New ‘Alien: Covenant’ Photos Go A Long Way To Confirming That R-Rating
Thesteady streamofAlien: Covenantnews over the past few days suggests that we’ll be seeing the first trailer forRidley Scott’sPrometheussequel soon enough (perhaps as soon as this weekend, if rumors are true). In the meantime, we can just enjoy these new images, one that teases a familiar location and one that seems to make good on the early word thatthis will be an R-rated motion picture.
Like the most recent round ofAlien Covenantphotos, these pictures come our way via theAlien Anthology Twitter account. They also don’t appear to be stills from the film, but pictures taken on set. Still, there’s plenty to for the already initiatedAlienfan to appreciate here, starting with this familiar corridor:
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— Alien: Romulus (@AlienAnthology)July 02, 2025
That inherently unsettling architecture is the work of the Engineers, the mysterious aliens that seemingly created the human race as well as the Xenomorphs themselves. We got our first look at their distinctive design work and technology back in 1979’sAlien, but we didn’t learn its actual origins until 2012’sPrometheus.
The second picture is more visceral, in the literal sense of the word:
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— Alien: Romulus (@AlienAnthology)July 28, 2025
After all, is itreallyanAlienmovie if there isn’t blood and guts and bowels and brains splattering the walls and windows of spaceships and/or human facilities? If you exclude the firstAlien vs. Predatormovie (which would be a wise move beneficial to both your emotional and mental health), this entire series hasn’t been shy with the red stuff. How do you even consider making a movie about the universe’s perfect killing machine without tearing a cast of unsuspecting humans into tiny pieces?
Alien: Covenantopens onMay 19, 2017. You can probably expect the first trailer to drop any time now. Here’s the official synopsis:
