Michael Fassbender to play two roles in “Alien: Covenant”November 28, 2015 - 11:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Director Ridley Scott, who is currently in Australia scouting locations for "Alien: Covenant", provided new details about the upcoming movie. At a press conference held at Sydney's Fox Studios Australia, the director hinted that Michael Fassbender would play two roles in the sequel to "Prometheus", AceShowbiz reports. While it's already known that Fassbender will return as humanoid robot David, the director didn't mention the other role the actor would play. Scott then confirmed that Noomi Rapace would return in a minor part. Scott said that casting of the Covenant crew members was in advanced stages, but he refused to reveal some possible names to play the members. Scott went to Australia to find "monumental forests and monumental rocks" that will become the filming locations. He also said that "the rest will be [filmed] in studio with some formidable CGI." Picking up where "Prometheus" left off, "Covenant" focuses on the crew members of colony ship Covenant discovering "what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world - whose sole inhabitant is the 'synthetic' David (Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition." Serving as the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with "Prometheus" and connects directly to Scott's original "Alien", "Covenant" is slated to be released in North America on October 6, 2017. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |