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

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.

Alien 5 or Alien Awakening? 

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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!!!

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.

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

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

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

@Weyland

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

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

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