History Trivia / AlienCovenant

* MissingTrailerScene: A number of shots and scenes present in the trailers and preview clips are ''not'' present in the finished product. This includes both of the prologue clips (''The Crossing'' and ''Last Supper''), the "She Won't Go Quietly" trailer (which was apparently a scene shot specifically for marketing purposes) or the shot of the xenomorph racing down a darkened passageway as it jumps between walls.

* WordOfGod: In an interview, [[spoiler:when asked why David created the Xenomorphs, Ridley Scott stated he did so [[ForTheEvulz out of curiosity]] -- a callback to Charles Holloway's "'cuz we could" response to David's question of why humans created him, [[MisanthropeSupreme a rejection of humanity as inadequate]] and the Engineers for having "[[SoundEffectBleep bleeped]]-up" by creating something that would ultimately turn against them (humans), and the desire to create a superior species to exterminate and replace them both]].

** According to an interview, the film will feature a creature directly based off Giger's NECRONOMICON IV, like the Ultramorph from ''Alien: Engineers'' was.

** Scott and Lindeloff originally intended the ''Prometheus'' series to distance itself even further from the ''Alien'' series, exploring Shaw's and David's adventures seeking the Engineer homeworld. Scott has since retracted this idea and is now seeking to tie the sequel back into the ''Alien'' saga.

** Composer Harry Gregson-Williams (who also worked with Ridley Scott before on projects like ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' and ''Film/TheMartian'') was chosen to do the film's music but left due to CreativeDifferences and scheduling issues. Jed Kurzel (''Theatre/{{Macbeth}} 2015'', ''Film/AssassinsCreed'') is now doing the score instead.

* ActingForTwo: Michael Fassbender is playing two different androids: David and a new one named Walter (who is a part of the Covenant crew).

** Composer Harry Gregson-Williams (who also worked with Ridley Scott before on projects like ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' and ''Film/TheMartian'') was chosen to do the film's music but left due to CreativeDifferences and scheduling issues.

** Whether or not Noomi Rapace would be involved also ran through the gauntlet of various positions from the people involved in production. First, she was in because the movie was a ''Prometheus'' sequel. Then, her character was written out when it was decided to make the movie more akin to a direct prequel to ''Alien'' rather than a spin-off set in the same world. Finally, her character was reinstated into the movie's script.

* ActingForTwo: Michael Fassbender is playing two different androids: David and a new one part of the Covenant crew named Walter.

* ActingForTwo: Michael Fassbender is apparently playing multiple David androids.

** Scott and Lindeloff originally intended the ''Prometheus'' series to distance itself even further from the ''Alien'' series, exploring Shaw's and David's adventures seeking the Engineer homeworld. Scott has since retracted on this idea and is now seeking to tie the sequel back into the ''Alien'' saga.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Scott and Lindeloff originally intended the ''Prometheus'' series to distance itself even further from the ''Alien'' series, exploring Shaw's and David's adventures seeking the Engineer homeworld. Scott has since retracted on this idea and is now seeking to tie the sequel back into the ''Alien'' saga.

** The film has been stated to feature several types of Engineer bioweapons aside from traditional Xenomorphs, much like how ''Alien: Engineers'' featured a malleable "prototype" Xenomorph and hinted at at least five other variants.

** Whether or not Noomi Rapace would be invovled also ran through the gauntlet of various positions from the people involved in production. First, she was in because the movie was a ''Prometheus'' sequel. Then, her character was written out when it was decided to make the movie more akin to a direct prequel to ''Alien'' rather than a spin-off set in the same world. Finally, her character was reinstated into the movie's script.

* DevelopmentGag: The premise of ''Alien: Covenant'' and the revised ''Promenteus'' saga tying back into the ''Alien'' saga reads similarly to ''Alien: Engineers'', the original draft of the first ''Prometheus'' film back when it was a direct prequel:

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Scott and Lindeloff originally intended the ''Prometheus'' series to distance itself even further from the ''Alien'' series, exploring Shaw's and David's adventures seeking the Engineer homeworld. Scott has since retracted on this idea and is now seeking to tie the sequel back into the ''Alien'' saga.
** Noomi Rapace was expected to reprise her role as Shaw before rewrites led to her character being written out before production began.

** The ''Prometheus'' series started as a direct prequel to the original ''Alien'' before being revised into a stand-alone spinoff, and the sequel originally going to have as little to do with ''Alien'' as possible given their shared universe. In the four years that followed the lackluster reception of ''Prometheus'' from fans of the ''Alien'' series, Scott has done a complete 180 and has decided to not only include the Xenomorphs, but explain where they come from and tie directly into the first ''Alien'' movie.

** Scott and Lindeloff originally intended the ''Prometheus'' series to distance itself even further from the ''Alien'' series, exploring Shaw's and David's adventures seeking the Engineer homeworld. Scott has since done a 180 on this and is now seeking to tie the sequel back into the ''Alien'' saga.

** The ''Prometheus'' series started as a direct prequel to the original ''Alien'' before being revised into a stand-alone spinoff, and the sequel originally going to have as little to do with ''Alien'' as possible given their shared universe. In the four years that followed ''Prometheus'''s lacklustre reception from fans of the ''Alien'' series, Scott has done a complete 180 and has decided to not only include the Xenomorphs, but explain where they come from and tie directly into the first ''Alien'' movie.

* DevelopmentGag:
** The premise of ''Alien: Covenant'' and the revised ''Promenteus'' saga tying back into the ''Alien'' saga reads similarly to ''Alien: Engineers'', the original draft of the first ''Prometheus'' film back when it was a direct prequel.

* DevelopmentGag: The premise of ''Alien: Covenant'' and the revised ''Promenteus'' saga tying back into the ''Alien'' saga reads similarly to ''Alien: Engineers'', the original draft of the first ''Prometheus'' film back when it was a direct prequel.

** Noomi Rapace was expected to reprise her role as Shaw before rewrites led her character to be written out before production began.

* FlipFlopOfGod: The ''Prometheus'' series started as a direct prequel to the original ''Alien'' before being revised into a stand-alone spinoff, and the sequel originally going to have as little to do with ''Alien'' as possible given their shared universe. In the four years that followed ''Prometheus'''s lacklustre reception from fans of the ''Alien'' series, Scott has done a complete 180 and has decided to not only include the Xenomorphs, but explain where they come from and tie directly into the first ''Alien'' movie.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Noomi Rapace was expected to reprise her role as Shaw before rewrites led her character to be written out before production began.

* WhattCouldHaveBeen: Noomi Rapace was expected to reprise her role as Shaw before rewrites led her character to be written out before production began.

* FlipFlopOfGod: The ''Prometheus'' series started as a direct prequel to the original ''Alien'' before being revised into a stand-alone spinoff, and the sequel originally going to have as little to do with ''Alien'' as possible given their shared universe. In the four years that followed ''Prometheus'''s lacklustre reception from fans of the ''Alien'' series, Scott has done a complete 180 and has decided to not only include the Xenomorphs, but explain where they come from and tie directly into the first ''Alien'' movie.