First Alien: Covenant Image

 

All across the extended Alien franchise, Ridley Scott has presided over the Nostromo and sent the ultra-futuristic Prometheus ship tumbling to its destruction; but now, the esteemed director is gearing up for another interstellar journey with Alien: Covenant, and the first image welcomes you aboard Scott’s latest space vessel.

Showcasing the crew patch that will be adorning each suit, the image teases the origins behind the Covenant moniker and, unsurprisingly, the nefarious Weyland Yutani fuelling the deep space expedition. Drumming up the religious iconography are two winged angels, who appear to be worshipping and/or protecting a trio of planets. Ridley Scott is using his prequel trilogy to expand the Alien lore far beyond Xenomorphs and Facehuggers. Plus, considering that Prometheus left us at a time when Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender were bound for Paradise it indicates that we could be encountering more Engineers and, potentially, their divine creator(s).

Those all-new cast members that will be donning the space suit include Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Billy Crudup, and Demian Bichir.  Alien: Covenant will dock in theaters on October 7, 2016.