Alien: Covenant Pitch Meeting

Step inside the pitch meeting that led to Alien: Covenant!

Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise is a classic in the world of sci-fi and horror. So like all things that were successful at a certain point in time, Hollywood decided to bring it back in the past decade. Alien: Covenant hit theatres in 2017 and was a follow-up to Prometheus, while also being kind of a sequel to Alien and Aliens? It’s a little blurry.

Alien: Covenant definitely raises some questions. Like why is James Franco in this? Why are some significant scenes on the internet instead of in the movie? Why isn’t anyone wearing protective gear on an alien planet? How does everyone not see how obviously evil David is? Why did that girl lock her friend in a room with an alien, only to go in a few seconds later after the alien got her? Why does David think that Xenomorphs are so perfect?

To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Alien: Covenant! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

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[zakerycollins]

The quality of this series is some of the most consistent on all of YouTube.

[Sharivari]

"Immediately reversing your convictions is tight." - "No it's not." - "I agree."

Underrated.

[SamWizeIII]

"an homage is when you press ctrl c on your keyboard and then ctrl v"

my new favorite joke from this whole series.

[FrankTheTank]

I had the exact same reaction as the producer guy when that one lady locked her friend in the lab, let her die, went back in the lab, fell and then blew up the ship. I was like wtf man! Lol

[webknows]

it's unbelievable how these pitch meetings never get old. maybe it's because the writing and delivery are so good. Ryan, you're a very talented individual.

[mikdan]

'Do all characters have brain damage?'
Everything makes sense now.

[devincreislerstudios]

“Immediately reversing your convictions is tight! No it’s not. I agree.”

[jamesroot]

My head cannon for this movie is that Wayland went full on Vault Tech and intentionally put the dumbest possible people on this ship as a social experiment. It makes the movie like 10 times better.

[raydunakin]

"Is it going to be difficult to make a Prometheus sequel that's even stupider than Prometheus?"
"No, actually it's going to be super easy, barely an inconvenience!"

[billc.]

Pitch Meeting is a master class in film criticism mixed with comedy.
Wow. Wow. Wow.
Good job Ryan making all of this look super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[chillywill]

I would love a channel that has the writers come on and react to these videos and try to explain themselves would be gold.

[tyronejohnson]

"Characters have to say things sometimes, and this is a thing this character can say." That explained the entire movie!!!

[BioYuGi]

3:20 Unironically, the idea that the characters all have brain damage because they were forcibly woken from cryo-sleep makes the whole movie make a lot more sense.

[jasminefrazier]

“Do all the characters have brain damage or what’s up?”

“They might!”

[MrShortM]

"So, you have some confusion for me?"

"Yes, sir! I do!"

[dryster]

"Weren't the humans gone when Walter got his face cut? - nobody knew about that part?" Absolutely classic!

[SweenyTodd]

"if you raise massive question and don't provide answers that's mysterious." Ah, the JJ Abrams method.

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I love how these pitch meetings roast these films savagely and cleverly at the same time

[Marksman]

It's truly amazing how Ridley Scott read this script and thought this was a good idea to turn into a movie.

[sera]

3:15 I like how the latest scene was enough to just make the producer pause with a gobsmacked expression haha