Alien: Covenant
Directed by Ridley Scott
Release Date: May 19
Starring Michael Fassbender, James Franco, Katherine Waterston, Noomi Rapace
Now competing with Star Wars and Terminator for “most complicated prequel/sequel mythology,” the latest Alien film is still on a prequel path that will, possibly after another subsequent film, eventually connect with the 1979 original. Covenant follows pseudo-Alien film Prometheus, furthering the origin of the species narrative with this film about a group of colonizers who land on an unpopulated planet with plans to get busy. The xenomorphs get busy instead. (Fox)
Now competing with Star Wars and Terminator for “most complicated prequel/sequel mythology,” the latest Alien film is still on a prequel path that will, possibly after another subsequent film, eventually connect with the 1979 original. Covenant follows pseudo-Alien film Prometheus, furthering the origin of the species narrative with this film about a group of colonizers who land on an unpopulated planet with plans to get busy. The xenomorphs get busy instead. (Fox)