Alien: Covenant Behind-The-Scenes Video Released, Danny McBride Reveals His Role

Tropic Thunder and The Angry Birds Movie actor Danny McBride has revealed his role in Ridley Scott's hugely-anticipated Prometheus follow-up, Alien: Covenant.

During an interview with Rolling Stone, the actor said "I'm the pilot of the spaceship Covenant, which is a colonization ship, searching for a planet where we might start life anew. I run the ship."

"[M]ost of the stuff is practical effects," McBride added. "When you're running from an alien it's really a dude in an alien suit coming after you! The sets are incredible and you're in them: We go through some inclement weather at one point on the spaceship and this whole gigantic set is on a gimbal, shaking up and down. You don't have to use your imagination."

With the film currently in production, 20th Century Fox also took to social media to share a behind-the-scenes video:

Where it all begins. #AlienCovenant pic.twitter.com/X0aGEEtH3P

— Alien Anthology (@AlienAnthology) July 6, 2016

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.

The cast features Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo, Callie Hernandez, Billy Crudup, Alexander England, and Benjamin Rigby.

Alien: Covenant is being directed by Ridley Scott, based on a screenplay written by Jack Paglen (Transcendence) and Michael Green (Green Lantern). It'll open in theaters on August the 4th, 2017.