Can you believe it’s been 20 years since Sigourney Weaver played Ellen Ripley in an Alien film (Alien: Resurrection)?! While we (probably) won’t see here in Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien: Covenant (but do we hear her?), she’s reprised her role in this hilarious spoof that aired during “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”.
Colbert plays Randy from Weyland-Yutani’s Medical Bay, who takes jabs at our health care system as Ripley attempts to get help. While there are all sorts of great references, the short convinced me of one thing… Weaver can and should return as Ripley as soon as humanly possible. Even at the ripe age of 67, she looks fantastic, healthy and strong. I could easily see her taking on the Xenomorphs one last time, and hope that Scott finds a way to work her into one of the prequel/sequels.
Seriously though, how freaking cool is this?!
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.
Alien: Covenant takes off for Paradise on May 19, 2017.
