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This Modernized ‘Alien’ Trailer Was Inspired By the ‘Alien: Covenant’ Trailer
It’s always interesting when fans cut together their own trailers for movies, and a common trend in that arena is the trailers for films from the past being modernized. What would the trailer for a movie like Alien, for example, look like if the movie was coming out in 2017? More specifically, what would the ’79 Alien trailer look like if cut in the style of this year’s Alien: Covenant?
Fan Ben Cannell imagines such a trailer with this fun edit, which places music and even dialogue from the Alien: Covenant trailer over top of visuals from Ridley Scott’s original. Not surprisingly, given how familiar Alien: Covenant feels, the trailers blend together seamlessly. Put into this context, you realize just how much Scott nailed the Alien vibe with his latest prequel.
[Related] Fan Recut the ‘Alien: Covenant’ Trailer to Echo the Original ‘Alien’ Teaser
Check it out below and look for Alien: Covenant on May 19th.
The discovery of life beyond Earth leads to paranoia and danger for a family in the new trailer for The Outer Threat.
The sci-fi thriller heads to Digital and VOD on July 10, 2026.
In The Outer Threat, “After making a groundbreaking extraterrestrial discovery, astrophysicists Daniel and Michelle are forced to flee from home with their family — pursued through the countryside by a relentless and anonymous assailant. As their flight unfolds, the line between cosmic revelation and human paranoia blurs, leading to a tense and emotional confrontation that challenges the boundaries of understanding, science, and survival.“
The film comes from writer-director William Woods and stars Constance Wu, Mark O’Brien, William Fichtner, Callista Crowe, Isaac Smelcer-Zhang, Oscar Hsu, and Murray Furrow.
Maddy Falle, Albert Shin, and Allison White produce. Executive producers include Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, Tom Spriggs, John Hansen III, Patrick Vipond, Jared Blaichman, Jonah Blaichman, and Randall Okita.
The Outer Threat arrives on the heels of Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, circling similar territory. The truth about the existence of aliens leads to danger in the trailer below.