Ridley Scott talks Alien: Covenant sequel, 'Alien: Awakening', filming begins in 14 months!

Published By Chris on 2017-05-09 15:51:17

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Ridley Scott talks Alien: Covenant sequel, 'Alien: Awakening', filming begins in 14 months!

Alien: Covenant has yet to debut in cinemas across the world but Ridley Scott is already prepared to begin filming its sequel, previously thought to be titled Alien: Awakening within 14 months!

We’re writing [the sequel] now, as we speak. I’ll be filming that within 14 months.

... Ridley Scott said while speaking to IGN UK. He continued by elaborating that the title Awakening was originally the title for Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 proposal, but that Fox decided to roll with Ridley's vision for the franchise and merely (we assume) chose to adopt the title for the Covenant sequel instead:

They wanted to do Alien, er, Awakening – Neill Blomkamp… I said fine. I was going to be the producer. If I could have, I would have. Except I do question, why have both out there? It seems like shooting your big toe off, it doesn’t make sense. But they didn’t go forward with it, Fox, so I just kind of kept out of it.

It's reassuring to know Scott and Fox are confident enough with Alien: Covenant to gave already begun preparations on the sequel!

Here's a new interview as well with Ridley from the Covenant Press events in London, where he explained his plans for the Covenant sequel and why he chose to focus once again on the Xenomorph, as well as what we can expect from the next installment:

Thanks to Batchpool for the video!

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21 Fan responses to Ridley Scott talks Alien: Covenant sequel, 'Alien: Awakening', filming begins in 14 months!
Ingeniero May-09-2017 4:06 PM I so hope that "within 14 months" means Fall 2017. I am aware that this is very wishful thinking on my part that the sequel for the Alien: Covenant movie would follow the format of the release of the Alien: Covenant novel. The Alien: Covenant novelization comes out right after the movie release in May 2017 and I so wanted that to translate to the sequel movie (Alien: Awakening) release near the Alan Dean Foster sequel novel release this fall. In my mind "within 14 months" still means that some how a little.
Roger55 May-09-2017 4:11 PM Alien 5 or Alien Awakening?
Blackwinter-witch May-09-2017 4:14 PM With The Ridley, we know he's going to be closely on-schedule....unlike the whole AVATAR sequel debacle with Cameron.
Jem587 May-09-2017 4:15 PM Cool
JOHNNYMORPH May-09-2017 4:16 PM This is fantastic news! 5 years between Prometheus and Alien:Covenant was too long.... 14 months from now is July 2018, filming would take around 4 months. That takes us to October 2018. Then around 10 months post-production takes us to around July 2019. So we could have the new movie released in July/August 2019! Hope they change the title though....Alien:Awakening is awful.
AdamPD May-09-2017 4:20 PM I wish they'd done Alien awakening before covenant, assuming Awakening is about shaw/david and the engineers
dk May-09-2017 4:46 PM Ridley says a lot of things. It is usually worth the wait though.
David 7 May-09-2017 4:48 PM David is the main guy,all other characters are secondary, thus expendable.
Regular Parrot May-09-2017 6:52 PM I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.....a sequel coming in 2019.....
joylitt May-09-2017 7:47 PM This is all SO CONFUSING. I thought Alien: Awakening was Ridleys project, but know it turns out it was a film trusted to Blomkamp with Scott serving as a producer?
A L I E N 4 2 6 May-09-2017 8:18 PM ^Spam alert!!
Lone May-10-2017 12:05 AM Ridley doesn't hang around. Covenant was ready way ahead of schedule, so the sooner the better. I can't wait!!!
BigDave May-10-2017 4:29 AM Interesting Interview... So Blomkamps Alien 5 was Alien Awakening? Its a shame Ridley had to rip off the name, i guarantee Alien Awakening (Alien 5) was the reason for the change of plans with Prometheus Pandemonium. Blomkamps movie was set 20+ years after Aliens with a older Ripley, Hicks and Newt and a Asian Company Managing to recover the Derelict or Juggernaught, which would have seen a Queen on the loose, alternative Xenomorph design and eventually Ripley merging with Engineer Technology.... i am not sure how AWAKENING can fit with this... I know that Ridley Scotts Alien Awakening will not be set after Alien, but i wonder how many of Blomkamps ideas will be Stolen? I think i can predict Alien Awakening... i can put my two cents down if you like, but i feel this movie will connect to Alien, it will explain why the company gains what it knows... and it will explain why they dont mention LV-223 in the Franchise. I will go further to say that maybe they will mention Engineers after Alien, as i think we will be seeing Aliens on-wards taken out of Cannon. I am ok with that provided they cover the Engineers a bit... but i dont think we will see them again.... otherwise we could be left with Prometheus ==> Alien Covenant ==> Alien Awakening ==> a Re-edited Alien. Then Fans have 2 alternative routes... Aliens ==> Alien 3 ==> Alien Resurrection. Or a new set of Sequels by Ridley Scott, so like a Fork in the Road after Alien.
CrazyJ May-10-2017 9:32 AM So Neill's Alien 5 a long awaited sequel with familiar characters now older, ALIEN: AWAKENING. Not at all like STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Icebear2017 May-10-2017 10:55 AM I'd be surprised if work doesn't start alot sooner for a 2019 release given its a certain 40th anniversary
W E Y L A N D (was HyperNova) May-10-2017 2:01 PM Do You think secretly Alien 5 (Awakening) will be Bloomkamps after-all? And We will all be surprised?
Roger55 May-10-2017 8:11 PM @Weyland Weaver including
masatojpn81 May-11-2017 6:29 AM
masatojpn81 May-11-2017 7:19 AM 14 months? Takes too long... When the Matrix Revolutions was released, that was only HALF A YEAR after the Matrix Reloaded was released.
Jonesy May-11-2017 7:20 AM Agree that a 2019 release would be perfect for 40 years Anniversary. And make the release day on 4-26.
rockk May-21-2017 1:15 AM i want Prometheus 2 god damn it. The engineers are way more interesting then all alien buggs put together.

