James Franco has been added to the cast of Alien: Covenant.
He joins Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Katherine Waterston and Guy Pearce in Ridley Scott’s follow-up to Prometheus, Variety reports. His role in the film is currently unknown but Franco has all but confirmed he’s joined the cast in an interview with HeyUGuys.
Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly has shared new pictures of Fantastic Beasts actress Waterston in the film.
Exclusive: See Katherine Waterston in an intense new photo from #AlienCovenant: https://t.co/BmjSKkq1Sg ?
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 20, 2016
A new poster for Alien: Covenant was released last month, revealing the sequel’s May 2017 release date. Check it out here.
“This Alien is going to be… I’m very excited to see it and everybody in the film was saying this is a film that we all want to see,” he said.
“It’s much scarier than Prometheus, but it’s got the same sort of scope of Prometheus. It’s kind of got more of thriller, imminent disaster feel that Alien had, so it’s kind of a beautiful meeting of both of those films.”
Meanwhile, a fifth Alien movie starring Sigourney Weaver is understood to be “on hold” because of Alien: Covenant.