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Alien: Covenant: Eerie images tease Michael Fassbender's return

Ridley Scott's Prometheus sequel isn't messing about

Jacob Stolworthy
Saturday 24 December 2016 10:03 GMT
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Fans' excitement for Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant has been in overdrive since the overwhelming reaction to the film's first footage was first reported.

A crop of new images have been released for the Prometheus sequel and they seem to make good on the chatter.

Sparse in detail, each abstract image - released via the film's Twitter account - conveys enough creepiness to hammer home that Alien: Covenant is very much an entry for the adults.

One image shows Michael Fassbender's android David - or could it be Walter, the other robot he's playing? - dressed all in white playing a piano, while another shows the walls of colony ship Covenant spattered with blood.

You can see all five of the stills below.

Fantastic Beasts actor Katharine Waterston heads up the cast alongside original star Noomi Rapace, Demián Bichir, Danny McBride and a small role for James Franco.

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