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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.
The Broadway stage production of Paranormal Activity can’t wait to scare audiences and is acting accordingly; Deadline reports that the opening date has been bumped up several weeks.
Paranormal Activity: A New Story Live on Stage is coming to Broadway for a limited 20-week engagement. The first preview performance scheduled for Friday, August 14, at the August Wilson Theatre, remains in place. Now the play will officially open on Tuesday, August 25, moving up from its initial September 15 launch date.
The official synopsis: “James and Lou move from Chicago to London to escape their past, but they soon discover that places aren’t haunted, people are.”
Directed by Felix Barrett and written by playwright Levi Holloway, the stage show weaves “an original story inspired by the film franchise, Paranormal Activity reimagines the modern ghost story with an intimacy that only live theatre can provide.”
The Broadway production will follow a strictly limited pre-Broadway engagement in Boston at the Emerson Colonial Theatre from July 11 through July 30.
Both the Broadway and Boston casts will feature Cher Álvarez, Travis A. Knight, Shannon Cochran, and Andrea Syglowski. Understudies will be Caron Buinis, Caroline Hendricks, and Michael Holding.
Álvarez will play Lou, and Knight plays James.
Paranormal Activity: A New Story Live on Stage premiered at the Leeds Playhouse in the UK before transferring to the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End, where it received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination this year for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play.
Original Paranormal Activity stars Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat attended the Paranormal Activity play last year, and they both shared their thoughts over on Instagram.
Katie Featherston raved, “What a truly fun night seeing the new Paranormal Activity at the Ahmanson Theatre! We had a blast- so scary and so fun. The design and production was amazing and the cast did a fantastic job. Congrats to all involved!”
There’s also a brand new movie on the way.
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