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Alien: Covenant
A black-and-white poster of a mass of people being surrounded/tortured by the aliens, not unlike the Renaissance depictions of Hell, with one alien at the center highlighted by a shaft of light from the upper-left.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRidley Scott
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDariusz Wolski
Edited byPietro Scalia
Music byJed Kurzel
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox[2]
Release dates
  • May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04) (Leicester Square)
  • May 19, 2017 (2017-05-19) (United States)
Running time
123 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$97 million[4]
Box office$46.7 million[4]

Alien: Covenant is a 2017 American science fiction horror film[5][6] directed by Ridley Scott and written by John Logan and Dante Harper, with a story by Michael Green and Jack Paglen. The film is a sequel to the 2012 film Prometheus, the second installment in the Alien prequel series, and the sixth installment overall in the Alien film series, as well as the third directed by Scott. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Carmen Ejogo and Demián Bichir, and follows the crew of a ship who land on an uncharted planet and make a terrifying discovery.

Alien: Covenant premiered in London on May 4, 2017 and was released in the United States on May 19, 2017.[7] The film received generally positive reviews, with most critics noting it as an improvement over Prometheus and a return to form for director Ridley Scott, and praising Fassbender's performance.[8][9][10]

Plot

In a prologue, Peter Weyland speaks with his newly-activated synthetic, who selects the name "David" after looking upon a replica of Michelangelo's statue of the same name. Weyland tells David that one day they will search for mankind's creator together.

In 2104, the crew of the colony ship Covenant is bound for a remote planet, Origae-6, with some two-thousand colonists and a thousand embryos on-board, which are monitored by Walter, an upgraded synthetic resembling the earlier David. A neutrino burst hits the ship, killing some colonists; Walter orders the computer to wake the crew from stasis, but the captain dies when his pod malfunctions. As the crew repairs the damage, they intercept a human radio transmission from a nearby unknown planet. Against the objection of Daniels, who is the terraforming expert, acting captain Oram decides to investigate, as the planet appears to be even better for colonisation than Origae-6 and the crew is reluctant to return to their stasis pods, paranoid of another neutrino burst.

An expedition team descends to the surface, while Covenant remains in orbit. Karine conducts an ecological survey, while the others track the signal to the crashed Engineer ship, piloted by David and Elizabeth Shaw following the disastrous Prometheus mission. Two security team members, Ledward and Hallett, are inadvertently infected with an alien spore. Karine helps Ledward back to the landing vehicle, but Faris quarantines them both inside the med-bay. A Neomorph bursts from Ledward's back, killing him, then mauls Karine to death. Faris tries to shoot the creature but hits various gas tanks, accidentally destroying the lander and herself. Outside the ship, another Neomorph bursts from Hallett's throat and kills him.

As the remaining crew members attempt to radio Covenant for help, the Neomorphs attack them and kill Ankor. The crew kill a Neomorph, but Walter loses a hand saving Daniels from another. David, the sole survivor of the Prometheus mission, rescues the crew and leads them to an alien city full of corpses. In order to gain the confidence of the crew, David misinforms the crew that upon their arrival the Engineer ship accidentally released a bioweapon killing the native population. In the ensuing chaos, the ship crashed, killing Shaw. Inside the city the surviving Neomorph attacks and decapitates Rosenthal, who was separated from the main group. David attempts to communicate with the Neomorph, and is horrified when Oram kills it. At Oram's demand, David reveals his activities on the planet: using the black liquid as a catalyst, he created the earliest Neomorphs after experimenting with a parasitic creature that laid eggs inside its prey; upon being born, the larvae ate the prey from the inside out. David shows Oram a chamber he has used to further experiment upon and develop several eggs. David tricks Oram into observing one of the eggs as it opens, from which a facehugger emerges and implants Oram with an embryo. A Xenomorph later erupts from Oram's chest, killing him.

As the crew search for Oram and Rosenthal, Walter confronts David after learning the truth of his experiments: David had deliberately unleashed the black liquid upon the Engineers, and murdered Shaw, whose corpse is shown severely mutated and dissected. David disables Walter and captures Daniels. Walter reactivates himself and saves her, and the two synthetics fight, allowing Daniels to escape; Walter emerges victorious while Lope is attacked by a facehugger. Cole removes the facehugger from Lope, but they are both ambushed by the now matured Xenomorph born from Oram. The Xenomorph kills Cole but Lope escapes. Tennessee, the pilot of the Covenant, arrives in another lander to extract Daniels, Lope and Walter. They kill the adult Xenomorph with the lander's crane and dock with Covenant. However, Lope had been implanted with a Xenomorph embryo, which burst from his chest, killing him, before quickly maturing and killing crew members Ricks and Upworth. With the help of Walter, Tennessee and Daniels corner the Xenomorph in the Covenant's terraforming bay and flush it into space.

