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Katherine Waterston will star in Alien: Covenant, reports Deadline.

The 35-year-old actress, who co-starred in Steve Jobs, will play the lead role in Ridley Scott’s sequel to his film Prometheus.

The movie tells the story of a colony ship that discovers a dark planet inhabited by David (Michael Fassbender), a survivor of the Prometheus expedition.

Covenant may be the first installment of a trilogy that connects Prometheus to Scott’s 1979 movie Alien.

Katherine appears in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them starring Eddie Redmayne.

Michael Fassebender is set to star in the upcoming movie Alien: Covenant, the highly anticipated sequel to his hit movie Prometheus.

The film is the second chapter in Ridley Scott‘s prequel trilogy to Alien. Here is the synopsis: “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 (Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.”

Alien: Covenant is set to hit theaters on October 6, 2017.

Salma Hayek and Kristen Wiig lend their support during the ceremony honoring director Ridley Scott with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday (November 5) in Hollywood.

The 77-year-old director helmed this year’s hit film The Martian and also brought out Russell Crowe, Djimon Hounsou, Eli Roth, and Jerry Bruckheimer to the ceremony!

“We are all here to celebrate and honor your incredible body,” Kristen joked as she kicked off the event. “And of course we have to mention your museum of Believe It or Not, right down the street.”

Ridley honored his late brother, director Tony Scott, at the ceremony. “He was my buddy and my partner,” he said. “I know that he’s watching.”

FYI: Kristen is wearing a chic Thakoon ensemble!

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Kate Mara and Kristen Wiig pose with Sebastian Stan at the premiere of their film The Martian during the 2015 New York Film Festival held at Alice Tully Hall on Sunday (September 27) in New York City.

Also in attendance at the premiere were co-stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Mackenzie Davis, as well as director Ridley Scott. Singer Usher was also seen on the red carpet!

The Martian is set to hit theaters on October 2! Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, and Jeff Daniels also star. Be sure to check it out!

FYI: Kate is wearing a Valentino dress. Kristen is wearing an Oscar de la Renta dress. Sebastian is wearing a Sandro suit. Chiwetel is wearing a Thom Sweeney suit, shirt, and tie.

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Matt Damon is sandwiched between his co-stars Kate Mara and Jessica Chastain while attending the press conference for The Martian held during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on Friday (September 11) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, Canada.

The co-stars were joined by many other members of the star-studded cast, including Sebastian Stan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jeff Daniels, Sean Bean, Michael Pena, and Mackenzie Davis, as well as director Ridley Scott.

The movie’s big premiere is happening later tonight so make sure to check back for all of the red carpet pictures!

FYI: Jessica is wearing a Lanvin dress, Christian Louboutin shoes, and a Piaget watch. Kate is wearing an A.L.C. jumpsuit and Brian Atwood heels.

12 Years a Slave co-stars Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor head out of Scott’s restaurant after grabbing dinner on Saturday (August 8) in London, England.

The two actors, both 38 years old, dined out with Ridley Scott that evening!

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Ridley and Michael are gearing up to work on Prometheus 2 together, which is currently in pre-production. We’d love to see Chiwetel, Michael, and Ridley all collaborate on a project!

FYI: Michael is wearing Timberland shoes.

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Leonardo DiCaprio might have a new film project for fans to look forward to – he is being courted to star in the upcoming drug epic, The Cartel.

The rights to the novels by Don Winslow that are inspiring the film were recently purchased by Fox and Ridley Scott is committed to directing the movie.

The story of the project “settles the score between DEA agent Art Keller and Mexican drug kingpin Adan Berrera,” according to Deadline.

Leo is being courted for the role of “Keller, the DEA agent who early on befriended Berrera as he was a drug dealer on the way up – depicted in ‘The Power of the Dog’ – leading to a bloody feud between them that breaks out again in ‘The Cartel’ after he escapes from prison.”

Pictured inside: Leo stepping out on a yacht on Thursday (July 23) in St. Tropez, France.