However, despite the anticipation surrounding the upcoming Alien prequel, fans haven’t forgotten about writer and director Neill Blomkamp’s highly-anticipated Alien 5 either, which was delayed so that Scott could release Covenant first.
This could also serve as even more “evidence” for what Fox and director Ridley Scott have in mind for Alien: Covenant; with it not only being the follow-up to Prometheus, but a second installment in a complete prequel trilogy to the original Alien.
For many fans of the franchise, it seems like director Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant is going to be the long-awaited return to form that they’ve been waiting for, bringing back the same horrifying, tense elements that made Alien so iconic and memorable in the first place.
Now this, of course, comes as a bit of a surprise to some fans, following encouraging comments from both Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn – who was also set to reprise his role as Corporal Hicks alongside Weaver – about the film’s prospects near the end of last year.