Whilst speaking to MovieWeb about the impending release of The Hateful Eight on DVD and Blu-Ray, Demian Bichir talks Alien: Covenant. As is to be expected at this point in production, Bichir doesn’t reveal much in regards to the upcoming Prometheus sequel but he does talk about working with Sir Ridley Scott and the expected duration of the shoot:
“We don’t know exact dates yet, all I know is it’s going to be a long shoot, almost like The Hateful Eight. It took five months to shoot The Hateful Eight. We spent a couple of months in the mountains, and a couple of months in a studio in Los Angeles, and this will go for about another four months or so. I have very little details at this point, but we will get there. I’m sure we will get together and read, rehearse, everything.”
MovieWeb are saying that Alien: Covenant will have a four month shoot. However, the way Bichir was talking makes this a little unclear as to the actual duration.
Bichir isn’t the only actor on Alien: Covenant to have spoken about the film. Earlier this month, Benjamin Rigby also spoke a little about his role in Alien: Covenant: “I’ve read the whole script, and it’s great, I really like it. I have a great character. I’d say it’s a sizable role. It’s a good plot device. My favourite roles to play are plot devices.”
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Maybe?
So it was indeed true.
It can still be an android, who knows ....
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Bichir reveals a touch more information including minor character details.
https://blog.zenstudios.com/?p=6209
That being said what worries me is how they'll pull off the Alien stuff and make it frightening again. The scene of the Fifield creature in Prometheus was nowhere near horrific as Alien's scene where the Xeno slowly stalked each crew member taking them out one by one.
When you think about it the Alien films haven't been as scary as the original, sure Aliens was thrilling and intense but wasn't strictly horror. Alien 3 tried to be more of a atmospheric horror film and while its gothic tone work I didn't feel particularly scared, the same applies to the movies after.
I mean none purely recaptured the horror aspect, though the game Alien Isolation managed to pull it off. Can Scott manage to make it work? To truly bring back Alien's horror in film.
BUT! Having a LOT of time allotted, can be indicative that there are a lot of difficult scenes to shoot. So maybe that is why MOVIEWEB is deducing that 4 months means a grueling shoot, but its kinda a silly thing to report without real insight. It may actually be Production asking for more time so it's NOT AS grueling as it would be to try and do those things without having a contingency.