Watchmen Star Billy Crudup Up For Role In Alien: Covenant

According to Deadline, Billy Crudup "is in advanced negotiations for a key part" in Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant. No further details were provided about the role.

If the 47-year-old actor, who starred in Almost Famous and Watchmen, officially comes on board, he'll be joining a cast that features Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Demian Bichir, Danny McBride, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo, and Callie Hernandez.

Synopsis: 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.

Alien Covenant to be released Oct. 6, 2017.