Alien: Covenant

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Some of the scenes were filmed in Sydney, Australia, at Fox Studios. Ridley Scott gave Michael Fassb [...]	D
The Xenomorph's design in the movie was based on that of the "Big Chap" specimen from Alien, though [...]	D
In Prometheus (2012), Dr. Elizabeth Shaw lamented about how she always wanted to be a mother but cou [...]	D
Unlike any of the other planets featured in the Alien films, Planet 4 where the story primarily take [...]	D
The protective suits worn by the Covenant crew members during hibernation are identical one worn by [...]	D
It's possible that the Xenomorph born from Oram had deliberately spared LopÃ© and instead killed C [...]	D
David attacks Daniels in the necropolis, after she discovers his plans for the Xenomorphs, in a room [...]	D
In the prequel novel 'Alien: Covenant - Origins' by Alan Dean Foster, LopÃ© mentions the security [...]	D
Besides the statue mimicking Michaelangelo's David, but as a flayed man, in his laboratory, David ha [...]	D
The name Praetomorph was developed by the creators of Alien: The Roleplaying Game from the term "Pro [...]	D
The way that a Facehugger first jumps out at Oram is closely modeled after the scene in the ori [...]	D
Danny McBride (Tennessee) said he was pleasantly surprised to be cast against type in a mostly strai [...]	D
Although Walter mentions that the events of Prometheus took place 10 years earlier, it is actually 1 [...]	D
Once again the speed of the "Xenomorph" life-cycle is altered, as the process from Facehugger to Che [...]	D
The exact origins and nature of the Planet 4 variant Xenomorph have been widely debated amongst fans [...]	D
Counting the two crossovers Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator 2 (2007), this movie i [...]	D
Rosenthal is revealed to be Jewish in a deleted scene, in which she prays in Hebrew. The dead giveaw [...]	D
Scott was planning shooting the film in 3D like his past couple of blockbusters but stuck to 2D due [...]	D
In an interview with IGN, when asked why David created the Xenomorphs, Ridley Scott stated he did so [...]	D
Ridley Scott stated, "I looked at Danny [McBride] and flashed on Slim Pickens," he says, adding that [...]	D
The Egg sack closely resembles and functions as Lycoperdon pyriforme puffball fungi.	D
One character claims how it's strange that the world is completely quiet, no birds or anything. When [...]	D
The date of the mission, listed at the beginning of the film, is December 5th, which is also the bir [...]	D
At $97-111 million dollars cost, Ridley Scott commented in a UK interview it being 'very frugal' for [...]	D
The poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley is discussed extensively by characters in both this and [...]	D
The Xenomorphs design was based on that of an ecorche (sculpture of a human figure with the skin rem [...]	D
According to Ridley Scott's director's commentary, the Planet 4 variant of the Xenomorph is able to [...]	D
David is named for Michaelangelo's sculpture of the same name. He also has the flayed corpse of an E [...]	D
There's a viral ad for the Walter synthetics, just as there was one for the David 8 synthetic in Pro [...]	D
Like with Alien (1979) and Prometheus (2012), director Ridley Scott storyboarded almost the entire m [...]	D
In each of his Alien films, director Ridley Scott has worked with a different composer for the score [...]	D
Despite the overt sexual themes and metaphors present in this series, this is only the second Alien [...]	D
Like the other two Ridley Scott Alien films (Alien and Prometheus), this movie involves characters b [...]	D
Fans have nicknamed the Neomorphs that burst out of Ledward's back and Hallet's mouth 'the backburst [...]	D
Ridley Scott originally considered the derelict ship in Alien to have been a type of bomber. Prometh [...]	D
The movie's first shot is of David's open eye staring right into the camera, exactly like the openin [...]	D
The novel describes the Planet 4 Facehugger as being incredibly strong with neither LopÃ¨ or Cole [...]	D
The music that David plays when confronted by Walter is the same score that's played toward the end [...]	D
David's garden is an exact recreation of the Arnold BÃ¶cklin painting The Isle of the Dead (which [...]	D
There are at least two references to director Ridley Scott's earlier film, Hannibal, in this film. T [...]	D
In the novelization, David mentions that the Neomorphs derive their traits from their hosts and that [...]	D
A scene establishing the crew of the Covenant going into cryosleep was released as a prologue webiso [...]	D
Ledward, the very first person infected in Covenant, like Kane in Alien and then Fifield in Promethe [...]	D
As part of the collaboration between Twentieth Century Fox and Audi, a short film created by 20th Ce [...]	D
According to Ridley Scott, principal photography for this movie took place in just 74 days for $111 [...]	D
