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Sigourney Weaver Is Back For Alien V

While fans have been following Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, another film in the franchise has been quietly working away. Neil Blumkamp’s sequel stars Sigourney, who will be reprising her role as Ripley. Michael Biehn is back too, as Corporal Hicks in Alien V. You may be scratching your head, wondering how Weaver’s character will return for the new film. According to Weaver, the film will act as a direct sequel to James Cameron’s 1986 classic. Which means Ripley and Hicks are still alive. It’s just as if the path forks and one direction off to three and four and another direction goes off to Neil’s movie,” Weaver stated.. Alien: Covenant follows a ship 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

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 8, 2016
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Noomi Repace Has Returned For Alien: Covenant

Back in January we reported that news had come that Noomi Repace would not be starring in Ridley Scott’s upcoming sequel to Prometheus, Alien: Covenant. Her name has not been mentioned in connection with the film since, until now. Deadline broke the news yesterday that Repace has now returned to her role as Elizabeth Shaw. Sources have spotted Repace on the Covenant set, shooting weeks worth of filming. Shaw, was a main character in 2012’s Prometheus. In Prometheus a team journeys across the universe in search of clues to the origins of man. The crew discovers a structure on a distant planet containing a monolithic statue of a humanoid head and cylinders of alien blood, but soon realize that they are not alone. Alien: Covenant follows a ship 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,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 21, 2016
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First Images From The Set Of Alien: Covenant

Filming is underway for director Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. We now have the first images leaked from the set in Sydney, Australia. The photos reveal an landscape and what appears to be remains of some type of lifeforms fallen in a disaster. Alien Covenant follows the crew of a ship, bound for a remote planet believed to be a paradise, but instead is a dark, dangerous world, whose only inhabitant is David, the only survivor of the Prometheus expedition. Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Benjamin Rigby, Danny McBride, Demian Bichir, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Callie Henandez and Carmen Ejogo co-star along side Micahael Fassbender in Alien: Covenant, set to land in theaters on August 4, 2017. @AlienAnthology recently shared this photo from the set on Twitter. When the image is lightened and zoomed-in we can better see Katherine Waterston’s character, Daniels, who is the leading female character of Alien: Covenant.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 28, 2016
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Australian Newspaper Delivers News From Michael Fassbender Star Of Alien: Covenant

Filming is underway for director Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant in Sydney, Australia. Michael Fassbender, one of the stars of the film, spoke with Australian newspaper Herald Sun about the project, Dread Central has pointed out. During the conversation with the paper he teased that Covenant’s style is close to that of the original Star Wars. Fassbender is in Sydney, where he’s filming Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, the sci-fi sequel to Pormetheus,” the paper wrote. “He’s a big wrap for Scott’s huge physical sets, which he describes as mixing cutting-edge NASA-like technology with an old-school element where things look battered, like the original Star Wars.” Fassbender also teased that his character David, an android, will be even creepier than before. The film’s plot is still being closely guarded, but it has been reported that Covenant follows the crew of a ship, bound for a remote planet believed to be a paradise, but instead is a dark, dangerous world, whose only inhabitant

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2016
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Alien: Covenant Receives A New (Sooner) Release Date

Ridley Scott’s new Promethius sequel Alien: Covenant, has been picking up speed. Last week we reported that several new cast members have boarded Covenant, including Kathrine Waterston and Damian Birch, with Michael Fassbender reprising his role as David. The original release date had been set for October 2017, but that’s has changed. Alien: Covenant will now land in theaters ahead of schedule, on August 4th, 2017. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the colony ship Covenant,discovers what it thinks is a new uncharted paradise, but the planet is actually a dark and dangerous world – whose sole inhabitant is David, the “Synthetic” lone survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Scott has revealed that in Covenant fans will witness all forms of the Xenomorphs, eggs, facehuggers, chest-bursters and finally, the adult Xenomorph. “We’ll have them all, egg, face-hugger, chest-burster, then the big boy.” Scott stated in a recent interview. “They’re going to go to the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 29, 2016
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Several New Cast Members Board Alien: Covenant

Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, the long awaited sequel to Prometheus, will soon begin filming in Australia. Covenant, which is directly connected to Scott’s 1979 classic sci-fi/horror film Alien, is scheduled to open in theaters on October 6th, 2017. We reported earlier this year that Noomi Repace will not be reprising her role as “Dr, Elizabeth Shaw”, leaving Michael Fassbender as the only returning actor. A slew of new cast members have just been announced, including Kathrine Waterston (Inherent Vice), Damian Bicher (The Hateful Eight), Jussie Smollett (Empire), Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color), Callie Hernandez (Machete Kills), Carmen Ejogo (Selma) and Billy Crudup (Spotlight). A ship bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the colony ship Covenant, discovers what they think is a new uncharted paradise, but the planet is actually a dark and dangerous world – whose sole inhabitant is David (Fassbender), the “Synthetic” lone survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Scott has revealed that in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2016
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Noomi Repace Will Not Be Appearing In Alien: Covenant

