Up until today, all we knew about Katherine Waterston's role in Ridley Scott's Prometheus sequel, which is titled
Alien: Covenant, is that she playing a character named 'Daniels' and is a crew member on Covenant, a colony ship.
Last month, 20th Century Fox released an official image of Waterston as Daniels, showing her with short, dark hair and wearing a comfortable, gray tank top. It reminded fans of Ellen Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) appearance from the original 1979 film,
Alien. Well, there's a good reason for that.
"Waterston will be playing Ellen Ripley’s mother in
Alien: Covenant, which is an amazing twist and true to Scott’s promise that the post-
Prometheus prequels will eventually lead right up to the first
Alien movie," sources close to film and actress told
The Playlist. "But it should be noted that Waterston isn’t the lead of the movie, and it’s an ensemble piece like
Prometheus."
[Update: The Playlist has since removed the spoiler from the article at the request of 20th Century Fox.]
Major Spoiler For Katherine Waterston’s Alien: Covenant Role Revealed