Danny McBride talks Alien: Covenant in a new interview with Rolling Stone. His involvement with the Prometheus sequel only gets a few paragraphs but he does confirm that he plays the pilot of the Covenant and talks about shooting practically.
“You’re shooting Alien: Covenant right now. What can you tell us about it?
I’m the pilot of the spaceship Covenant, which is a colonization ship, searching for a planet where we might start life anew. I run the ship.
Are you in a harness for eight hours a day, yelling at a green screen?
No, I didn’t know if it would be all green screen, but most of the stuff is practical effects: when you’re running from an alien it’s really a dude in an alien suit coming after you! The sets are incredible and you’re in them: We go through some inclement weather at one point on the spaceship and this whole gigantic set is on a gimbal, shaking up and down. You don’t have to use your imagination.”
It’s great to hear more about the creatures in Alien: Covenant being practical. If you’ve somehow missed it, Fox have also teased the films creature earlier today!
Danny McBride talks Alien: Covenant in an interview, confirming he plays the pilot of the Covenant.
He also talks briefly about working with Ridley Scott: “He’s got so much energy, and he shoots everything with four cameras. We move through stuff fast. When I got here some people said, “Oh man, he does two takes, three takes, tops,” but I love it. It creates this attitude on set of, like, “You better fucking come with it because you’ve got two shots — you better bring it.”
Thanks to BonesawT101 for the news.
http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/danny-mcbride-is-shocked-hes-in-the-new-alien-movie-too
Yes i mean im not excited to see the Alien or how this story pans out with Prometheus tied in BUT to see Danny act...or a twist hell be a lenient captain and he plays himself again
That doesn't grant him immunity from making a bad film unfortunately.
Like I said, sorry to have just picked that comment on. Just wanted to inform folk.
(However, if her comments come to pass, and the events of ALIEN 3 and ALIEN RESURRECTION aren't referenced whatsoever...then at least my intended own versions of them will still make complete sense!)
I don't know why, but all of a sudden I can't stop thinking about the recent X Files episode "Mulder and Scully meet the Were-Monster" - the part where the monster is chased off frantically flailing his arms in the campest way as he minces away because he got scared even though HE is the monster. lol .
But seriously - no comic relief from Mcbride this time please - we had enough tomfoolery in Prometheus. A scary not overly gory suffocating nail-biting edge of your seat film is what I'd really like to see this time.
Its good to hear they are using physical objects rather than all CGI. One of the things I liked when viewing the Prometheus DVD extras, is how imaginative and creative the props guys were using liquid that responds to soundwaves, and of course another excuse to whip out a condom and see what effects can he achieved with it.
Even the pups/mapping orbs were basically balls on a stick - I think I actually loved the props more than I did the movie.(except that engineer's flute - would rather forget about that - lol)
I could see an alien chasing him down the hall.
I thought it was for "post-traumatic stress disorder" relief after making first contact?
Now I can almost imagine a dour, sullen Mcbride telling everyone who dares to crack a joke to "knock it off"!
Sorry just to pick out this comment but since it's making the rounds again. She said that a while back during Alien Day. Guess most sites didn't notice.
However, I still have high hopes for a good continuation of the story overall, with this next one...but I won't let it's eventual trailers build my expectations as high as I did with PROMETHEUS. I just hope for some creepier/scarier-looking 'xenomorphs' than the 'deacon baby' turned out to be...
By the way, judging by Sigourney's latest comments, it seems very likely that Neil Blomkamp's movie will indeed be an 'alternative route' which totally disregards the ALIEN 3 and ALIEN RESURRECTION movies altogether - www.io9.gizmodo.com/the-eventual-aliens-sequel-will-wipe-alien-3-and-resurr-1783225719 and a further article here - www.aintitcoolnews.com/node/75618
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It would be interesting to see him play a serious role. He knows a lot of about film, too, and I think he respects Scott a lot, and will want to try and do the best possible job that he can; it's not everyday you get to be in a Scott movie, after all.
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Yay for me!
Pairs up quite nicely with the hand we saw today.
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I really like how they are exploring this. It wasn't really touched on in Aliens how or why they set up a colony on that planet. Maybe there are lots of these ships searching for planets in the Alien universe. Exciting possibilities.
Looks like you were right about him being the pilot of the ship Corporal. Although the fact that he "runs" it could also imply that he's the captain as well.
Also good to hear that we'll be getting dudes in suits again.