WOW! @ the new A:C poster over on A:C twitter

Holy s**t! That looks amazing :D

HOLY CRAP! That's fantastic!

@David007 thanks for posting it!

No problem. It is quite a beautiful poster with chaos and beauty. My favorite poster so far.

Hi I'm new made an account because this is blowing my mind

What is the structure/face in the background?? Am I the only one seeing it?

Top centre, and what looks like a right eye, next to the centre xenomorph.

IF you look center top. It is very close to that of the Alien Queen's head. So, can there be a queen and if a queen, is Shaw or has Shaw been mutated into the queen by the hands of David.

It has "the depths of Hades..."  feel plastered all over it.

Lessee...Which do you prefer? Milton's "Paradise Lost", Dante's "Inferno", Virgils's "Aeneid", or the Biblical "Hell..."

Needless to say, we ain't in Kansas anymore...

Beautiful, looks like a very old painting that tells a horrifying story of when the unstoppable monsters (xeno, proto?) emerged from the darkness and the engineers were more or less brought to extinction.

There's just SO many of the heads (plus the obvious huge backdrop) that look like an alien queen. I hope this is just a nod to the fans, and that Ridley hasn't actually gone for including the queen in this movie!

I mean, I don't dislike the queen and everything "Aliens", but it's got some major differences to how I see Ridley's creatures and their species.

@ David007

While it does resemble the Queen's crest a queen will not be in Ridley Scott's Alien movies, it is Csmerons creation not his and i feel he prefers to keep with the mutation and  cosmic horror vibe rather than use the queen which automatically turns the xenomorph species into a bunch of dangerous insects and cannon fodder. I liked the Queen in Aliens but i prefer something a little deeper than that in this film universe....give me ancient horror with mutations and unspeakable macabre things we have yet to discover....that being said i think the crest resembkles the top of the mural from Prometheus

I'm not kidding.....if you zoom in....real tight in the upper right/left bottom center....is that....

@Grinning I so agree with you. 

@Steve LOL!

While it does resemble a queen it's more likely to be Shaw, however it really doesn't resemble her at all unlike Gigers art. 

This poster is amazing props to whoever created it!

What if Scott creates his version of the egg layer...Shaw who has been engineered, made perfect by David? Rather than use Cameron's creation, Scott goes into his own direction with a Giger like queen...a mother.

Aside from the idea of a mother. It would appear the Xeno takes out the engineers...inflicted by David? Or by their own hand?

@Xeno I agree with you. Just looking to try and find out the artist's name. It'd be cool to know. Very "Giger" esque and Giger worthy!

I'm wondering what all the biomech tentacles are. If they're just an artistic thing showing that the xeno species strangle and eradicate the engineer (or native human) race, or if it's from a creature we'll actually get to see.

Considering how many strange variations of the xeno we're seeing, I'm guessing it's just artistic. Love the stone sculpture features of it. Monolithic.

Uppermost/central part does indeed look very similar to the Alien Queen's crown-like head, and if you follow the centreline further down while trying to exclude all the xenos, facehuggers and engineers (please get out of the way we're trying to analyze something here ok), notice the symmetrical yet partly concealed pattern covering most of the upper part of the picture. 

It does look like a giant head, whether it's an actual creature, mural or statue. (Tyrannoxenos Rexmorphus. Gigantus Indeedus.)

Could it perhaps be a design variation of the creature on the cover below?

@Neomorph. It's the rampaging Dildomorphus Rex.

Sorry, I had to bring it up....

@starlogger cool do let us know if you find the artist, I can't seem to. Somebody on instagram suggested it's inspired by auguste rodin's 'gates of hell' 

@Xeno oh yes it is absolutely influenced by Rodin. That's without question. 

Amazing! I need this poster.

Hard to believe Ridley would let James Cameron's 'Queen' get involved with his project. I'd say it's Bio-mech Shaw.

Nah, there was a similar crest in the mural in Prometheus. I do not think it is a queen. It's just a design thing for us nerds to go crazy about :)

Interesting. I see a lot of bio but really no mechanical. No true Xenomorph yet?

