Films to Keep on Your Radar in 2017
16 Great SXSW Films to Keep on Your Radar in 2017
16 Great SXSW Films to Keep on Your Radar in 2017
Dozens of movies play at the SXSW Film Festival every year, making it impossible to see all of them in just eight days. Even if you attended the annual insanity in Austin last week, chances are pretty high that you missed at least a few good movies. And if you’re a cinephile who skipped the fest entirely (congrats on your sleep), you might be wondering which films are worth putting on your radar. Lucky for the sleepless and the well-rested alike, we’ve put together a handy list featuring some of the best films from SXSW 2017.
Ridley Scott Revealed the Title of the Next ‘Alien’ Movie and More New Details
Ridley Scott Revealed the Title of the Next ‘Alien’ Movie and More New Details
Ridley Scott Revealed the Title of the Next ‘Alien’ Movie and More New Details
There’s nothing better than when an iconic filmmaker accidentally lets new juicy details slip about the future of a franchise. For a while now we’ve been getting bits and pieces teasing the new Alien: Covenant, the (supposed) sequel to Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. But now a new interview with the filmmaker questions that Alien timeline, and reveals the title of the next movie in the franchise.
‘Alien: Covenant’ Footage Recap From SXSW
‘Alien: Covenant’ Footage Recap From SXSW
‘Alien: Covenant’ Footage Recap From SXSW
“My mantra has always been to scare the living s— out of you.” Those were Ridley Scott’s final words before he unleashed three scenes from Alien: Covenant to a packed theater at SXSW last night. Scott was joined by stars Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender and Danny McBride at a special screening of his original Alien, preceded by a sneak peek at footage from Covenant. You’re warned of potential spoilers from here on out, but it’s doubtful that Scott, who seems very confident about his “quite clever” prequel, would allow us to see footage that gave away too much.
‘Alien: Covenant’ Teaser Introduces the New Droid
‘Alien: Covenant’ Teaser Introduces the New Droid
‘Alien: Covenant’ Teaser Introduces the New Droid
You may recall that an early promotional video for Prometheus introduced us to David, the dangerously curious synthetic played by Michael Fassbender. In Alien: Covenant, we’ll get two Fassbenders for the price of one, as the actor is playing a newer synthetic model known as David. 20th Century Fox has released an intriguing fake marketing video from Weyland-Yutani to prepare you for tomorrow’s full, formal introduction to the latest addition to the fictional company’s line of synthetics.
Ridley Scott Could Make Six More ‘Alien’ Movies
Ridley Scott Could Make Six More ‘Alien’ Movies
Ridley Scott Could Make Six More ‘Alien’ Movies
At 79 years old, Ridley Scott’s nearing the age register where movie lovers start to respectfully confer in quiet tones about how many features the director‘s got left in him. The acclaimed filmmaker behind two dozen beloved projects has no intention of slowing down in the near future, however. As if in direct response to those who may question his continued abilities as a filmmaker, Ridley has defiantly responded that he’ll stop making movies when he’s dead, and that he doesn’t plan on dying any time soon, and that he hopes you like the new Alien movie because he’s just getting started.
‘Alien: Covenant’ Trailer: Get Ready to Scream
‘Alien: Covenant’ Trailer: Get Ready to Scream
‘Alien: Covenant’ Trailer: Get Ready to Scream
Poor Billy Crudup doesn’t seem to know he’s in an Alien movie, the first one with that word in the title in a decade. Though this was initially billed as a sequel to Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s recent prequel to his most enduring sci-fi franchise, the latest trailer for Alien: Covenant makes almost no attempt to connect to that film, other than the presence of Michael Fassbender as another android like the one he played in Prometheus. Instead it looks more like a straight-ahead Alien do-over, with Katherine Waterston in the central female role.
‘Alien: Covenant’ Gets a New Poster With a Demented Egg
‘Alien: Covenant’ Gets a New Poster With a Demented Egg
‘Alien: Covenant’ Gets a New Poster With a Demented Egg
Eggs are great. Fried eggs, poached eggs, baked eggs in shakshuka, eggs on avocado toast, boiled eggs in ramen, deviled eggs; there’s so many things to love about eggs. But eggs can also be pretty terrible if they’re housing vicious creatures from a far-away planets intent on bursting out of your chest and murdering you. I’ll pass on those eggs.
Brace for Doom with the ‘Alien: Covenant’ Prologue Clip
Brace for Doom with the ‘Alien: Covenant’ Prologue Clip
Brace for Doom with the ‘Alien: Covenant’ Prologue Clip
With every new studio release, Ridley Scott likes to remind us all of his background in advertising. The director behind the canonized “Nineteen Eighty-Four” Macintosh commercial tends to mount an inventive promotional campaign for each of his motion picture efforts — both Prometheus and The Martian showed off their elaborate, space-ready production design through early faux-featurettes, and Scott has pulled the same move today. This morning saw the release of a “prologue” video titled “The Last Supper” in relation to the upcoming sequel Alien: Covenant, and while it gives viewers a chance to familiarize themselves with the crew of a major interstellar colonization effort, it’s also a chilling bait-and-switch unto itself.

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