Alien: Covenant - 12 Big Questions After The New Trailer 

7. Is Danny McBride Going To Survive?

Alien Covenant Danny McBride
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A bit of a surprise this one, but while - as just covered - pretty much everyone is going to die, the trailer makes it look like there'll be one unlikely survivor, or at least making it to the film's climactic moments.

We all could've guessed Katherine Waterston making it that far, but Danny McBride? Typically a comic relief figure, he has a key part here, apparently serving as Daniels' right-hand man.

Although he can be grating as an actor, he seems rather effective (and slightly against type) here, and against all odds the trailer makes it look like he'll be the one with Waterston until the very end, even when the rest of the crew have survived.

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