Michael Fassbender Says Alien: Covenant’s Sets Are Fantastic

 

Filming is currently underway on Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, the director’s follow-up to Prometheus, and while we still know very little about it, a few details are beginning to trickle out. For one, we know that Michael Fassbender’s android David will be the only returning character, as he’ll be surrounded by a cast of fresh new faces including Katherine Waterson, Danny McBride and Demian Bichir. We also know that the film will be going for a hard R rating and will be set 10 years after its predecessor.

All that aside though, and details are still thin on the ground. However, with production now underway, some of the cast members are starting to talk about what we can expect, and in a recent interview with Inquirer, Fassbender spoke a bit about the highly-anticipated sequel.

He said “The sets are fantastic. Again, the most impressive sets I’ve seen since ‘Prometheus,’ which was the original setting. It’s a fantastic mixture of high-end technology and primitive elements. The way that I can explain it is the same way that Ridley did ‘Blade Runner. It’s amazing to watch Ridley work. I try to soak up as much knowledge as I can from him, because having worked on this kind of films a few times and having seen how many moving parts there are, how many people work on the set and how many departments need attention and the language, he’s an absolute master.

Alien: Covenant will descend into theatres on August 4th, 2017.