According to Covenant costar Billy Crudup, those themes of science vs. religion in Prometheus will likewise continue to be a major focus of the followup.
Scott’s new film, Alien: Covenant now seeks to continue the Prometheus storyline, but with a more direct connection to the original Alien.
Despite the mixed response to the actual movie, few criticized Prometheus for its willingness to explore issues of science vs. faith, within the larger context of the Alien movie property that Scott helped to create nearly forty years ago.
But I think what he recognized was there was a duplicity in the fundamentalism there.