![]() ![]() It’s curious that Fox isn’t interested in releasing the film during the summer blockbuster season, or even earlier in the year, although Scott and Fox did have a bit of luck releasing another movie in the first week of October recently with The Martian, so perhaps lightning will strike twice. The only other film slated for the month of October in 2017 at the moment is Andy Serkis’ directorial debut The Jungle Book, so for the time-being, Alien: Covenant has the weekend all to itself. Meanwhile, Blomkamp’s Alien 5 has been put on indefinite hold (ouch). ![]() Scott has been talking a lot about how Alien: Covenant will connect to Alien, and the synopsis confirms this is the first of two sequels that will bring the franchise around to Alien by “coming in the back end” and revealing who created the aliens. Here's hoping the Covenant crew offers an opportunity to introduce a new female hero. Seeking the origins of humanity, the crew arrives on a distant world and discovers a threat. It would appear that the actress is not returning for the follow-up after all, which is a bit of a bummer-one of the Alien franchise's strengths was its female-driven heroics. Set in the late 21st century, the film centers on the crew of the spaceship Prometheus as it follows a star map discovered among the artifacts of several ancient Earth cultures. Rapace's name is nowhere to be found, however, and the synopsis cites David as the "sole inhabitant" of the planet. ![]() So, uh, where's Noomi Rapace? Prometheus ended with Rapace and Michael Fassbender's Elizabeth and David as the sole survivors of the Prometheus, with Scott saying the sequel would find the two on a road trip of sorts to find the home world of the Engineers. ![]()
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