Prometheus sequel dated for October 6, 2017

[NinjaPug]

Now titled Alien: Covenant and will be the second part of a trilogy.

"Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in ALIEN with ALIEN: COVENANT, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with PROMETHEUS -- and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world -- whose sole inhabitant is the "synthetic" David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition."



http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/11/...alien-covenant

[JakeSully]

Sounds interesting, should be a nice Halloween treat next year.

[NinjaPug]

Release date got moved up to 8/4/2017

http://www.superherohype.com/news/36...dates#/slide/1

Cast has been set too - Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Demian Bichir, Danny McBride, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo and Callie Hernandez are joining Fassbender. Still no word on Rapace returning. There's been mixed reports which makes me think they could be saving her role as a surprise / plot point in the movie.

http://deadline.com/2016/02/billy-cr...ng-1201709420/

[The Deadman]

‘Alien: Covenant’ Will Have Multiple Aliens “Coming Out of People”!

Fassbender Says ‘Alien: Covenant’ Will Look “Battered”

[NinjaPug]

Looks like Noomi Rapace is definitely on board now.

EXCLUSIVE: Even though Noomi Rapace emerged from Prometheus as one of the few survivors and the one who seemed most to want to follow the adventure forward with Michael Fassbender’s character, it was long reported she would not be back to reprise her role as Elizabeth Shaw in Ridley Scott’s next installment Alien: Covenant. Maybe that has changed.

Sources say Rapace is in Australia and on the set to shoot weeks worth of scenes in Scott’s film, which brings back Fassbender’s robot character and has a cast that includes Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride and Demian Bichir. Info is on lockdown, so we’ll have to wait for the film to be released August 4, 2017, by Fox to see how it all worked out.

http://deadline.com/2016/06/noomi-ra...le-1201776038/

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

Looks like Noomi Rapace is definitely on board now.



http://deadline.com/2016/06/noomi-ra...le-1201776038/

I figured she'd be in it but I figured they'd (for some strange reason) be wanting to preserve some modicum of surprise when she pops up in the movie. But at this late stage of the movie I didn't expect it to be much more than a cameo.

[ProactiveMan]

I was hoping the sequels would be Noomi Rapace and the severed head of Michael Fassbender adventuring through space. Fassbender trying hard to cause trouble while hampered by his ongoing mobility issues. It’s starting to sound a bit like Lexx now that I think about it.

[drgon78]

I was also disappointed with the change, I really wanted to see everything through Shaw and David's head instead of focusing on a new cast.

[NinjaPug]

Release date moved up to May 19, 2017.

[NinjaPug]

Trailer coming tomorrow:

[TigerClaw]

There been some images that were released recently

Spoiler:

[DestronMirage22]

I'm so hyped for this.

[TigerClaw]

Here's the trailer, and it's a Red Band one.

[ZariusTwo]

Xenomorphs are now doing the Hitchcock thing

[Wildcat]

That looks pretty awesome. Never saw the first Prometheus but saw all the Alien movies.

I read the movie with Sigourney Weaver is still supposed to happen. I guess it's going to ignore the last two. I agree 3 wasn't very good but I enjoyed Resurrection.

Has that ever been done before? Out right dismissing a movie in a series (this would be 2) to carry on a more favorable storyline?

Edit, found this http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/igno...previous-films

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I enjoyed the first film alot, but the one major complaint I had with it is that it didn't show us much of the alien civilization that was responsible for creating humans. Sure, it makes them more mysterious and intriguing but I felt like the film was nothing but buildup. Hopefully this sequel delivers exactly what I've been waiting for.

[NinjaPug]

Fox loves releasing these red band trailers on Christmas. They did the same with Deadpool last year I believe.

I'm all about this trailer. Looks like they're downplaying the connections to Prometheus as much as possible and trying to evoke the first Alien vibe to get fans back to the theaters.

If they can take the horror aspects of Alien while adding to the mythology created in Prometheus then I'll be very happy with this movie.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

Fox loves releasing these red band trailers on Christmas. They did the same with Deadpool last year I believe.

I'm all about this trailer. Looks like they're downplaying the connections to Prometheus as much as possible and trying to evoke the first Alien vibe to get fans back to the theaters.

If they can take the horror aspects of Alien while adding to the mythology created in Prometheus then I'll be very happy with this movie.

Red Band Trailers are good, But they tend to spoil parts of the movies, particularly the gory parts.

They pretty much spoiled the shower scene in this.

[TigerClaw]

Here's some new images.
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/sci-f...venant-a147711

Spoiler:

[drgon78]

Looks like "been there/done that" to me. I loved Prometheus and want to know more about the "Engineers" and Shaw's journey.

If David was the one that created the Xenomorphs and not the Engineers I will be highly disappointed.