A short, new video loop gives us a look behind-the-scenes of Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien: Covenant and a hint at the creatures being used in the film.
Depicting a FX team person, the BTS video reveals the hand design for something definitely related to a Xenomorph but not quite there. The Xenomorph has six fingers, with two pairs of them closely held together or conjoined:
Where it all begins. #AlienCovenant pic.twitter.com/X0aGEEtH3P
— Alien Anthology (@AlienAnthology) July 6, 2016
At least we know the film will retain the Giger-esque vibe the original and Prometheus had, and hopefully we’ll get the prequel we deserve.
Per Alien’s Wiki:
Xenomorph XX121,commonly referred to as simply the Xenomorph and known colloquially as the Alien, is a highly aggressive endoparasitoid extraterrestrial species. The Xenomorphs are vicious predatory creatures with no higher goals than the propagation of their species and the destruction of any life that could pose a threat to them. Like wasps or bees, Xenomorphs are eusocial, with a fertile Queen breeding a host of subordinate castes. The creatures are known for their potent acidic blood and their pharyngeal jaws, although their biological life cycle, in which their offspring are implanted inside living hosts before erupting violently from their chests, is in many ways their signature aspect.
The plot is as follows:
“Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers a dark world whose sole inhabitant is David (Michael Fassbender), the synthetic survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.”
The film hits theaters August 4, 2017.
Source: Twitter