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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

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

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

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

also in post-production because what he’s able to do with the creation of these aliens is truly terrifying,” offers Crudup. “Not

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.”

• Alien: Covenant is out on Aug 16

NEOMORPH

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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