21 Fan responses to Ridley Scott talks Alien: Covenant sequel, 'Alien: Awakening', filming begins in 14 months!

Ingeniero

May-09-2017 4:06 PM

I so hope that "within 14 months" means Fall 2017. I am aware that this is very wishful thinking on my part that the sequel for the Alien: Covenant movie would follow the format of the release of the Alien: Covenant novel.

The Alien: Covenant novelization comes out right after the movie release in May 2017 and I so wanted that to translate to the sequel movie (Alien: Awakening) release near the Alan Dean Foster sequel novel release this fall.

In my mind "within 14 months" still means that some how a little.

Roger55

May-09-2017 4:11 PM

Alien 5 or Alien Awakening?

Blackwinter-witch

May-09-2017 4:14 PM

With The Ridley, we know he's going to be closely on-schedule....unlike the whole AVATAR sequel debacle with Cameron.

Cool

This is fantastic news! 5 years between Prometheus and Alien:Covenant was too long....

14 months from now is July 2018, filming would take around 4 months. That takes us to October 2018. Then around 10 months post-production takes us to around July 2019.

So we could have the new movie released in July/August 2019!

Hope they change the title though....Alien:Awakening is awful.

AdamPD

May-09-2017 4:20 PM

I wish they'd done Alien awakening before covenant, assuming Awakening is about shaw/david and the engineers

May-09-2017 4:46 PM

Ridley says a lot of things. It is usually worth the wait though.

David 7

May-09-2017 4:48 PM

David is the main guy,all other characters are secondary, thus expendable.

Regular Parrot

May-09-2017 6:52 PM

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.....a sequel coming in 2019.....

joylitt

May-09-2017 7:47 PM

This is all SO CONFUSING. I thought Alien: Awakening was Ridleys project, but know it turns out it was a film trusted to Blomkamp with Scott serving as a producer?

^Spam alert!!

Ridley doesn't hang around. Covenant was ready way ahead of schedule, so the sooner the better. I can't wait!!!

BigDave

May-10-2017 4:29 AM

Interesting Interview... So Blomkamps Alien 5 was Alien Awakening?

Its a shame Ridley had to rip off the name, i guarantee Alien Awakening (Alien 5) was the reason for the change of plans with Prometheus Pandemonium.

Blomkamps movie was set 20+ years after Aliens with a older Ripley, Hicks and Newt and a Asian Company Managing to recover the Derelict or Juggernaught, which would have seen a Queen on the loose, alternative Xenomorph design and eventually Ripley merging with Engineer Technology.... i am not sure how AWAKENING can fit with this...

I know that Ridley Scotts Alien Awakening will not be set after Alien, but i wonder how many of Blomkamps ideas will be Stolen?

I think i can predict Alien Awakening... i can put my two cents down if you like, but i feel this movie will connect to Alien, it will explain why the company gains what it knows... and it will explain why they dont mention LV-223 in the Franchise.

I will go further to say that maybe they will mention Engineers after Alien, as i think we will be seeing Aliens on-wards taken out of Cannon.

I am ok with that provided they cover the Engineers a bit... but i dont think we will see them again.... otherwise we could be left with Prometheus ==> Alien Covenant ==> Alien Awakening ==> a Re-edited Alien.

Then Fans have 2 alternative routes... Aliens ==> Alien 3 ==> Alien Resurrection.

Or a new set of Sequels by Ridley Scott, so like a Fork in the Road after Alien.

CrazyJ

May-10-2017 9:32 AM

So Neill's Alien 5 a long awaited sequel with familiar characters now older, ALIEN: AWAKENING.

Not at all like STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Icebear2017

May-10-2017 10:55 AM

I'd be surprised if work doesn't start alot sooner for a 2019 release given its a certain 40th anniversary

W E Y L A N D (was HyperNova)

May-10-2017 2:01 PM

Do You think secretly Alien 5 (Awakening) will be Bloomkamps after-all? And We will all be surprised?

Roger55

May-10-2017 8:11 PM

@Weyland

Weaver including

14 months? Takes too long... When the Matrix Revolutions was released, that was only HALF A YEAR after the Matrix Reloaded was released.

Jonesy

May-11-2017 7:20 AM

Agree that a 2019 release would be perfect for 40 years Anniversary. And make the release day on 4-26.

rockk

May-21-2017 1:15 AM

i want Prometheus 2 god damn it. The engineers are way more interesting then all alien buggs put together.

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