Is James Franco inAlien: Covenant? That’s what we’re hearing. And the news sounds fairly legit.Alien: Covenantis ready to drop it’s first trailer at any moment, and many believe it will come tonight during the bigRogue Onepremiere. Fox has never been happy about losing what is the biggest franchise on the planet at the moment, and what better time to take some heat off the upcoming release then by getting all eyes onAlien: Covenant, and the the conversation started about Ridley Scott’s Prometheus sequel.
20th Century Fox moved the release date by nearly three months, hinting that they’re quite proud of what they have. The studio recently showed footage at a special event, and it was met with intense positivity by press in attendance. Now we have an exciting new reason to look forward toRidley Scott’s next entry in theAlienfranchise. It appears thatJames Francowill reunite with his old comedy running buddy Danny McBride in the cockpit of the Covenant. We also hear that the movie is a truly gory exercise in horror cinema, drenched and blood and fully earning its R-rating.
The ‘rumor’ arrives from the fan siteAvPGalaxy. They’ve been on a bit of hot streak breaking news related toAlien: Covenantover the past couple of months. The site uncovered the latest details about the new Xenomorphs referred to as “Neomorphs” in the movie and now they bring us news thatJames Francois the captain of the starship Covenant. And a very important husband to one crew member in particular. AvPGalaxy says this about his role in the movie.
“Franco will be appearing in Alien: Covenant as Branson, the captain of the Covenant and husband ofKatherine Waterson’s Daniels. Franco’s appearance in Alien: Covenant will only be brief, though. He appears in the first ten minutes or so of the film with later small appearances. Franco will also be reprising the role as Branson in some of the viral footage that has been shot for Alien: Covenant.”
It was previously reported thatAlien: Covenantwill set up some of Sigourney Weaver’s backstory as Ripley. Following Katherine Waterson’s casting, rumors claimed that she is playing Ripley’s mother. 20th Century Fox later had some major sites retract this information. We’re assuming because it will be a surprise, and that it’s true. Because of his luscious curly hair, some had suspected that Danny McBride is playing Ripley’s father, which many groaned at.Now it appears that, if the Waterson rumor is true, James Franco is her father. Which make sense.
James Francois reuniting with his buddy and frequent comedic collaboratorDanny McBride, who plays the pilot of the ship inAlien: Covenant. The pair have starred alongside one another in movies such asPineapple ExpressandThis is the End. It seems doubtful that anyone could have predicted their next collaboration would arrive courtesy of theAlienfranchise. They will be working together for whatever screentimeJames Francodoes have, since he is the captain andDanny McBrideis the pilot. The report goes onto say he won’t be in the movie long. We can assumeJames Francoprobably dies in the first act.Katherine Waterstonis likely a widow inAlien: Covenant.
Fox released the first poster forAlien: Covenanta few weeks ago, announcing the new May 2017 release date, as opposed to August 2017, where the studio had it originally slated to open. The poster was effective for fans of theAlien franchise, featuring a classicXenomorphand the simple tagline; “Run.” That, coupled with the fact that they feel confident enough to move up the release date and put the movie right in the heart of summer should give fans a lot of reason to be excited. Even those who feelPrometheusdidn’t quite live up to their expectations.
Michael Fassbenderis reprising his role as David inAlien: Covenant(as well as another android named Walter) andNoomi Rapacewill be returning as Elizabeth, but she isn’t expected to have a huge role in the movie. The rest of the new cast includes the previously mentionedDanny McBrideandJames Franco, as well asDemian Bichir,Katherine WaterstonandBilly Crudup.Alien: Covenantis set for release onMay 19, 2017.
