Empire Magazine Alien: Covenant Cover Pays Homage to H.R. Giger Painting
Jonathan Barkan
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The upcoming issue of Empire Magazine features a cover devoted entirely to the upcoming sci-fi horror film Alien: Covenant and it pays homage to Swiss surrealist artist H.R. Giger’s “Necronom IV”, the painting that inspired Ridley Scott’s 1979 film Alien. The magazine cover features a Xenomorph in the middle of a sweeping tail that wraps it in a circle while the painting features a similar looking creature holding onto an umbilical cord-esque protrusion emerging from its stomach. However, the painting also has a somewhat circular feel about it and I feel like Empire giving a nod to this painting is all but a certainty. You can see both below.
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Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Amy Seimetz, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Nathaniel Dean, Alexander England, and Benjamin Rigby star in Alien: Covenant. Ridley Scott directed the film, which was written by John Logan and Dante Harper based on a story by Jack Paglen and Michael Green.
Look for Alien: Covenant everywhere on May 19th.
Synopsis:
Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with ALIEN: COVENANT, a new chapter in his groundbreaking ALIEN franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.
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