It's a beautifully haunting masterpiece. If I could borrow a line from Ash.....

"I've never seen anything like it." ;-)

Supposedly this is a set piece on the main stage in the film. I read that over at the AVP site.

This has just becomey wallpaper on my phone....geek moment.

A fantastic piece of artwork telling the story of the end of a civilisation..would be great if this was shown in film as a warning to those who mess with too and play god.. The peaceful race shown eradicated in covenant trailers keep this to show what dangers await those that tamper with DNA of xeno

Its not the Queen crest.  It's an optical illusion.  Cover your left eye only, turn off all the lights, then turn off the computer BUT keep your left eye covered.....its Shaw

That poster looks really good.

I hope they use it for the Blu-ray and DVD cases.

@SteveRogers1973

It has baffled investigators for decades but after a some considerable squinting and because "its what i choose to believe"...i feel the man on the grassy knoll was indeed Shaw...case closed ;)

GDL,

Nope thats Inquisitor Fifield with an ungun.

These Shaw and "ungun" sightings make me grin on the inside

On a serious Note I see what looks like 3 alien queen images above the top facehugged engineer.  I have included 2 images below

Pair of Queens Image (look at teeth)

Queen Comparison Image (compare teeth and double cartilage on side of jaw) 

2nd Comparison Image

Now I may catch some flack from this, but the images are undeniable.  I've been sitting on the fence regarding a Queen, but I'm starting to think there may be one in this.  I know everyone from the Cameron camp is going to argue that Ridley didn't come up with the idea of the Queen, Cameron did so he won't incorporate it.  The Ridley Camp is going to say Ridley, did say he liked the idea, and we all know if Ridley likes something he'll take it and incorporate it in later.  Then we have the Egg morphing camp say Egg Morphing is scarier and the Queens takes away from the nature of the beast being alien.  True, regarding the egg morphing but may take from the overall pace of the film as morphing takes time.  Regarding the Queen taking away from the alien nature I don't think so it gives more depth to it.

Sorry for being stupid and/or having bad eyes but could somebody point out the supposed Alien Queen head in the poster.  I just don't see it. I see everything else just not that one thing. 

Phallic Jaw,

Not her head, but her head crest.  Its right above the Runner looking alien in the middle.  IF you look at my post above you see 2 queen faces side by side. I included some Queen images for comparison. 

@Rick 

not trying to be a smart Alec but in your opinion how does the queen add more depth. Although I loved her on screen I just felt it simplified the species to that of an insect, I felt she was more like a big boss in a video game. I personally didn't feel it allowed for depth but if you have some ideas how they could use the queen for depth vs the mutation and ancient cosmic sins occurring I'd love to hear them, after all that's what these boards are for to exchange ideas and spark imaginations about this film universe we all love.

one idea I placed on another thread related to use of the queen is that they could still have queens and egg morphing and mutations with black goo. A single organism would still be able to take over an ecosystem or a population of victims through egg morphing and mutation but once there is a large enough numbers of Xenos in one location perhaps by design one of the Xenos is birthed and develops a further mutation into the queen, and her purpose would be to secure the success of the hive once it attained a large enough size.

just spit balling but I'd love to hear your thoughts on this or your own ideas on how to use a queen to add depth to this universe .

Ok, as a predatory species there are 2 things that drive.  

1. Reproduction

2. Hunt

Each aren't exclusive to or of the other or are in order

Like you said once you start getting larger numbers together we need to streamline and start introducing other drive mechanisms. e.g.; Group protection, hierarchy, group hunts, etc.  Think of them as social pack animal vs insectoid hive mind creatures.  A lot of people overlook the social pack dynamic that I think they get from their human DNA counterpart.  By adding a queen or Pack leader you get this depth of different drive mechanisms that we don't fully understand.  Don't forget there is always a "leader" in large groups it doesn't matter what creature it is we're talking about.

WOW , This is just crazy and right on ,,,,were can i order one , Chris>>>> you need to get a bunch to sell ,,,,,,,,,,,

Its very similar to crucified xeno wall mural in prometheus but massively gigeresque grotesque, kind of the next evolutionary stage of the xeno's.