Ridley Scott says the third Alien: Covenant and the 1979 Alien. Although not confirmed, John Logan's script reportedly saw the surviving Engineers tracking down the android David (Michael Fassbender), in the hopes of taking revenge against him for wiping out their people.
From there, it's believed Covenant ended with David making his way aboard the eponymous colonization ship, clearly intending to continue his "experiments" on a new world (presumably, the ship's destination, Origae-6).
Speaking to the LA Times in a recent interview, Scott suggested his intention was for Alien: Awakening to finish bridging the gap between Prometheus and the original Alien by answering the last few questions left lingering after Covenant. You can read his comment below:
“I still think there’s a lot of mileage in Alien, but I think you’ll have to now re-evolve. What I always thought when I was making the first one [was] why would a creature like this be made and why was it traveling in what I always thought was a kind of war-craft, which was carrying a cargo of these eggs. What was the purpose of the vehicle and what was the purpose of the eggs? That’s the thing to question - who, why, and for what purpose is the next idea, I think."
This isn't the first time Scott's alluded to the Alien movies needing to evolve. So far, he's tried to do that by shifting the focus away from the Xenomorphs and more onto David, gradually evolving him into the big bad of the prequel trilogy. seeing those threads payed off in the third Alien prequel than they necessarily do in getting firm answers to the mysteries Scott's talking about here.
Whether they'll actually get those answers, that's another matter. Although it wasn't a bomb, Alien: Covenant performed softer than expected at the box office in 2017. As a result, Alien: Awakening wasn't fast-tracked for production in the months following its release. Then, the whole project ground to a halt when Disney began the process of acquiring Fox's movie and television assets later that same year. There've since been Scott has since turned his attention elsewhere. Still, here's hoping he finally gets to round out the Alien prequel arc someday.
Source: LA Times
