“Alien: Covenant” may have gotten Ridley Scott’s enduring science-fiction franchise back on track with critics, but the R-rated release couldn’t attract the kind of global audience that would give 20th Century Fox the confidence to keep the series alive. “Covenant” opened in May 2017 and didn’t even break the $75 million mark at the U.S. box office. The film’s global gross was $240 million, a sharp decline from “Prometheus'” $403 million worldwide gross in summer 2012.
The box office response to “Covenant” has put Ridley Scott’s intended sequel on indefinite hold, and not even leading lady Katherine Waterston knows what the future holds for the franchise or her character, Janet Daniels. Speaking to The Playlist while promoting her latest indie, “State Like Sleep,” Waterston could offer no answers when pressed for tidbits about the “Covenant” sequel. In fact, nobody has even spoken to the actress about a potential follow-up film.
The box office response to “Covenant” has put Ridley Scott’s intended sequel on indefinite hold, and not even leading lady Katherine Waterston knows what the future holds for the franchise or her character, Janet Daniels. Speaking to The Playlist while promoting her latest indie, “State Like Sleep,” Waterston could offer no answers when pressed for tidbits about the “Covenant” sequel. In fact, nobody has even spoken to the actress about a potential follow-up film.
- 1/11/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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