SYDNEY, AU. – November 27, 2015 — (Gephardt Daily) — In a recent press conference, Ridley Scott said his new film, “Alien: Covenant,” will be the ‘first stage’ in an evolutionary new trilogy, spawning from “Prometheus” but happening before the events of his 1979 film “Alien.”
The Hollywood Reporter quoted Scott, “It’s a very complex story. Its an evolution of what I first did with ‘Prometheus’ (1), which tells the story of the crew of the colony ship ‘Covenant,’ who discover 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.
“Prometheus’ was borne out of my frustration that on ‘Alien'(1) in 1979, I only did one as I don’t normally do sequels. I was amazed that in the 3 that followed no-one asked the question “why the Alien, who made it and why?” Very basic questions. So I came up with the notion of ‘Prometheus,’ which starts to indicate who might have made it and where it came from.”
The director continued: “So I’m now going to the next one, which is the next evolution directly connected with the first one.” “When that’s finished there’ll be another one and then another one which will gradually drive into the back entrance of the film in 1979.”
“So in other words, why was this space jockey there and why did he have an Alien inside him? And those questions will be answered,” he added.
Principal shooting for “Alien: Covenant” begins in spring of 2016, with Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace returning to the sequel. Ridley Scott will be calling the shots.
“Alien: Covenant” currently has a release date of October 6, 2017.
