We now have our first look at Danny McBride in Alien: Covenant! Following on from the reveal of Michael Fassbender’s blurry new look in Alien: Covenant earlier this week, the Alien social media accounts have now shared a new picture giving us our look at Danny McBride:
We now have our first look at Danny McBride in Alien: Covenant!
Captioned “Mission Briefing” the picture also offers us a peak at what appears to be the cockpit or bridge of the Covenant. It definitely looks like it retains some of the gloss of the Prometheus but seems to be much more subdued and in line with the style of the Hadley’s Hope control room. The console also appears to be using aircraft like flip-switches.
Back in May, Michael Fassbender spoke a little about the design aesthetic of the sets, saying that they have “an old-school element where things look battered, like the original Star Wars…”
What do you reckon to this latest picture? Let us known down below!
On that note, I want it to have some gore, visceral, like in Alien. Obviously we don't want slasher flick gore, and I wouldnt think we would get that from scott.
1. but it is a straight horror movie
2. and gore
3. Then each week, the numbers dwindled and it became less and less people at the table
One year away....couldn't it be for this November, shoot... I wonder how gory this will be, hope it's done right.
Ha. I love that comment about the cast dinners.
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I don't know about you, but I'd rather have Scott give me what I want and expect, which is familiar elements used in unexpected, clever and funny ways. I don't want a repeat of the Counsellor, which, while it was rather left-field and experimental, made me crave for something a tad more conventional (and I really liked that film).
They're called writing tropes. Alien used stock characters but breathed life into them, anyways, considering how economical and pragmatic that film is, regarding how it treats its cast. Alien had Parker and Brett, Hamlet had Rosencrantz and Gildenstern. Recycling is part of the game. As long as it isn't a literal palimpsest, with Scott tracing over Alien, I don't care.
You reckon? I'm not getting a command vibe.
He's just the captain.
I do love the retro styling of the console, though.
You have got to love all the tiny bits of detail in Alien. It's world building on such a small scale but it works just so incredibly well!
What do we think? McBride is the pilot?
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Oh wow, I gotta go look for that...
There were actually some pretty cool toy Easter eggs in Alien. Hanging from Kane's console was a little Elephant Man figurine. Not only would Kane be the first to see the elephantile Space Jockey but John Hurt would also go on to star in David Lynch's "The Elephant Man" as the titular character a year later. Very bizarre!
At one point Ripley and Parker jokingly asks Brett whether he's some kind of parrot because he keeps saying "right". And it turns out Brett actually has a toy parrot on a little perch hanging over his console/workdesk. Brett also built all these little wooden sailing ship models.
I think that's one of those hula-girl dolls that wobbles when you go over bumps. Awesome.
The toys are back as well! There's one atop the seat and another figurine on a console.
Reminiscent of the Dippy Birds and the Gashapons from Alien.
And McBride is looking suitably scruffy as always.
I was thinking that too. But the news is out. I was reading what you wrote about Fassbinder not being photographed yet with Blond hair/David 8-get up. I'll bet there is some reasoning to this that involves NOOMI's scenes.
Also the cockpit is the real looker here. I like the use of color and I hope this movie is 3 hours long.
I hope it's documented really well. I love how many behind the scenes stills there are for Prometheus. Hope they get as many for this!
Yep. Me too.
documentary movie about making of Covenant.
I still dont know who will direct it!
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