Alan Dean Foster will also be writing the Alien: Covenant sequel novel! Back in September we broke the news that Alien literacy veteran Alan Dean Foster would be returning to the Alien world to pen the novelization of Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien: Covenant. We also reported on a comment that Mr Foster had made regarding also writing “original material” regarding Alien: Covenant and it may appear we now know what that is!

According to Titan Books Frankfurt RightsGuide document, Alan Dean Foster will be returning to write the Alien: Covenant sequel novel!

“We are delighted to announce that both the official novelization and official sequel to Alien: Covenant will be written by the accclaimed and multi award-winning Alan Dean Foster. Alan Dean Foster penned the novelizations of Alien, Aliens and Alien 3.”

Both the Alien: Covenant novelization and the Alien: Covenant sequel novel are slated for release August 2017, the month Alien: Covenant is released to the world. Thanks to felix for the link.

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