Alien: Covenant: New international posters and teaser videos released

Still a few weeks away from release and already revving up the hype and dread for the next installment of the franchise to come, 20th Century Fox has released a new set of international posters for its newest Ridley Scott Alien prequel series film "Alien: Covenant" - the direct sequel to 2012's "Prometheus" which sees the explorer and colony ship called the "Covenant" landing in a remote planet and finding something more terrifying than they could ever imagine.

Via Superherohype, two new international posters were released - one from the UK featuring Katherine Waterson's character Daniels on the edge and about to encounter an Alien, while the second one from South Korea features Michael Fassbender's character of Walter profiled next to a Xenomorph.

Alien: Covenant "Take Me Home" TV Commercial
Also released to time in the hype for the film are new teaser spots and commercials, which can be viewed on 20th Century Fox's YouTube page.

Alien: Covenant hits theaters this May.

Alien: Covenant: "Last Supper" prologue clip and new photo released

It's still a couple of months until we find out what happens in the next chapter of the Alien film franchise, but 20th Century Fox and director Ridley Scott have a little treat for fans looking forward to "Alien: Covenant" by releasing quite a prologue clip called "Last Supper" - which sees the crew of the exploration ship "Covenant" introduced and in happier times... Including a little nod to the first "Alien" film that's familiar but slightly different.


Alien: Covenant | “Prologue: Last Supper"
Also released via Empire Magazine is a brand new photo from the film showing the crew disembarking from the ship to new ground... The alien planet that is their destination.

Alien: Covenant will hit theaters on May, 2017.

Alien: "Xenomorph" originally from China? A flea market art piece says so

People who have seen the Alien franchise knows what exactly the "Alien" is - an extraterrestrial and predatory species that adapts and survives based on implanting eggs into other species and birthing their own kind to propagate their own race. The most iconic representation of this terrifying space race is the "Xenomorph" -  a large bipedal/ quadrupedal black monstrosity with a huge cylinder like skulls that's complimented by their ferocious teeth and a large spikey tail. Created by Dan O' Bannon and Ronald Shusett, the Alien design is credited to one H.R.  Giger, a Swiss surrealist artist who's work was adapted for the original Alien film in 1979.

However, a new article surfacing in i09 shows something that may dispute that the origins of the "Xenomorph", showing a painting that's much older than Giger's work and originates from China. A blogger named Zhao found a painting in a flea market in China that allegedly belongs to influential Chinese artist Qi Baishi, and it has what looks a lot like Xenomorphs in it too. It's still remains to be seen whether this is genuine or not, but Giger's work is still credited as the original source. Take a look and compare both works by visiting the source post at i09.