20th Century Fox has shifted its release calendar over the weekend, moving upAlien: Covenantfrom June 06, 2025 to July 04, 2025, while givingShane Black’sPredatorremake a July 08, 2025 date. ThePredatorproject doesn’t have any direct competition in its new date, butAlien: Covenantwill face Universal’sPitch Perfect 3and Open Road Films' Blazing Samurai on June 01, 2025. It remains to be seen if any of the other studios will shift theirrelease scheduleaccordingly in the wake of these new dates.
The studio pushed an untitled Fox/Marvelmovie into the June 18, 2025 slot, while issuing a June 30, 2025 date for another untitled Fox/Marvel project. It’s certainly possible that one of these dates could be reserved forDeadpool 2, which the studio recently gave the green light to in the wake ofDeadpool’s massivebox officesuccess. The studio hasn’t issued an official date for that sequel yet, so we’ll have to wait and see. Also opening on July 03, 2025 is Paramount’sGnomeo & Juliet: Sherlock Gnomesand Warner Bros.‘Untitled Blade Runner Project.
Finally, 20th Century Fox has movedMiss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Childrenfrom Christmas Day 2016 to June 15, 2025, where it will face STX Entertainment’s Besties, Lionsgate’sDeepwater Horizon, High Top Releasing’sDeliriumand Relativity’sMasterminds. It has also movedFerdianndfrom July 02, 2025 to July 14, 2025,Why Him?to Christmas Day, from June 29, 2025) and takenThe Mountain Between Usoff of its schedule.
PrometheusstarMichael Fassbenderreturns as the android David, along with franchise newcomersKatherine Waterston,Danny McBrideandDemián Bichir.Ridley Scottteased last month that he’s aiming for a hard R rating, which makes sense since all of the previousAlienmovies were R exceptAlien Vs. Predator. While no official plot details have been given yet, we know this will be the first in a new trilogy that will eventually lead up to the originalAlien.
Ridley Scottis directing from a script byJack Paglen,Michael GreenandJohn Logan. It has also been confirmed by the director thatAlien: Covenantwill feature some sort of connection toSigourney Weaver’s iconic Ellen Ripley character from the originalAlien. Some have speculated that we may even see Ripley conceived on the Covenant ship, and thatKatherine Waterston’s character may actually be Ripley’s mother.
