RELATED: Michael Fassbender Will Play Two Roles in Alien: Covenant It was also announced yesterday that the Directors Guild of America will give Ridley Scott their top honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction.
Jack Paglen (Transcendence) and Michael Green (Green Lantern) are providing the Alien: Covenant screenplay, which Ridley Scott once again directs.
For these reasons, and so many more, we are honored to present the Lifetime Achievement Award in feature film to Ridley Scott.”
Set as the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with Prometheus, Alien: Covenant connects directly to Ridley Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction.