Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender aren’t Alien: Covenant’s only returning actors from Prometheus. Alien vs. Predator Galaxy can exclusively reveal that Guy Pearce will be returning to appear in Alien: Covenant! Beware following story spoilers!
We have learnt that Guy Pearce will be reprising his role as a slightly younger Peter Weyland during the film’s opening scenes. The current edit of Alien: Covenant begins with David 8 being brought online in a large white room with a grand view overlooking an ocean.
A younger, but still somewhat aged, Weyland asks David various questions to test him. We eventually move to David performing Richard Wagner’s Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla, explaining the meaning of the piece as he plays.
Alien vs. Predator Galaxy can exclusively reveal that Guy Pearce will be returning to portray Peter Weyland once again in Alien: Covenant!
David explains that it is about God’s abandoning their creations due their displeasure with their creation’s greed and vanity, only to realise that the Gods themselves sharing the same flaws. This leads to David and Peter discussing Gods and creations and human mortality which strikes a chord with Weyland (a tip of the hat to his motivation in Prometheus).
Guy Pearce previously spoke about returning to play Weyland again back in 2014, saying how much he would like to return to Weyland and to work with Ridley again: I’d love to go back and play that character again. To work for Ridley again, you know, he’s great — really wonderful to work for. So yeah, I’m very curious to see what he will do next with it.”
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(Im not against Theron, but her role needs to add deep rooted non-superficial value, not just be thrown in there as a tacky cameo)
Thanks for sharing, bug (get registered already!) Love the extended version of the TED talk but not keen on it and the Quiet Eye being put into the film. Just doesn't work for me.
Or are you referring to the TED 2023 promo film?
Do you have a link?
God, I hope not...
Who knows?
I think Fassbenders acting did all the explaining we need why David is like he is, so I'd rather see the screen time used for something else.
Was it 10 mins or so that was squandered on the elders/engineers sequence in Prometheus? I would have liked more of a Shaw going for funding backstory and assembling the crew.The underwater sequence with splitting cells etc... that looked too computer generated, took us away from the movie and I think that whole "message" could have been conveyed quicker
Its good that they keep with tradition in covenant and we have the Weyland link - lets face it - the whole franchise is intertwined with Weyland corp. I just don't think David needs any more explaining at this point than Ash did.
I'm not saying it would be a good idea, but one of the themes of Prometheus was the idea of eternal life. That is what Weyland was looking for. You don't need time travel or blood samples to do something interesting with that. Maybe the Engineers have some other goo that brings dead things back to life? It would verge on cheesy, but if done well, I could imagine a young Weyland rising up from where the old Weyland died, but then eventually changing into something hideous..
We... are the GODS now!
For a long time, there was no guarantee that Noomi's character would make any sort of appearance in this follow-up, and the fact that Pearce is back too (however briefly), is great news to me - whether either of them are seen in a 'flashback', or 'holographic recording', or 'memory implant'...or any other scenario even. And the description of 'young' Weyland's possible involvement with 'switching' on 'David 8' at the start of the movie sounds excellent.
While it remains quite a re-watchable movie for me due to certain things,I'll always despair about certain badly-judged moments that litter PROMETHEUS - one of them being the lack of any 'young Weyland' footage being incorporated into the movie to offset the 'old makeup' that Guy Pearce ended up wearing throughout!
I'm so pleased that audiences will finally get a glimpse of Guy's 'younger' self onscreen this time around, considering how good he was in the excellent 'viral clip' that Ridley's son (Luke Scott) filmed.
I've always wished that even some of that footage had been incorporated into the movie in some way (even as a 'flashback' or showing on one of the ship's screens, for instance), as it would have really added some extra gravitas about his character to the proceedings.
Although I have a differently-edited version of my own in mind sometime, I only re-watch agent9's 'Special Edition' version these days...due to it including a lot of the deleted scenes I like - especially the 'young Weyland' TEDTalk sequence to kick things off.
I'm so glad that ALIEN:COVENANT will finally feature Guy as he actually looks...but I'll always stick with a version of the original movie which opens with his monologue included, to juxtapose with his 'older' appearance later on - in fact, while I lay a lot of the blame about certain aspects of PROMETHEUS on Damon Lindelof, it seems that he was instrumental in devising that whole sequence...so thanks for that. And well done Luke Scott. I only wish that the makers had included some of it in the actual movie to begin with.
Here's a good link about what Lindelof had to say about that whole scene - blog.ted.com/writing-a-tedtalk-from-the-future-q-a-with-damon-lindelof/
oops, that TEDTalk link was wrong, it should have been this - blog.ted.com/writing-a-tedtalk-from-thefuture-q-a-with-damon-lindelof/
Hmmm, turns out I'd typed that TEDTalk article link correctly the first time - not sure why it won't link directly, so just re-type my first attempt yourselves, if interested.
Yeah. This is my thoughts as well. Like the 2023 Ted Talk we got for 'PROMETHEUS' where the younger Weyland presented some of the themes that were present in the movie but not really integral to the story or plot. I'd say we'll see this younger Weyland once again, discussing the virtues of his new android technology in viral marketing format, essentially, a sequence thematically related to the content of the movie but existing completely outside the scope and framework of the movie itself.
-Windebieste.
As for Weyland and David - maybe WEYLAN survived?! Maybe Shaw put david's head on Weyland's body? Maybe David is trying to put his head on Weyland's body?
Well David's been programmed to give WEYLAND immortality, no?
OMG you guys Weyland is the one in the Pilot Suit in ALIEN, it's sooo obvious now.
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I m watching Westworld... there are some nice ideas I like.
I like stories about robots and philosophical exploration of their nature,
but more so the nature of their creators.
I myself would use him in flashback... maybe like in Bergmans films
Weyland and David playing chess (death allegory) in some great room filled with art and symbols of human achievents throughout history; they would speak about god, creation, life, existance, universe, their aspirations but through that dialog they would show their inner characters to the audience. Thats the only meaningful reason to show us Wayland again,
because he will show us that bad side of humanity, but also the nature well hidden
in Davids memory
Hopefully in this new trilogy Weyland will be popping up in all three. And the films will have Weyland viral marketing.
Ash..."You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you?...'Perfect Organism'...Its structural obfuscation is matched only by its banality. I admire its simplicity. A survivor... unclouded by logic, common-sense, or delusions of reality. "
j/k Jaime...
Remember what Wayne said, NO TIME TRAVEL
Don't worry, Blomkamp will be bringing you back.
The only way David could resurrect Peter is either through using his blood or time travel. However I feel that it is best to just have Peter come back as dreams or flashbacks. Maybe an android Peter would be interesting.
THE RESURRECTION OF
WEYLAND
f**k sake. It was the spoiler free title thing that I f**ked up when renaming it.
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You were too slow...FOX shut that down faster than the 5 pics!!
You'll have to wait for the premiere...
So I'm not the only one that noticed this?
Maybe Hicks was so darn excited that spelling and grammar flew out the window.
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My secret insider sauce tells me Fox and friends have sent a hit squad after him. Hope he can finally put those aerosofting skills to good use.
Why would a teaser be imminent just because of a few leaks?
Enough with this common sense please!
...or in my case...
'Right-click, save picture as...'
"Give us info! It's been too long since we've been given anything!"
*five pictures leak, and AvPGalaxy gives you an opening scene scoop*
"Heyyyy! Stop that! That's too much!!!"
Maybe don't click and don't read, folks?