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3. Alien: Covenant
Given that Prometheus ended with Dr Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) vowing to reach the Engineers’ home world accompanied only by the severed head of David (Michael Fassbender), you were probably expecting this sequel to pick up where its predecessor left off.
Well, it turns out that Alien: Covenant is the second installment of a proposed quartet that will lead up to Ridley Scott’s 1979 original and since there’s room to maneuver, the film follows a different plot thread. According to Fassbender, he does indeed reprise the role of David, but he’s also back as Walter, another “artificial person” for whom David was the prototype.
The only major cast member to return (or is he?), Fassbender(who swears Walter is closer to Bishop than Ash) is part of the crew of the colony ship Covenant which discovers what the press release calls “a dark and dangerous” planet where David is the only survivor.
What happens next? Find out on May 19.