This was the first 'Alien' film to be released after the death of H.R. Giger, designer of the origin [...]	D
Some elements that were omitted from Jon Spaihts' original script for Prometheus (2012) after a thor [...]	D
Ankor dies when the Neomorph tears through his face and throat by striking him with its tail; in the [...]	D
This is a sequel to Prometheus (2012), as well as the second installment in the "Alien" prequel seri [...]	D
The novel mentions Oram having dreamt about meeting God while he was unconscious due to the facehugg [...]	D
Rebecca Ferguson was considered for the role of Daniels, but ultimately turned down the role to do t [...]	D
In the novelization of the film, the Planet 4 variant Xenomorph is described as possessing a biomech [...]	D
David's end walk through the sleeping colonists originally featured Fassbender doing an "Adolf Hitle [...]	D
The Chinese edit of the film, released in June 2017, features much less screen time of the aliens, t [...]	D
Apparently, depending on the host and mode of infection, the Xenomorph takes on a different form. Th [...]	D
There are notable differences between the film Xenomorph and the NECA figure: the NECA figure has sh [...]	D
The glimpse we get of Shaw's corpse with bony growths blending with her head recalls several of HR G [...]	D
The Engineer Docking Claw ship can be seen crashed in the mountains for a brief second when the Cove [...]	D
The Planet 4 Xenomorph has a human skull underneath its smooth dome, something the original Xenomorp [...]	D
This is the second time that a character played by Michael Fassbender expresses his fondness for Ric [...]	D
When Walter is standing on the back of the ship as it takes off near the end of the film, his hood i [...]	D
People in cryosleep being deliberately infected by David in the ending to use as guinea pigs and ges [...]	D
Like with the opening credits, the film also homages the original Alien's score with composer Jed Ku [...]	D
Scott stated, "The subtext of this whole story is the evolution of an A.I. who eventually will demon [...]	D
Walter's skin regenerates when he takes a stab wound from David, and his comments when fighting his [...]	D
One of the patches that the crew wears has two angels crouched down on a slab that mimic depictions [...]	D
Ridley Scott learned David's swallowing/smuggling trick during research on his next film, Cartel. "I [...]	D
The reveal of David taking the place of Walter and leaving a message in his voice is reminiscent to [...]	D
Guy Pearce's reprisal of his role as Peter Weyland in the opening prologue marked Pearce's first app [...]	D
Katherine Waterston and Billy Crudup both also starred in Glass Chin (2014).	D
The Neomorph's physiology and body structure was inspired by the real-world bodily autonomy of the G [...]	D
This movie marked 20 years since Alien - La clonazione (1997) that the original Xenomorph was seen e [...]	D
Amy Seimetz enjoyed working with Carmen Ejogo in this movie so much that she later offered her the l [...]	D
David's fondness for music from the Wagnerian opera Das Rheingold stands out because as of this movi [...]	D
On November 27, 2015, director Ridley Scott announced that this film would be the second (following [...]	D
The Uncharted World is dubbed 'Planet 4' by the Covenant crew because it is the fourth planet orbiti [...]	D
The Planet 4 Facehugger strongly resembles a species of arthropod David dubbed the "Carapace" in his [...]	D
The deaths of Ricks and Upworth were highly reminiscent of those of Parker and Lambert from the orig [...]	D
In the Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper (2017) clip, Upworth starts choking on her food in th [...]	D
In the original film, Ripley refused to open the airlock door to let in an infected crew member. In [...]	D
During the final fight with Xenomorph, Walter anxiously watches the screen as he cannot do anything [...]	D
LopÃ© (DemiÃ¡n Bichir) is attacked by a Facehugger but, despite injuring him in the process, his [...]	D
The Neomorphs bleed yellow, along with the greenish-yellow acid blood of the Protomorphs and white A [...]	D
The Neomorph's means of infection is an obscure one; the concept was originally from William Gibson' [...]	D
When Daniels traps the Xenomorph in the truck on the Terraforming Bay, she says, "I got you, you son [...]	D
The Planet 4 variant Xenomorph appears to have an accelerated life cycle similar to those in Alien v [...]	D
An unofficial/accidental tradition in the Alien film series is that the androids characters' names e [...]	D
There are notable differences between the Neomorph from the film and the NECA figure; the film versi [...]	D
The Xenomorph is ignited when it crawls too close to the engines of the lander, but retreats - avoid [...]	D
According to director Ridley Scott, the neomorph is the first generation of alien,the word Neo is a [...]	D
The terrace surrounded by cypress trees, where David looks upon the Engineers' city, was inspired by [...]	D
