Fox just won’t stop with theAlien: Covenantteases. Now that the marketing train is moving on the next installment of theAlienfranchise, it is showing absolutely no signs of slowing down. The latest sneak peek atRidley Scott’s upcoming follow-up toPrometheusintroduces us toMichael Fassbender’s new android named Walter. It is short, cryptic and enough to raise some eyebrows.
20th Century Foxuploaded the clip recently and it teases that a longer video in which we will “meet Walter” will be released on Friday. This very brief clip, which appears to be a preview of that forthcoming video, gives us a little sense of Walter, mostly his voice. It is noticeably different from David, the android he played inPrometheus. It is said that he will be playing both roles in this upcoming movie, but given what happened to David we can assume that the bulk of his responsibilities will be related to Walter inAlien: Covenant. MoreMichael Fassbenderis always a good thing. SinceRidley Scottrecently said that he could be making as many as six moreAlienmovies, we could be seeing even moreMichael Fassbenderandroids in the future. Audiences aren’t likely to complain if that winds up being the case.
“Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world, whose sole inhabitant is the synthetic David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.”
One of the most interesting bits from this video for die-hard fans of theAlienfranchise was the decision to include the Weyland-Yutani Corp. logo toward the end. For those who may not know, Weyland-Yutani Corp. is the company responsible for the missions depicted in theAlienseries and as we know, thosemissionshave not gone well.Paul Reiser’s character fromAliensis a prime example of how scummyWeyland-Yutani Corp.can be. So the fact that Walter will be linked to the corporation isn’t super surprising, but given the shady history, it is reasonable to suspect that Walter might not be the Covenant crew’s best friend.
In terms of what we might see in this bigger video about Walter on Friday, it may not even be actual footage from the movie. Before releasing the second trailer forAlien: Covenant, Fox released a short prologue for the movie that showed the crew before going into cryosleep. That prologue won’t actually be in the movie (even though a small chunk was used in thelatest Alien trailer, but it was a good way to give us a sense for these characters without having to give away too much. It is possible that this Walter video will be something similar. A video designed strictly for the purposes of marketing that won’t be inAlien: Covenant. We’ll have to wait and see what Fox has planned for us on Friday.
The cast forAlien: Covenantincludes, in addition toMichael Fassbender,Noomi Rapace,James Franco,Demian Bichir,Katherine Waterston,Danny McBride,Carmen Ejogo,Amy Seimetz,Jussie Smollett,Callie Hernandez,Nathaniel Dean,Alexander England,Benjamin RigbyandBilly Crudup.Alien: Covenantis directed byRidley Scottand is set to unleash itsNeomorphson May 19. Be sure to check out the brand new clip for yourself below.
