Watch "Alien: Covenant' star Katherine Waterston explain the differences between her movie and "Prometheus," and "Alien" franchise director Ridley Scott's return to purer sci-fi horror. About "Alien: Covenant" Headed toward a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew members of the colony ship Covenant discover what they believe to be an uncharted paradise, but it is actually a dark, menacing world in which the only inhabitant is the synthetic David (Michael Fassbender), a survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. "Alien: Covenant" release date: May 19th, 2017
2:25In 2012, the science-fiction/horror film Prometheus brought Ridley Scott back to the film franchise he launched in 1979 with Alien. Prometheus Collection movies offer a sort of back door into the original Alien film, answer questions about where the series’ terrifying monster came from. The collection is planned to consist of 4 films in total.
