‘Alien: Covenant’ Won’t See Noomi Rapace Return

Huge Alien Covenant Noomi Rapace news: The actress will NOT return as Elizabeth Shaw.

Big Alien Covenant Noomi Rapace news. Yes, it has been confirmed that Noomi Rapace will not return for the Prometheus sequel Alien: Covenant. Rapace played the role of Elizabeth Shaw in the first movie, which was released back in 2012.

The Alien Covenant Noomi Rapace exit news comes from the Daily Mail. Their film critic Baz Bamigboye asked Ridley Scott if Rapace will be reprising her role in the film, which is about to start shooting this month down in Australia.

Here’s a little from the original article.

I asked if Noomi Rapace, who was in his film Prometheus (from which Covenant follows), would be working with him in Australia and he said no. ‘We’re still casting the main roles,’ he said.

So, we know that Michael Fassbender will be heading down under later this month for Alien: Covenant, after he finishes up work on Assassin’s Creed movie with director Justin Kurzel. The actor is also Oscar nominated for his work on Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs, so he will have to make himself available in Los Angeles on the 28th for this year’s Oscar ceremony.

As far as ‘Covenant’ is concerned, the official synopsis was revealed back in October:

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.

Scott also revealed the kind of aliens we’ll see in the forthcoming movie too. There’ll hopefully be some casting info on the project soon, and of course we’ll keep you updated with any news as we get it.