Back in November of 2015 we reported that Ridley Scott had confirmed that Noomi Repace would be returning for a minor role in Scott’s upcoming film Alien: Covenant. Sometimes, things change when a film begins production, Noomi Repace will not be returning after all. The reason for the change has not been revealed. Repace’s character “Dr. Elizabeth Shaw” was the only human survivor of the previous 2012 film. Alien: Covenant will be the first of a trilogy that will link back to the original 1979 film,Alien . In the film a ship, 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. In the film we will witness all forms of the Xenomorphs for the first time in the series,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 31, 2016
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Ridley Scott Aiming For A Hard “R” Rating For Alien: Covenant

Ridley Scott took home a Golden Globe for The Martian, now he is headed to Australia his next film, Alien: Covenant. Scott has teamed that he is aiming for a “pretty hard R” rating. “I felt a sense of responsibility that I had gone too far because it was extreme.” Scott referring to Alien “I’m going to try and do that again this year, but much worse.” Alien: Covenant continues where Prometheus ended, while at the same time connecting back to the original Alien film. The film “…begins with the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy. There, the crew 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.” Scott has also mentioned that we will see all phases of the Xenomorphs, which has never been done before. We also

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2016
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Kathrine Waterston Will Be Fighting Xenomorphs In Alien: Covenant

Inherent Vice actress Katherine Waterston has joined the cast of Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. Waterston has been cast in the lead female role of “Daniels”. She will star along side Michael Fassbender, who will reprise his role as the android David. Noomi Repace will also be returning for Covenant. The film “…begins with the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy. There, the crew 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.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2015
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Ridley Scott Confirms That We Will See All Forms Of The Xenomorphs In Alien: Covenant

Director Ridley Scott’s upcoming film Alien: Covenant has fans of the franchise very excited. Today we can report that Scott has confirmed that we will see the Xenomorphs in all of their classic forms in the film. Scott also revealed a few details about Covenant. We’ll have them all, egg, face-hugger, chest-burster, then the big boy.” Scott stated in a recent interview. “They’re going to go to the planet where the engineers came from, and come across the evolving creature that they had made.” Scott continued. “Why did they make it? Why would they make such a terrifying beast? It felt bio-mechanoid, it felt like a weapon. And so the movie will explain that, and reintroduce the alien back into it. Fox has released a short synopsis for Covenant. It begins with the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy. There, the crew discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 16, 2015

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Sigourney Weaver Is Back For Alien V

While fans have been following Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, another film in the franchise has been quietly working away. Neil Blumkamp’s sequel stars Sigourney, who will be reprising her role as Ripley. Michael Biehn is back too, as Corporal Hicks in Alien V. You may be scratching your head, wondering how Weaver’s character will return for the new film. According to Weaver, the film will act as a direct sequel to James Cameron’s 1986 classic. Which means Ripley and Hicks are still alive. It’s just as if the path forks and one direction off to three and four and another direction goes off to Neil’s movie,” Weaver stated.. Alien: Covenant follows a ship 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

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 8, 2016
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Noomi Repace Has Returned For Alien: Covenant

Back in January we reported that news had come that Noomi Repace would not be starring in Ridley Scott’s upcoming sequel to Prometheus, Alien: Covenant. Her name has not been mentioned in connection with the film since, until now. Deadline broke the news yesterday that Repace has now returned to her role as Elizabeth Shaw. Sources have spotted Repace on the Covenant set, shooting weeks worth of filming. Shaw, was a main character in 2012’s Prometheus. In Prometheus a team journeys across the universe in search of clues to the origins of man. The crew discovers a structure on a distant planet containing a monolithic statue of a humanoid head and cylinders of alien blood, but soon realize that they are not alone. Alien: Covenant follows a ship 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,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 21, 2016
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First Images From The Set Of Alien: Covenant

Filming is underway for director Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. We now have the first images leaked from the set in Sydney, Australia. The photos reveal an landscape and what appears to be remains of some type of lifeforms fallen in a disaster. Alien Covenant follows the crew of a ship, bound for a remote planet believed to be a paradise, but instead is a dark, dangerous world, whose only inhabitant is David, the only survivor of the Prometheus expedition. Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Benjamin Rigby, Danny McBride, Demian Bichir, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Callie Henandez and Carmen Ejogo co-star along side Micahael Fassbender in Alien: Covenant, set to land in theaters on August 4, 2017. @AlienAnthology recently shared this photo from the set on Twitter. When the image is lightened and zoomed-in we can better see Katherine Waterston’s character, Daniels, who is the leading female character of Alien: Covenant.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 28, 2016
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Australian Newspaper Delivers News From Michael Fassbender Star Of Alien: Covenant

