Following the recent news of the potential title change for Sir Ridley Scott’s upcoming Prometheus sequel, 20th Century Fox has officially announced that Prometheus 2 is no longer known as Alien: Paradise Lost but as Alien: Covenant. The announcement, made via the Prometheus and Alien Facebook pages, also divulges our first real details of the upcoming plot:
“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.”
In addition to the above plot details, via the announcement on Twitter, Fox have also revealed the current release date for Alien: Covenant to be the 6th of October 2017! Noomi Rapace’s character, Elizabeth Shaw, is noticeably absent in the plot summary so perhaps she won’t be returning to reprise her role or her absence may be part of the mystery of the plot.
It looked more like the Deacon than an Alien to me. I know they're quite obviously linked in some fashion but it didn't seem to the be the Alien as we know it.
This would be the last thing I want to see.
Is this possible though? I mean, the murals in Prometheus depict the xenomorph... Unless the humans created the xenomorph thousands of years prior.
Im getting the feeling that David will create the Xeno we know, possibly in this film, but I think the idea may be that it has been made before and used as a weapon. I'm also getting the idea that when Scott says we will, at the end of the trilogy, know why that ship is there on LV426 and how and why and etc,.. Im thinking he doesn't necessarily mean, we will see it happen but maybe just find out what happened to get it there, thousands of years prior. - I hope thats the case anyway!
Hadn't really thought of it that way around. I certainly hope mankind doesn't end up creating the Aliens. I can get by with Engineer's doing it but not mankind.
I'm actually more interested from Blomkamp's flim..
"we go out with a bang" "pendejo" "you are no man" "i never liked you" "are my tortillas ready" "i have never been mistaken for a man" "no have you" "you ever got your shit pushed in homesssssssss" "wolfie is just fine" "i am the legal guardian of your thesis if its provided correct" "i never liked you Gorlami"
Imagine 5 of those android bitches talking all the way like that every second.
Depends if they're trying to be smart about it. They could try and it infer it to also mean the Engineers or even us.
Honestly though, Alien has to mean "the Aliens". I mean it has too. Right?
What do you mean? This film will likely have a MUCH larger cast than any other Scott ALIEN film.
If anything it will likely be much different than ALIEN and PROMETHEUS.
Ridley is developing this, while The Martian was handed to him. Movies he's developed haven't turned out too well in recent years.
Agreed re: corporal's sentiments. He does need to be challenged. Seems like Fox has reined him in this time, which I think is good news.
That just gave me a really disturbing image lmao
Its like that ?? I'll never understand life.
I don't mind waiting. I'd rather wait than have a rushed piece.
Exactly. People need to stand up and call him out on bad ideas.
You know someone who worked on Prometheus ?? Wow nice.
Too many people too keen to tickle his tummy!
The move to explain the Xeno's origins - and potentially a return to that hard, R rated world of the original - is a smart move. However, if Shaw goes on to become the original Space Jockey, I will hunt Scott down and punch him right between his eyes!
The October release date is also potentially good news - being this close to Halloween might indicate a rachetting up of the terror / horror levels.
Fingers crossed! It's going to be a long two years!
Yes, the synopses pretty much spells it out.
Ok this might not be the direction I hoped for the continuation of Prometheus, but return to the Alien franchise can be interesting.
Superb idea not to mention Shaw in the synopsis. Obviously that Noomi Rapace will be in the movie but it promises great moment between David and Shaw.
I agree for the most part. A:R attempted the grandeur that you speak of but fell short.
And from the looks of The Martian maybe Scott has gotten his groove back. I don't blame him either, remember this his close brother committed suicide not too long ago.
I do hope that we get to explore Noomi's character, Shaw. Something tells me that Covenant may actually take place farther ahead than we think. Maybe the third movie will take place between Prometheus and Covenant and will focus heavily on what happens with Shaw and David.
Also is there any confirmation that the David in Covenant is the same android from Prometheus?
