The second episode of the Alien prequel trilogy, after 2012'Prometheus, takes place on the Engineers' homeworld. If in a house horror movie it's a bad idea to split the group to inspect the basement, in an Alien movie you should never stop your spacecraft to answer a mysterious call from an unknown planet that was on the way.

Michael Fassbender plays a double role as the android David survivor from Prometheus, and the new Walter from the Covenant expedition. Showing similar manners as Lieutenant Ripley is Katherine Waterston as Daniels. We are accustomed to see actor Danny McBride in comedy movies (Your Highness, Pineapple Express), who this time joined the crew as the chief pilot of the ship.

The most interesting filming location of Alien Covenant is one of New Zealand's South Island most famous tourist attractions: the landscape of Milford Sound.

A set of the spacecraft was built on the shore, with Mitre Peak and the Bowen falls in the background.

The natural scenery of Fiordland National Park was used for several shots when the crew is exploring the planet.

The amazing Dreadnought set was built from scratch in the Fox Studios near Sydney. Also the Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden (England) were used for minor reshoots in post-production.

The set of a destroyed Engineer city and this one pictured, with gigantic trees, were built in a quarry in Potts Hill, a suburb of Sydney.

Alien Covenant was filmed basically in New Zealand and Australia. We do not include spoilers and we will update this post with new details as more info is released.