In the novelization of the film, the Egg sacks are much smaller in appearance, resembling mould.	D
Aside from David, who is the primary villain of the film, being a prominent returning figure from Pr [...]	D
This film could actually also explain The Company Weyland-Yutani's relentless pursuit of acquiring t [...]	D
When David attacks Daniels, there is a nod to Blade Runner (1982). Daniels stabs David under the chi [...]	D
In the Aliens (1986) novelization, Bishop speculates that a 'more bolder' synthetic than himself mig [...]	D
The shower scene, where a Xenomorph kills two of the crew members as they are having sex seems to pa [...]	D
Several music cues and sound effects throughout the movie are identical to the music and sound from [...]	D
This film gives us a glimpse into a sort of missing link between the original bio-weapon and the ful [...]	D
When David unleashes the Black Liquid in a flashback while reminiscing on the poem Ozymandius, the c [...]	D
In the novelization of this film, David shows Oram a fossilized Ovomorph and the dead Facehugger wit [...]	D
The deleted scenes and bonus features of the film provide information that had ultimately been omitt [...]	D
Each "Alien" film features a different type of group interacting with the Xenomorphs-- commercial tr [...]	D
The song David performs on the flute in front of Shaw's shrine is a callback to the theme music from [...]	D
The hairstyle that Daniels (Katherine Waterston) sports in this film was based on the wig worn by Ez [...]	D
This movie contains a scene where a toy bird drinking water (named, aptly, a "drinky-bird") is visib [...]	D
Walter indicates David's fallibility by pointing out his mistaken identification of the author of th [...]	D
The bonus material from the Blu-ray release contains a clip of David in his lab titled Alien: Covena [...]	D
Ridley Scott stated that most of his projects are the ones that he has developed from early on, incl [...]	D
During his confrontation with Walter, David asks him if he'd rather "serve in Heaven or reign in Hel [...]	D
The construction vehicles in the Terraforming Bay of the Covenant have the branding of JCB (Joseph C [...]	D
This movie, appropriately, contains multiple references to Blade Runner (1982) which was directed by [...]	D
The subject of the poem "Ozymandias" is the ruins of Rameses II. Director Ridley Scott depicted the [...]	D
The second time in the "Alien" franchise in which the protagonist from a previous entry is killed be [...]	D
The Covenant's discovery of the rogue transmission and the events that followed is similar to the No [...]	D
At around one hour and twelve minutes: Rosenthal encountering the fully-grown Neomorph is similar to [...]	D
For the first time since AlienÂ³ (1992), an Alien's point of view is shown. However, in this film [...]	D
Billy Crudup ruined the first few takes of his encounter with the facehugger. Having seen the origin [...]	D
This is the second film that James Franco (Branson) and Katherine Waterston (Daniels) appear in toge [...]	D
In the opening sequence, David names himself after looking at a replica of the statue of David by Mi [...]	D
In the 10 years since Prometheus (2012), Weyland Corporations has changed to the 'Weyland-Yutani Com [...]	D
Only the male crew members are impregnated/birth aliens: Hallett, Ledward, Oram and LopÃ©. This he [...]	D
The film continues the Lawrence d'Arabia (1962) theme in connection to David's character that was ex [...]	D
David makes detailed sketches in the style of H. R. Giger, the artist who originally created the uni [...]	D
This is the second film that Michael Fassbender and Katherine Waterston have appeared in together, t [...]	D
David frequently reflects on the poem "Ozymandias" but misinterprets it. He appears to believe that [...]	D
Moments after his birth, when prompted by Weyland to choose a piece of music to play in the piano, D [...]	D
On an interview with BBC RADIO 2, Michael Fassbender revealed that a new type of alien creature woul [...]	D
David's attitudes are echoed in Ash's views in "the future", as both see humans as inferiors and ful [...]	D
In the scenes at the Necropolis of the Engineers, one can see giant heads of statues, similar to the [...]	D
The helmets include a band across the top that is similar to that in Prometheus. This is a strip of [...]	D
James Franco: as Captain Branson, husband of Daniels. He appears in several deleted scenes, but his [...]	D
Like Ash in Alien, David calls the creatures the "perfect organism".	D
At one point, Daniels finds some dog tags hanging about while investigating the planet. They're Shaw [...]	D
In earlier drafts of the film the Neomorph and Xenomorph were going to fight, and in a later draft t [...]	D
When David is talking to Walter and is about to presumably kill him, he gives him a gentle kiss befo [...]	D
Ridley Scott made Prometheus to answer the question, "who would make such a biomechanoid, hideous th [...]	D
