Looks like the title of Ridley Scott’s upcoming Prometheus sequel is changing again, although hopefully the fact that Fox has issued an official press release this time indicates that it is finally set in stone. A few months ago Scott announced that the movie would be called Alien: Paradise Lost, an obvious reference to Milton’s epic poem. At the time, it caused a bit of a stir because of the fact that it was so clearly attempting to re-associate itself with the Alien franchise. Now this week we have learned that it will actually be called Alien: Covenant and we’ve got the official logo and a plot synopsis to go with it. The synopsis is as follows:

“Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in ALIEN with ALIEN: COVENANT, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with PROMETHEUS — and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world — whose sole inhabitant is the ‘synthetic’ David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.”

The title change was first hinted at a few days ago during an hour-long conversation between Ridley Scott and Scott Foundas at the AFI Film Festival. He also recently told IGN that this was all a part of his desire to reclaim the Alien franchise for himself again, perhaps regretting where the series eventually went. Alien: Covenant will now hit theatres on October 6th, 2017. What do you think of the new title and plot synopsis?