Keeping tabs on the Prometheus sequel isn't the easiest task, the film has gone from being referred to as Promethus 2 to Alien: Paradise Lost and now Alien: Covenant – which makes it seem unrelated to Prometheus, but it it's not.
Last year, producer and acclaimed director, Ridley Scott, revealed that Covenant would be bringing back the entire Alien family: the face-hugger, chest-burster and 'the big boy.'
According to Michael Fassbender, the android in the upcoming film, Covenant has plenty of Aliens playing peek-a-boo with chest cavaties.
“There are going to be great sets and aliens coming out of people," Fassbender told Inquirer.net (via GamesRadar), and if there are chest-bursters… there are definitely face-huggers.
In addition to chest-bursters, the sets are extensive and the world will be somwhat gritty, with pasta fueling space-goers.
“The sets are fantastic. Again, the most impressive sets I’ve seen since ‘Prometheus,’ which was the original setting. It’s a fantastic mixture of high-end technology and primitive elements. The way that I can explain it is the same way that Ridley did ‘Blade Runner.’”
“You have this futuristic world where people are eating noodles, because that seems to be the cheaper food and something that will fill you up. But it’s also something that harks back to the past. The weaving of those two things—past and future—together makes for an interesting world that we can aspire to, but also recognize something in it.”
Knowing that Covenant will be using extensive sets that Ridley is known for is somewhat comforting. Giant, well-designed sets can create a feel that CGI simply can't attain – it's one of the reasons that the original Alien was so striking.
Alien: Covenant is scheduled to hit theaters on October 6, 2017.