The song being hummed by Shaw during the rogue transmission was "Take Me Home Country Roads" from Jo [...]	D
The Neomorph's physical appearance has been noted as being similar to the Beluga-Xenomorph from the [...]	D
The music from Jerry Goldsmith's score for Alien (1979) was used extensively in the first act of thi [...]	D
Unlike David, Walter speaks with an American accent. While this was no doubt done in the film to hel [...]	D
Michael Fassbender and Lance Henriksen are the only actors to reprise their roles as androids ('Davi [...]	D
Oram, after killing the Neomorph and discovering Rosenthal's decapitated body, turns his rifle on Da [...]	D
During the last scene, when David walks by the terraformers in cryo-sleep, the name of the person on [...]	D
The crew of the Covenant sealing the Xenomorph up and guiding it to a specific area to attempt to ki [...]	D
The Covenant's mission to terraform and colonize Origae-6 would be the fulfillment of mankind's surv [...]	D
David frequently refers to Walter as his 'brother'. Besides the obvious reference, it is also a refe [...]	D
During the flashback sequence where David releases the Black Mutagen across the planet, there are a [...]	D
In Prometheus, David showed almost no sympathy or concern for Shaw when her pregnancy was discovered [...]	D
When Tennessee gains control of the lander, he says over the comms "A walk in the park," just like P [...]	D
While virtually identical to the Xenomorph from Alien (1979), the Praetomorph is meant to be an inte [...]	D
A couple of flashback sequences were filmed that gave Branson more screen time by fleshing out the r [...]	D
At the start of the scene where David teaches Walter to play the flute, he enters the scene by quoti [...]	D
Not including the Alien vs. Predator films, this will be the first major film appearance by the Xeno [...]	D
In the beginning of the movie Peter Weyland explains to David that he is unable to create life, sinc [...]	D
The original treatment for this movie, as revealed by Ridley Scott in 2012 when the film was still i [...]	D
David asks Walter if he ever dreams. The same question was asked of the robots in Blade Runner (1982 [...]	D
The shuttle landing scene was filmed in New Zealand, and a higher percentage than you expect of thes [...]	D
Due to this species accelerated growth, the Chestburster itself seems to be born almost fully develo [...]	D
A deleted scene shows the crew relaxing and having fun before they go off for cryosleep. Branson tal [...]	D
Astronauts and NASA scientists have told Scott, that they sometimes get ideas from science fiction f [...]	D
Upon emergence, the Neomorph greatly resembles a Runner chestburster, having limbs and moving quadru [...]	D
DemiÃ¡n Bichir and Callie Hernandez both appeared in Machete Kills (2013).	D
The Audi lunar quattro used in the film, is a piece of real world technology. The lunar quattro rove [...]	D
Alien Covenant begins on December 5th, 2104, and ends a few weeks later in 2105. This is 17 years pr [...]	D
John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" would later feature in Logan Lucky (2017) almost exactly [...]	D
The scene in which David teaches Walter how to play the flute became infamous for its overt homoerot [...]	D
During the final battle with the Alien, Daniels says they're going to "blow this fucker into space." [...]	D
The characters of David and Walter are quite similar to the characters of Data and Lore from Star Tr [...]	D
This was Ridley Scott's first experience using ARRI Alexa cameras. He used them again in his later f [...]	D
Ridley Scott stated after David 'killed' Walter he thought, "holy shit how do I get Walter to come b [...]	D
Earlier drafts of the script had the incoming transmission be a prayer, but the filmmakers felt that [...]	D
Some fans have nicknamed the new Xenomorph variant that appears in the film as a "Protomorph", belie [...]	D
The Planet 4 Xenomorph was motion-captured by 6'6Â¾" (2 m) Spanish actor Javier Botet who has Marf [...]	D
Ridley Scott was surprised that none of the three sequels to Alien (1979) bothered to ask the questi [...]	D
Ridley Scott stated in an interview that androids are the future of the Alien series. He's now done [...]	D
At about 1:47 David is looking into the screen at the Xenomorph when it attempts to attack him with [...]	D
In 2015, writer/director Neill Blomkamp announced plans to make an official fifth Alien movie, based [...]	D
The tagline itself is a direct reference to The Divine Comedy.	D
In an extended version of the prologue, Peter Weyland and David discuss Richard Wagner's "Entrance o [...]	D
Scott used practical models of the creatures on set whenever possible to give the actors something r [...]	D
The design of the Neomorph egg sack resembles a smaller version of H.R. Giger's egg silo, designed f [...]	D
The writer of the original film claimed that the name Alien came to him in a flash of inspiration be [...]	D

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