--- description: If you want to watch something that will give you nightmares, look no further than the first trailer for 'Alien: Covenant.' title: Watch the New 'Alien' Trailer if You Don't Want to Sleep Tonight image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb388901a28a3dca8/6988b3fc0a4a2227389cc6f8/screen-shot-2016-12-26-at-10-52-29-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the New _Alien_ Trailer if You Don't Want to Sleep Tonight ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. Beware next time you take a shower_  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 26, 2016 4:17 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 26, 2016 4:17 PM CUT If you’re sick of holiday cheer and want to watch something that will give you nightmares, look no further than the first trailer for _Alien: Covenant._ The movie, a sequel to [2012’s _Prometheus_](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/05/prometheus-alien-minus-one/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined"), centers on a crew that discovers what they think is a new planetary paradise, but is [actually inhabited](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/11/prometheus-ridley-scott-alien/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") by something quite dangerous. The Ridley Scott film, starring [Michael Fassbender](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/06/prometheus-star-michael-fassbender-on-his-robotic-role-ridley-scott-and-why-he-believes-in-aliens/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined"), Katherine Waterston, and Billy Crudup, doesn’t open until May 2017, but the trailer already gives fans plenty of disturbing images to mull over. Beware next time you take a shower. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4618092/alien-covenant-new-trailer-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4618092/alien-covenant-new-trailer-movie/"},"headline":"Watch the New Alien Trailer if You Don't Want to Sleep Tonight","datePublished":"2016-12-26T16:17:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:57.775Z","description":"Beware next time you take a shower","url":"https://time.com/4618092/alien-covenant-new-trailer-movie/","keywords":["movies","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb388901a28a3dca8/6988b3fc0a4a2227389cc6f8/screen-shot-2016-12-26-at-10-52-29-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb388901a28a3dca8/6988b3fc0a4a2227389cc6f8/screen-shot-2016-12-26-at-10-52-29-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"screen-shot-2016-12-26-at-10-52-29-am","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4618092/alien-covenant-new-trailer-movie/","name":"Watch the New Alien Trailer if You Don't Want to Sleep Tonight"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Beware next time you take a shower","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4618092/alien-covenant-new-trailer-movie/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4618092/alien-covenant-new-trailer-movie/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```