20 Most Anticipated 2017 Movies
10. Alien: Covenant
What Is It? Ridley Scott's Prometheus sequel/Alien prequel will bridge the gap between his two xenomorph flicks, putting a 1970s inclined spaceship crew (including Katherine Waterston and Danny McBride) on an Engineer planet inhabited by a different version of Michael Fassbender's David. The film is being described as more all-out horror than its predecessor, so expect things to turn slimy rather quickly.
When's It Out? 4th August
Why Will It Be Awesome? Scott's back on form after The Martian, which given how patchy he's been since pretty much Gladiator is a big deal, and by all accounts Covenant is a movie he's been wanting to make for a long time; Prometheus was original pitched as Part 1 of 2. As such, it's got the best things from that film - the era, the Fass - but promises to be giving some of those much craved answers.
Any Concerns? Anybody get a sense of deja vu? This all sounds very similar to Prometheus - right down to a replication of Alien's style - and while that movie is by-and-large underrated, it wasn't the chilling explanation of the slobbering dildo many fans wanted (and, crucially, were promised).