As the Prometheus sequel gets another title, we make a run at answer the questions it raises.
So Alien: Covenant - whats that all about?
By this point, the gloomy planet LV-223 was now deserted.
To go with the announcement, Fox also put out an official synopsis.
Naturally, all of this raises lots of questions.
Why the name change?
What is the significance of the word Covenant in the title?
Why is David mentioned by name in the synopsis but not Shaw?
For that matter, who put David back together?
Wheres Elizabeth Shaw?
As soon asPrometheusended, it seemed inevitable that another crew full of explorers would turn up eventually.
As for Shaw, she seems to still be in the story as far as Scotts concerned.
Who puts David back together?
And youve got Michael Fassbender in two parts, so shell slowly put him back together.
They will go to the world of the Engineer.
Or that Shaw meets a grim fate on the Engineers home planet.
It certainly seems likely.
Which leads us to…
What creatures will we see in the sequel?
Could this be the dark, dangerous world indicated in theAlien: Covenantsynopsis?
So withPrometheus 2what Im trying to do is reintroduce a fresher form of alien in the third act.
Why was it calledAlien: Paradise Lostin the first place?
From the very beginning of thePrometheusproject, Scott seemed fascinated with the idea of exploring mythological and religious themes.
His proposedAlienprequel went through all kinds of name changes in its production, includingAlien: EngineersandParadise.
And hes the evil son of a bitch!
Hes the good-looking one who gets all the girls and goes to all the nightclubs.
The good one is kind of dull and depressing!
[Laughs] So in a funny sort of way, it touches on that.
There was a reason for that, right?
MiltonsParadise Lostdescribes, in part, the heavenly battle between God and Satan and their respective followers.
You may recall that Janek (Idris Elba) described LV-223 as a kind of military outpost.
Remember the Engineers with the Jedi-like hoods at the start ofPrometheus?
Maybe those are the godlike Engineers from the Paradise planet.
Could it be that the deadly Xenomorph was created as a weapon in that war?
Why the name change, and just what is the Covenant?
Someone at Fox, it seems, really doesnt want the wordParadisein the title of anAlienprequel.
Alien: Covenants name could, therefore, tie into the same myth.
The crew of the Covenant are almost certainly flying around in a ship with a similarly appropriate name.
God then placed a rainbow in the sky as a symbol of that covenant.
