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‘Alien: Covenant’ Concept Art Surfaces from When the Project Was ‘Prometheus 2’
Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, his second prequel to the original Alien, was originally conceived to be more of a straight up sequel to Prometheus than it ended up being; due to the fan backlash towards Prometheus, Scott realized that he needed to weave the Xenomorphs into his prequel franchise in a much more integral way.
And so, “Prometheus 2” became Alien: Covenant.
The folks over on AvP Galaxy just unearthed a batch of concept art from artist Khang Le that’s dated 2014, suggesting that the art is from the early iteration of the project that was more “Prometheus 2” than Alien: Covenant.
“Though he doesn’t appear to be credited on the film, we have confirmed that Khang did work in Covenant’s art department back in 2014,” the site notes.
Perhaps the most interesting takeaway from Le’s art is that it seemingly depicts the Engineers transforming into Xenomorphs, which would certainly be a different origin story for the iconic monsters. Of course, in Alien: Covenant, we learn that it was David who engineered the Face Hugger, using a human host to create the very first Xenomorph.
Be sure to head over to AvP Galaxy to see the full gallery.
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‘Ebenezer’ Official Trailer – Ti West Turns Johnny Depp into ‘A Christmas Carol’ Icon Scrooge
Ti West (X, Pearl, MaXXXine) is back with the upcoming Ebenezer starring Johnny Depp, a fresh new take on the classic tale of A Christmas Carol from Charles Dickens.
Johnny Depp will play Ebenezer Scrooge in Ti West’s Ebenezer, and Paramount is bringing the film to theaters on November 13, 2026. Watch the official trailer down below.
The tagline? “The name you know. The story you don’t.”
Andrea Riseborough (Possessor), Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings), Tramell Tillman (“Severance”), Rupert Grint (Harry Potter franchise), Daisy Ridley (Star Wars franchise), Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games franchise), Charlie Murphy (“Peaky Blinders”), Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), and Ellie Bamber (“Willow”) also star.
Deadline had detailed in a recent report, “This version, a thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, follows one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future and fight for a second chance. Stephen Deuters and Jason Forman to executive produce.”
Nathaniel Halpern wrote the adaptation for Ti West to direct.
Written by Charles Dickens, the classic tale of A Christmas Carol has been adapted for the screen countless times over the years, with notable film adaptations including Scrooge (1951) starring Alastair Sim, Scrooge (1970) starring Albert Finney, A Christmas Carol (1984) starring George C. Scott, Scrooged (1988) starring Bill Murray, The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) starring Michael Caine, and A Christmas Carol (2009) starring Jim Carrey.
A Christmas Carol is classically a period piece ghost story. As Luiz H.C. wrote here on Bloody Disgusting, “Isn’t it weird how the single most influential piece of Christmas-related media is technically a horror story? One can even make the argument that Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol paved the way for the rise of Victorian Spiritualism during the following decade.”
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