The First Alien Covenant Poster Has One Simple Command And An Earlier Release Date

The First ‘Alien: Covenant’ Poster Has One Simple Command And An Earlier Release Date

By Jacob Hall/Nov. 23, 2016 3:54 pm EST

And here it is. It doesn’t even need a title to get its point across – just a familiar monstrosity crawling out of the darkness, a release date, and one simple word.

Although early word has suggested that the classic Xenomorph is getting a new look in Covenant, the guy on the poster looks accurate enough to the monstrosity introduced in the first movie. We’re probably going to see all kinds of fresh and familiar horrors in this movie.

We still know precious little about Alien: Covenant, except that it will be a soft reboot of Prometheus, following the crew of a colony ship who discover a paradise planet with one single inhabitant: the android David, once again played by Michael Fassbender. And where that unethical robot goes, you know that nasty creatures with acid blood and a thing for drooling probably won’t be too far behind.

Fassbender (who will also play a second android named Walter) is joined by a cast that includes Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Billy Crudup, and Amy Seimetz, most of whom probably won’t live to see the end credits. Sorry, guys. That’s the price of being in an Alien movie. In space, no one can hear you scream. Or run. Or get torn apart by the universe’s most perfect killing machine.