The threat reaches all the way up to Hideo Yutani-the head of the newly merged Weyland-Yutani Corporation-when his daughter is kidnapped. Yet the perpetrators remain hidden behind a veil of secrecy. “As the colony ship Covenant prepares for launch, and the final members of the crew are chosen, a series of violent events reveal a conspiracy to sabotage the launch. Thanks to the good folk over at Titan Books for providing us with the synopsis, we now have our first insight into what the prequel, titled Alien: Covenant – Origins, will have in store for us! I thought it would be interesting to open it up a little bit so that the stakes of “What happens if you can’t contain it?” are more immediate.In addition to writing the novelization of Alien: Covenant ( check out our review of it here! In short, go buy it), we’ve known for a while that Alan Dean Foster would also be writing a prequel novel. The alien stories are always trapped… Trapped in a prison, trapped in a space ship. In an interview with Vanity Fair, the upcoming director of the series, Hawley, mentioned: Set not too far into our future, it’s the first ‘Alien’ story set on Earth-and by blending both the timeless horror of the first ‘Alien’ film with the non-stop action of the second, it’s going to be a scary thrill ride that will blow people back in their seats. ‘Alien’ will be helmed by ‘Fargo’ and ‘Legion’s’ Noah Hawley stepping into the creator/executive producer chair, and FX is in advanced negotiations with Academy Award winner, Sir Ridley Scott-director of the first ‘Alien’ film and the sequel, ‘Alien: Covenant’-to join the project as an Executive Producer.

In the 2020 Disney Investors Day, the FX Chief John Landgraf said:įX is moving quickly to bring audiences the first television series based on one of the greatest science- fiction horror classics ever made: ‘Alien’. Tying this report with another from the Illuminerdi, it appears that Chandler will not replace Weaver as Ripley but will be a new character named Wendy.

The most promising of an Alien project in development is the one with Noah Hawley and this was reported to be the project that has recently cast Chandler as its lead character. According to Giant Freakin Robot, the popular science fiction horror franchise has just cast Sydney Chandler as its lead for the Alien series but pushes its production on a later date.

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