In this brand new featurette, Ridley Scott talks about bridging Prometheus into the summer’s Alien: Covenant, which takes place 10 years after events of Prometheus. He explains that the film is about answering the question, “where do we come from?” and also reveals that this new crew, the Covenant, are on a mission to colonize a planet. They pick up a distress call, which leads them to hell.
This video is also the first footage of Scott directing on set, revealing some really cool behind-the-scenes shots including David’s laboratory. It looks like they give Walter a scar so the audience can tell the difference between him and David, since they’re both played by Michael Fassbender.
“It will scare the living shit out of you,” explains Scott, dropping one helluva button to end the video.
Katherine Waterston stars with Michael Fassbender returning as Prometheus‘ android David (and Walter), with a crew that includes Demian Bichir and Danny McBride (“Eastbound and Down”), as well as Alex England (Gods of Egypt), Billy Crudup, Amy Seimetz (A Horrible Way to Die, “The Killing”), Jussie Smollett (“Empire”), Carmen Ejogo, and Callie Hernandez (Machete Kills). James Franco also has a role, which was confirmed in this short film.
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.
Scott had previously promised to answer questions that left Prometheus viewers confused: “Covenant is really going to show you who did it and why.”
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