Covenant returns to its original mission plan and the crew re-enter stasis. As Walter puts Daniels under, she asks him if he will help her realize her dream of building a log cabin on their new homeworld. Walter does not appear to remember that she previously confided this secret, and Daniels realizes she is talking to David, but is unable to escape the pod before falling asleep. Alone, David gains access to the colonists' cryosleep quarters and regurgitates two facehugger embryos, placing them in the refrigerator alongside the human embryos. David then records a log, stating that all crew members except for Daniels and Tennessee were killed by the neutrino blast at the beginning of the film.

Cast

Further information on individual characters: List of Alien characters
  • Michael Fassbender as David 8 and Walter, synthetic androids created by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. David is an earlier-made, prototype android who was formerly a crew member of the destroyed Prometheus[11] and Walter is a newer model who assists the crew aboard Covenant.[12]
  • Katherine Waterston as Daniels "Dany" Branson, a terraforming expert aboard the Covenant, and the wife of the ship's captain, Jacob Branson.[13] Waterston said she was well aware of the comparison that was going to be made between her and Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley, but admits that she tried not to think about it too much while filming for fear of being intimidated.[14]
  • Billy Crudup as Christopher Oram, the first mate of the Covenant. Oram is a self-serious man of faith who believes their role on the Covenant is an act of destiny, and he shares a "contentious" relationship with Daniels.[15]
  • Danny McBride as Tennessee, the chief pilot of the Covenant.[16]
  • Demián Bichir as Sergeant Lope, Hallett's husband, the head of the security unit aboard the Covenant.[17]
  • Carmen Ejogo as Karine Oram, Christopher Oram's wife, a biologist aboard the Covenant.[15]
  • Amy Seimetz as Maggie Faris, the lander pilot, Tennessee's wife.[18]
  • Jussie Smollett as Ricks, Upworth's husband[19]
  • Callie Hernandez as Upworth, the medic aboard the Covenant.
  • Nathaniel Dean as Sergeant Hallett, Lope's husband, and a member of his security unit aboard the Covenant.[17]
  • Alexander England as Ankor, a member of the security unit aboard the Covenant.
  • Benjamin Rigby as Ledward, a member of the security unit aboard the Covenant.

James Franco portrays Jacob "Jake" Branson, the captain of the Covenant and the husband of Daniels,[20] Tess Haubrich portrays Rosenthal, a member of the security unit whose partner is in cryosleep during the mission,[21] and Uli Latukefu portrays Pvt. Cole, another member of the security team.[22] Javier Botet portrays a Xenomorph via motion capture.[23] Goran D. Kleut plays the role of both the Neomorph and the Xenomorph in costume and on set.[citation needed]

Noomi Rapace reprises her role as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, the archaeologist who was formerly a crew member of the destroyed Prometheus,[24] and Guy Pearce reprises his role as Peter Weyland, the trillionaire founder and CEO of Weyland Corporation (now the Weyland-Yutani Corporation) who died before the destruction of the Prometheus.[25]

Production

Development

In 2012, prior to the release of Prometheus, director Ridley Scott began hinting at the prospects of a sequel.[26][27] Scott said that a sequel would follow Shaw to her next destination, "because if it is paradise, paradise cannot be what you think it is. Paradise has a connotation of being extremely sinister and ominous." Writer Damon Lindelof cast doubt on his participation, and said, "if [Scott] wants me to be involved in something, that would be hard to say no to. At the same time, I do feel like Alien: Covenant might benefit from a fresh voice or a fresh take or a fresh thought."[28] Scott said that an additional film would be required to bridge the thirty year span written as the transpiration gap between the Prometheus sequel and Alien.[29]

As of August 1, 2012, Fox was pursuing a sequel with Scott, Noomi Rapace, and Michael Fassbender involved, and was talking to new writers in case Lindelof did not return. [30] In December 2012, Lindelof ultimately chose not to work on the project.[31] Early on Scott stated that the film would feature no xenomorphs, "The beast is done. Cooked."[32] However Scott would make later statements that were contradictory, stating what is planned and confirming the xenomorphs' presence in the film.[citation needed] but ultimately the movie does not include the creatures, instead featuring the similar neomorphs and protomorphs.[33]

On September 24, Scott confirmed the film's title as Alien: Paradise Lost.[34] In November 2015, Scott revealed the new title to be Alien: Covenant, with filming set to begin in February 2016 in Australia.[35] An official logo, synopsis and release date were released on November 16, 2015.[36]

Pre-production

In late August 2015, Scott confirmed that he had started scouting the locations for the film.[37] In October 2015, the Australian government attracted the production of the film and Thor: Ragnarok to Australia by providing $47.25 million in grants.[38][39] Woz Productions Ltd., a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox, visited Te Anau, New Zealand on March 28, 2016 for a location scout, for filming in Fiordland.[40]

Casting

In August 2015, it was announced that the film would star Rapace and Fassbender, while Rik Barnett was in talks to be cast in the film.[41] That December Katherine Waterston was cast in the film for the lead role of Daniels;[42] it will be Waterston's second film alongside Fassbender, after the pair appeared in 2015's Steve Jobs. Longtime collaborator with Scott, Dariusz Wolski was confirmed to serve as the film's cinematographer.[43] In 2016, Ridley Scott stated that Noomi Rapace would not reprise her role of Elizabeth Shaw. However, in June it was confirmed Rapace will reprise her role as Shaw and shoot weeks worth of scenes in Scott's film.[24] In February 2016, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo, Callie Hernandez, Billy Crudup, and Alexander England were reported to have joined the cast.[16][44][45][46][47] In March 2016, newcomer Benjamin Rigby joined the cast.[48] In December 2016, it was announced James Franco was cast in the film, as Captain Branson, the husband to Daniels and the captain of the Covenant.[49][50][51]

Production design

In an article for Cinemablend from May 2017 titled "Mythbusters' Adam Savage Toured The Set Of Alien: Covenant, And It's Wonderful", Connor Schwerdfeger included a five minute short video of Savage's discussion of several of the props and stage sets used in the production design for the filming of different scenes from the film.[52] Patrick Shanley in a article for The Hollywood Reporter on May 18, 2017 titled "'Alien: Covenant': How the Xenomorph Continues to Horrify Audiences Decades Later" interviewed the art director for the film Damien Drew and the creature design supervisor Conor O'Sullivan regarding the involvement of the San Diego Zoo and its representative Rick Schwartz as a consultant for the design of the realistic effects of the creatures and Xenomorphs appearing throughout the film.[53]

Filming

Principal photography on the film began on April 4, 2016, at Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.[54][55][56][57] Filming wrapped on July 19, 2016.[58] On November 18, 2016, additional photography was scheduled to take place at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire.[59]

Effects houses Odd Studios and CreatureNFX provided the film's makeup and animatronic creature effects respectively,[60][61] while Australian-based effects house Animal Logic provided the film's digital visual effects.[62] Approximately 30 people from CreatureNFX worked on the project for almost six months building animatronics.[61] Actors wearing creature suits with animatronic heads were used to portray the aliens[61][63] and casting calls for the aliens specifically asked for people between the age of 8 and 40 who were skinny, very tall or very short, strong and physically agile, and preferably skilled in fast movement, acrobatics, dancing, gymnastics, contortion, and "Cirque du Soleil type performers."[64]

Finance

The film credits present four production companies as cooperating in the production and financing of the film listed as, from the United States, 20th Century Fox, Brandywine Productions and the film financing group TSG Entertainment; and from Britain Scott Free Productions.

Music

Harry Gregson-Williams was initially selected as the film's composer,[65] but confirmed in November 2016 that he was no longer working on Alien: Covenant. Gregson-Williams summarized the reasons for his departure from the project as a mixture of scheduling and creative issues, stating that "schedules and one's expectations of scoring a film don't always fit and this one wasn't going to work out."[66] During the trailer's release in late 2016, rising Norwegian singer and songwriter AURORA was announced to have contributed to the official soundtrack. The first trailer revealed that Jed Kurzel had replaced Gregson-Williams as the composer.[67] Themes of Jerry Goldsmith's original score to Alien have been incorporated as well as Marc Streitenfeld's score to Prometheus. [68]

Release

Alien: Covenant premiered on May 4, 2017, at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.[69] The film was released on May 10 in France, May 12 in Pakistan[70] and on May 19 in the United States in 2D and IMAX 2D.[71][72][7] It was originally set to be released on August 4 before being moved up by 20th Century Fox.[73][74]

On April 26, 2017, 20th Century Fox released Alien: Covenant In Utero, a virtual reality teaser for Alien: Covenant for the Oculus Rift and the Samsung Gear VR. The experience was produced by RSA, FoxNext VR, MPC, Mach1, AMD Radeon, and Dell Alienware. [75][76] The trailer is a first person experience in which the viewer plays the role of a Neomorph. The experience was executive produced by Scott and directed by David Karlak.

