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Danny McBride on set

Alien: Covenant

with

director Ridley Scott

some sense of confidence and clarity and

moral authority in trying to defend them.”

Alien: Covenant

blends the horror of

the original film with

the full throttle action of

James Cameron’s sequel,

as well as edging ever

closer toward revealing

the mysterious origins of

the alien creature.

“I think that it not

only combines those

elements with what has

been an extraordinary

advancement in CGI

and [Scott’s] ability to

create not only practically

these environments with

expert effects people, but

also in post-production because

what he’s able to do with the

creation of these aliens is truly

terrifying,” offers Crudup. “Not

Alien: Covenant

features an early form of the alien, known as

the Neomorph. In creating it, Ridley Scott referenced the original

alien design by H.R. Giger as well as the Goblin Shark – a strange

deep-sea predator with translucent skin and a hinged jaw.

“Designing the Neomorph was tough,” notes the director.

“It was a big challenge that came about because I had to have

something in addition to the usual suspect. I didn’t want that to

wear out – I wanted to save him.The Neomorph, in a way, is the

first generation of an alien, but it needs a human life form to cop

on to and, if you like, mix with, copulate with.”

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only does it draw from

Alien

and

Aliens

but also from

Prometheus

where he starts

this idea of creation, what it means to be

a creator and how we’ve

created the mythology for

our own gods. He’s weaving

that into it as well, so this

movie gets a hold of a lot in

a little time.”

McBride agrees: “The

very first day that we

were on set and we came

on to the spaceship, the

Covenant, there was a look

on everyone’s face, looking

around thinking wow, this is

it, we’re in an Alien movie!

Even just down to the look

of the hallways and the

look of the control panels, it was

crazy because it was nostalgic of

that original film and it had Ridley’s

fingerprints all over it.”

Not only does it

draw from

Alien

and

Aliens

, but also from

Prometheus

... this

movie gets a hold of a

lot in a little time

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Alien:

Covenant

is out on

Aug 16

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