Danny McBride on set
of
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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