Filming is underway for director Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant in Sydney, Australia. Michael Fassbender, one of the stars of the film, spoke with Australian newspaper Herald Sun about the project, Dread Central has pointed out. During the conversation with the paper he teased that Covenant’s style is close to that of the original Star Wars. Fassbender is in Sydney, where he’s filming Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, the sci-fi sequel to Pormetheus,” the paper wrote. “He’s a big wrap for Scott’s huge physical sets, which he describes as mixing cutting-edge NASA-like technology with an old-school element where things look battered, like the original Star Wars.” Fassbender also teased that his character David, an android, will be even creepier than before. The film’s plot is still being closely guarded, but it has been reported that Covenant follows the crew of a ship, bound for a remote planet believed to be a paradise, but instead is a dark, dangerous world, whose only inhabitant

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2016
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Alien: Covenant Receives A New (Sooner) Release Date

Ridley Scott’s new Promethius sequel Alien: Covenant, has been picking up speed. Last week we reported that several new cast members have boarded Covenant, including Kathrine Waterston and Damian Birch, with Michael Fassbender reprising his role as David. The original release date had been set for October 2017, but that’s has changed. Alien: Covenant will now land in theaters ahead of schedule, on August 4th, 2017. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the colony ship Covenant,discovers what it thinks is a new uncharted paradise, but the planet is actually a dark and dangerous world – whose sole inhabitant is David, the “Synthetic” lone survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Scott has revealed that in Covenant fans will witness all forms of the Xenomorphs, eggs, facehuggers, chest-bursters and finally, the adult Xenomorph. “We’ll have them all, egg, face-hugger, chest-burster, then the big boy.” Scott stated in a recent interview. “They’re going to go to the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 29, 2016
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Several New Cast Members Board Alien: Covenant

Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, the long awaited sequel to Prometheus, will soon begin filming in Australia. Covenant, which is directly connected to Scott’s 1979 classic sci-fi/horror film Alien, is scheduled to open in theaters on October 6th, 2017. We reported earlier this year that Noomi Repace will not be reprising her role as “Dr, Elizabeth Shaw”, leaving Michael Fassbender as the only returning actor. A slew of new cast members have just been announced, including Kathrine Waterston (Inherent Vice), Damian Bicher (The Hateful Eight), Jussie Smollett (Empire), Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color), Callie Hernandez (Machete Kills), Carmen Ejogo (Selma) and Billy Crudup (Spotlight). A ship bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the colony ship Covenant, discovers what they think is a new uncharted paradise, but the planet is actually a dark and dangerous world – whose sole inhabitant is David (Fassbender), the “Synthetic” lone survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Scott has revealed that in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2016
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Noomi Repace Will Not Be Appearing In Alien: Covenant

Back in November of 2015 we reported that Ridley Scott had confirmed that Noomi Repace would be returning for a minor role in Scott’s upcoming film Alien: Covenant. Sometimes, things change when a film begins production, Noomi Repace will not be returning after all. The reason for the change has not been revealed. Repace’s character “Dr. Elizabeth Shaw” was the only human survivor of the previous 2012 film. Alien: Covenant will be the first of a trilogy that will link back to the original 1979 film,Alien . In the film a ship, 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. In the film we will witness all forms of the Xenomorphs for the first time in the series,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 31, 2016
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Ridley Scott Aiming For A Hard “R” Rating For Alien: Covenant

Ridley Scott took home a Golden Globe for The Martian, now he is headed to Australia his next film, Alien: Covenant. Scott has teamed that he is aiming for a “pretty hard R” rating. “I felt a sense of responsibility that I had gone too far because it was extreme.” Scott referring to Alien “I’m going to try and do that again this year, but much worse.” Alien: Covenant continues where Prometheus ended, while at the same time connecting back to the original Alien film. The film “…begins with the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy. There, the crew 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.” Scott has also mentioned that we will see all phases of the Xenomorphs, which has never been done before. We also

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2016
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Kathrine Waterston Will Be Fighting Xenomorphs In Alien: Covenant

Inherent Vice actress Katherine Waterston has joined the cast of Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. Waterston has been cast in the lead female role of “Daniels”. She will star along side Michael Fassbender, who will reprise his role as the android David. Noomi Repace will also be returning for Covenant. The film “…begins with the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy. There, the crew 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.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2015
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Ridley Scott Confirms That We Will See All Forms Of The Xenomorphs In Alien: Covenant

Director Ridley Scott’s upcoming film Alien: Covenant has fans of the franchise very excited. Today we can report that Scott has confirmed that we will see the Xenomorphs in all of their classic forms in the film. Scott also revealed a few details about Covenant. We’ll have them all, egg, face-hugger, chest-burster, then the big boy.” Scott stated in a recent interview. “They’re going to go to the planet where the engineers came from, and come across the evolving creature that they had made.” Scott continued. “Why did they make it? Why would they make such a terrifying beast? It felt bio-mechanoid, it felt like a weapon. And so the movie will explain that, and reintroduce the alien back into it. Fox has released a short synopsis for Covenant. It begins with the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy. There, the crew discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 16, 2015
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