Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in “Alien” with “Alien: Covenant”, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with “Prometheus” and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. 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
recent interviews, Ridley Scott revealed that in “Alien: Covenant”, he
explored into the origins of the xenomorphs, and that the movie touches
on mortality, immortality and the higher power who created humans and
the universe. “We did Prometheus – that heaved it off the ground, and
Covenant is a follow-through to Prometheus. We now know who created
this, and why, and the next one’s a joining up of the storyline,” says
Scott.
Both Prometheus and Covenant are inspired by Scott’s personal beliefs about where we came from: “We’re not just a random biological accident, for you and I to be sitting here right now [by accident] would take trillions of correct decisions made randomly by nature, which of course is ridiculous. I think there’s some kind of decision being made. I believe in a higher force – if we want to call it God, then it’s God.”
“Alien: Covenant” opens May 10 in theaters nationwide from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros. See the trailer on the link below: https://www.facebook.com/
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