Alien: Covenant Adds Four More to Cast!

Posted February 25, 2016 4:40 PM Corporal Hicks 21 Comments

Alien: Covenant Adds Four More To Cast! Following on from this week’s earlier announcement that Demian Bichir was joining the cast of Alien: Covenant, Deadline is now reporting that an additional four have been added to the cast of Sir Ridley Scott’s upcoming Prometheus sequel:.

“Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant is in the process of rounding out it main cast ahead of production, which is now being eyed to start next month. Jussie Smolett, Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo and Callie Hernandez have signed on to a cast that already features Micahel Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Demian Bichir and Danny McBride.

Alien: Covenant Adds Four More To Cast! From left to right: Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo, Jussie Smolett and Callie Hernandez

Smolett plays Jamal Lyon on Fox’s hit primetime soap Empire which is in the middle of its second season. He’s repped by CAA and Vince Cirrincione and Associates.

Seimetz (Upstream Color) is co-creator of Starz’s upcoming The Girlfriend Experience and wrote and directed half of the episodes in Season 1 in addition to her supporting role. She’s repped by WME and One Entertainment.

Ejogo played Coretta Scott King in last year’s Oscar Best Picture nominated Selma and is up next in Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. She’s repped by ICM Partners.

Hernandez (Machete Kills) recently wrapped shooting Damien Chazelle’s La La Land at Lionsgate opposite Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. She is repped by CAA and Management 360.”

As with Demian Bichir’s announcement there are no character names or details available yet but keep watching this space!

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Comments: 21

SpeedyMaxx
Posted Feb 26, 2016, 05:29:17 AM

Jussie Smollett stars on Empire, one of the biggest shows in the U.S. He's not a no-name. Amy Seimetz does a shit-ton of arthouse work, including You're Next. And Carmen Ejogo played Coretta Scott King in Selma.

They're not unknowns, they're just not mega-stars. Same as most of the original series cast, or Rafe Spall, Noomi Rapace, Benedict Wong, Logan Marshall-Green, etc.
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T Dog
Posted Feb 26, 2016, 01:55:00 AM

I just read on collider that Billy Crudup is "in talks" too. Now he's a good actor. Played a great suit in Spotlight.
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Flexserve
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 11:30:04 PM

Oh cool, no name cannon fodder.
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whiterabbit
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 11:17:08 PM

f**k that. Fox is investing in a trilogy here. They either have to put down or shut up. No less than 150M for this film. This isn't a Prometheus movie anymore; it's ALIEN.

At least that is what I choose to believe.
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Gazz
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 10:52:59 PM

But Alien: Covenant does have something that Prometheus didn't, and that's the ALIEN moniker. It's a franchise title with worldwide recognition and that'll buy them a few more bums in seats. With the R Rating, I expect a budget somewhere between The Martian ($108) and Prometheus ($130).
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david8
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 10:38:12 PM

Interesting choices, all up an interesting bunch, as someone already mentioned they are not big names which will prove to be non-distracting. Amy Seimetz was great in Upstream Colour; a very talented actress.

Mace-in-the-bum, calm your tits.
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T Dog
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 10:36:26 PM

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 25, 2016, 09:50:55 PM
Quote from: tmjhur on Feb 25, 2016, 08:41:23 PM
Well maybe the budget is a bit more modest in order to secure that Hard R. And in order to do that the money has to be funneled into C list actors (not a comment on their abilities).
I know McBride, Waterson and Fassbender, none of the others.

Could be. What was Deadpool's budget? Around $60 million or so?

I've seen a $150 million figure bandied about for Alien: Covenant but with no traceable source so I don't even know if it's even a reliable estimate.
I'm not sure what the budget is. Prometheus was 130mil and they definitely wanted a PG-13 for that. Ridley being the businessman he is has probably taken a smaller budget in order to deliver an R. He's also a bloody master at green screen work so he can do a lot in studio without needing to go out to locations and do it in such a way the audience doesn't bat an eyelid.
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Astronoë
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 10:18:29 PM

At first I thought one of them was Michelle Rodriguez, and then I thought about her in the movie resident evil, kick-ass character

https://45.media.tumblr.com/106b1185a8a3d8fec9812ec488637402/tumblr_meow83LWXA1r3bcgho2_250.gif

omg lazerz r ewul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvQpcmqBtw

Doesn't the predator haf an advantage with his laser gun? Seals xenomorph wounds, no acid spill, shouldn't the silly humans do that as well?...but I suppose projectile weapons never go out of style for some reason...
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Gazz
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 10:10:05 PM

Quote from: mace-in-the-face on Feb 25, 2016, 09:12:12 PM
Well, this is certainly going the way of a video store shelf-filler movie in a hurry.

https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi53.tinypic.com%2Fdw5iu0.jpg&hash=4a4ddf15f8ab8a807135fb0db2215ded0773d811

In the real world, this is shaping out to be a nice cast!
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Posted Feb 25, 2016, 09:50:55 PM

Quote from: tmjhur on Feb 25, 2016, 08:41:23 PM
Well maybe the budget is a bit more modest in order to secure that Hard R. And in order to do that the money has to be funneled into C list actors (not a comment on their abilities).
I know McBride, Waterson and Fassbender, none of the others.

Could be. What was Deadpool's budget? Around $60 million or so?

I've seen a $150 million figure bandied about for Alien: Covenant but with no traceable source so I don't even know if it's even a reliable estimate.
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whiterabbit
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 09:37:00 PM

Yea, I have no idea who any of these people are but I hope they become famous for good reasons.
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HuDaFuK
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 09:15:09 PM

Oh mace...
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mace-in-the-face
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 09:12:12 PM

Well, this is certainly going the way of a video store shelf-filler movie in a hurry.
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T Dog
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 08:41:23 PM

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 25, 2016, 06:56:34 PM
Yeah me too. Bit surprising given Scott's recent Mohammad so-and-so comment about Hollywood's reluctance to cast unknown lead actors in big budget films.

Though I suspect they'll probably drop in a big name or two yet.
Well maybe the budget is a bit more modest in order to secure that Hard R. And in order to do that the money has to be funneled into C list actors (not a comment on their abilities).
I know McBride, Waterson and Fassbender, none of the others.
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Corporal Hicks
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 08:17:00 PM

I thought so to. Thankfully she isn't!
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Darkness
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 08:00:17 PM

That Callie Hernandez looks an awful lot like Kristen Stewart from the Twilight movies.
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Stolen
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 07:09:03 PM

Really interisting choice.

The paradise will be a f**king hell, I'm so excited!
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Posted Feb 25, 2016, 06:56:34 PM

Yeah me too. Bit surprising given Scott's recent Mohammad so-and-so comment about Hollywood's reluctance to cast unknown lead actors in big budget films.

Though I suspect they'll probably drop in a big name or two yet.
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Corporal Hicks
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 06:31:09 PM

I really like that I don't know who they are. I wont get distracted by big names. As I remember it, at the time of Alien's release other than Skerritt the cast was relatively unknown too.
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HuDaFuK
Posted Feb 25, 2016, 05:52:34 PM

Not exactly familiar with any of them, although I recognize Hernandez from her work with Rodriguez.
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Posted Feb 25, 2016, 05:07:16 PM

Interesting... not exactly household names any of these actors.

Wonder how significant their roles will be or will they just be redshirts?
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