Posted on Dec 25, 2016 Updated on May 25, 2021, 8:08 am CDT
Ridley Scott received mixed reviews for Prometheus when it came out in 2012—Forbes called the film a “visually stunning epic failure”—but the director of the classic Alien will try once again with Alien: Covenant.
The film will be released May 19 in what we think will be another bad year for movie blockbusters, but the trailer to the next film in the prequel series has been released and it looks thrilling.
Josh Katzowitz is a staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he's covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.