Box office

In North America, Alien: Covenant was released alongside Everything, Everything and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul and is projected to gross $40–50 million from 3,760 theaters during its opening weekend.[77] It made $4.3 million from Thursday night previews at about 3,000 theaters.[78]

Fox released the film in a number of international markets a week ahead of its domestic release. It was released in 34 markets where it debuted to $40.1 million, opening at number one in 19 of them. Its overall rank for the weekend was second behind the continued run of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.[79] The top openings were in South Korea ($7.2 million), the UK ($6.4 million), France ($4.5 million), Australia ($3.1 million) and Mexico ($2.5 million).[79]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 73% based on 239 reviews, and an average rating of 6.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Alien: Covenant delivers another satisfying round of close-quarters deep-space terror, even if it doesn't take the saga in any new directions."[80] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score 66 out of 100, based 45 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[81] On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, the same score earned by its predecessor.[78]

The film was praised for its visual aesthetic and design, cinematography, production design and the acting, with Michael Fassbender's performance as androids David and Walter receiving acclaim. However the plot, including the mix between monster violence and character motivations, drew a more mixed response.[82][83][84][85]

A. O. Scott of the New York Times notes: "Alien: Covenant is an interesting movie ... for all its interplanetary ranging, commits itself above all to the canny management of expectations.[5] Writing for The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw gave the film a positive review, praising the performances of its actors and comparing it to other releases of the franchise, stating that the film is: "... a greatest-hits compilation of the other Alien films' freaky moments. The paradox is that though you are intended to recognise these touches, you won’t really be impressed unless you happen to be seeing them for the first time. For all this, the film is very capably made, with forceful, potent performances from Waterston and Fassbender."[86]

Geoffrey McNab writing for The Independent found the film to be adequate in presentation and production though not as strong in its writing stating that Alien: Covenant: "... certainly delivers what you’d expect from an Aliens film—spectacle, body horror, strong Ripley-like female protagonists and some astonishing special effects—but there’s also a dispiriting sense that the film isn’t at all sure of its own identity. The very portentous screenplay, co-written by John Logan (Coriolanus, Skyfall), throws in references to Shelley and Byron, Wagner and Michelangelo, and lots of philosophising about human origins and identity. In the meantime, the crew members pitted against the monstrous creatures are trying their darndest to blast them to kingdom come, just as they would in any run of the mill sci-fi B movie."[87]

Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com highly praised Alien: Covenant, giving it four out of four stars, stating that the film's structure, although repeatedly borrowing from the Alien films, serves a purpose not unlike the James Bond film series or Star Wars, "where part of the fun lies in seeing what variations the artists can bring while satisfying a rigid structure." He also emphasized that like previous films of the series, real-world logic should not be applied to the film, and "[i]nstead you have to judge it by the standards of a fever dream or nightmare, a Freudian-Jungian narrative where the thing you fear most is what happens to you."[88]

In New York magazine, David Edelstein commented on David the android as representing a new generation of monster villains in the tradition of Frankenstein stating: "In Star Trek, that man-machine nexus was... hopeful. Here, there's some doubt about David's ultimate motives, which puts Alien: Covenant squarely in the tradition of the Terminator and Matrix movies. And, of course, the novel Frankenstein, which carried the subtitle The Modern Prometheus. No less than Stephen Hawking -- who survives with the aid of machines -- has predicted that we have 100 years to live before evolved machines take human imperfection as justification for wiping us all out."[89]

Trace Thurman, from BloodyDisgusting, gave the film a mediocre review, noting that although watching Alien: Covenant will make viewers appreciate Prometheus more, "...this is a film that was made as a response to Prometheus critics but tries to appease fans of that film as well and it doesn’t fully work." He also criticizes the overfamiliarity of the climax and underwritten characters.[90] Allisa Wilkinson writing for Vox gave the film an average review in an article titled "Alien: Covenant is too muddled to pull off its deeply ambitious Satan allegories" and emphasized the Miltonic demonic aspect of the portrayal of the android David stating: "But David is a better Satan than Satan himself... It’s as if in the Alien universe, the devil has evolved, thanks to humans creating him. David, fatally, has the ability to create—something Satan never had—and he will use that power only to destroy. He doesn’t have any real need to rebel against his maker, since from the moment he became sentient, he knew he’d already won. He is indestructible, and determined to make creatures that imitate his drive for total domination."[91]

Sequels

In September 2015, Ridley Scott revealed he was planning two sequels to Prometheus, which would lead into the first Alien film, even adding: "Maybe [there will] even [be] a fourth film before we get back into the Alien franchise."[92][93] In November 2015, Scott confirmed that Alien: Covenant would be the first of three additional films in the Alien prequel series, before linking up with the original Alien,[94][95] and stated that the Prometheus sequels will reveal who created the xenomorph aliens.[96] The screenplay for the third prequel film was written during production of Alien: Covenant and finished in 2017. Production is scheduled to begin in 2018.[97] In March 2017, Scott said, "If you really want a franchise, I can keep cranking it for another six. I'm not going to close it down again. No way."[98] In April, Scott announced that Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 had been cancelled. In a later interview he said he would have participated as a producer, but that 20th Century Fox had decided not to pursue the project.[99][100]

See also

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