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.