At this point, as much as I love the idea of seeing Sigourney return as Ripley and long to see a proper ending to her story, I think we can all agree having one person spearhead the franchise as a Producer is what we need, so we don't end up with the mess we have.
I imagine Ridley really kicks himself in the ass for dropping the ball on A5 when they went ahead with AVP. Even more so than when he didn't cling to it for ALIENS.
One thing is certain with Scott on board, he will consistently bring quality production values to the series, that was largely missing from A:R through AVP-R. Say what you want about PROMETHEUS but the grandeur, and vastness of the Alien universe was restored. In doing that, it was unquestionably a success.
Hopefully someone gives Ridley a good hard push this time.
True enough but "produced by Ridley Scott" would have done the job just as well for the every man.
That's what happens when he doesn't have a strong creative team around him.
Something which 'Prometheus' didn't really do, either, as it turned out.
He can be a gifted artistic visionary (although, not always), but a part of that mentality is being extremely fluid and distracted by the newest ideas which come his way. Even in the post-production interviews for 'Prometheus', it was clear he didn't have anything approaching concrete plans for the direction he wanted the series to head in.
We're probably getting to a point in time were many of those "suits" would have grown-up with Alien and it's sequels. There certainly seems to be a bit of a revival going on within the franchise with some good quality stuff coming out recently like Alien: Isolation, The Weyland-Yutani Report and many of the new novels.
The current chairman and CEO of Fox also seems to be into science-fiction as I recall an interview where he was unashamedly gushing about all the concept art and stuff currently being made for the Avatar sequels. He is also actively involved with the X Prize foundation.
They also knew an Alien film that said; "directed by Ridley Scott" would get more bums in the seats.
Yup. Bastards.
I think Scott wields more power than we think. At the end of the day, Fox made him come back for Prometheus. It was originally supposed to be someone called Carl Rinch (sp?) but Fox demanded Ridley do it so whilst he doesn't own the IP, he certainly seems to be the one Fox trusts with it.
Indeed, where did this nonsense get started? IGN again? The last time Scott mentioned Alien 5 he seemed eager to get it going and even mentioned a 2017 release date.
Except Scott isn't the George Lucas of the Alien franchise. He doesn't own the IP nor has he funded any of the films himself. He got the original Alien gig because the previous six directors attached to the project had all dropped out. Although he certainly had a major influence on the look of the final film it wasn't his brainchild to begin with.
Looking back at Prometheus, there were instances where Scott had to capitulate to studio interference. Granted, he would have a little bit more influence and authority than most other directors with regards to this particular IP but for good or for worse, it's a bunch of suits in a boardroom that's ultimately calling all the shots with regards to the future of the Alien franchise.
He didn't say that. Unless someone can provide me with a source saying otherwise, he said it would be Prometheus 2 first and then Alien 5. I can't remember seeing anything that said he would make it wait until he was done with the Prometheus series.
...So we're not getting Alien 5 until all the Prometheus sequels are done?
I'm sorry but... that just displeases me. I really hope that isn't the case.
Well, in a sense, but I think it just depends on the distance. Cryosleep is only necessary for lengthy voyages. I'd suspect the Falcon is smaller than the Nostromo? In which case, the dropship is a more comparable landing craft and has a similar smooth landing capability.
We really don't know how ships travel long distances in the 'Alien' films... I've often thought it strange that we're able to generate gravity inside ships, yet they travel along using relatively archaic rocket exhausts.
Good point about the Engineers making other "human" looking aliens.
For all we know, the Arcturians that Frost mentions sleeping with in Aliens could be very human looking as well, only hard to discern the genders.
Nice point, hope to see it in the movie
Travelling inside the galaxy must be routine for the Engineers, unlike humans from Earth. So humans from another system, more advanced than us, (and speaking english of course
I get what you mean, there are some 'realistic' counterbalances to FTL technology, for e.g.