Where was Alien Covenant filmed? Guide to all the Filming Locations

The second episode of the Alien prequel trilogy, after 2012' Prometheus, takes place on the Engineers' homeworld.

If a house horror movie is always a bad idea to split the group to inspect the basement, in an Alien movie you should never stop your spacecraft to investigate a mysterious transmission from an unknown planet that was on the way, en route to the planet Origae-6.

Alien Covenant was primarily filmed in New Zealand and Australia. Things got gory in the Fox Studios Australia of Moore Park, near Sydney.

Michael Fassbender plays a double role as the android David survivor from Prometheus, and the new Walter from the Covenant expedition.

Showing similar manners as Lieutenant Ripley is Katherine Waterston as Daniels. We are accustomed to seeing actor Danny McBride in comedy movies (Your Highness, Pineapple Express), who this time joined the crew as the chief pilot of the ship.

Welcome to Planet 4 and our guide to all the filming locations of Alien Covenant.

The most interesting filming location of Alien Covenant is one of New Zealand's South Island's top tourist attractions: the landscape of Milford Sound.

Surrounded by rainforests and waterfalls, the fiord is home to seals, penguins, dolphins and boat tours.
Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox and Andy Maw

A set of the spacecraft was built on the shore, with Mitre Peak and the Bowen falls in the background.
Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox and Google Maps

The natural scenery of Fiordland National Park was used for several shots when the crew was exploring the planet.
Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox and Google Maps

The spacecraft flies over gorgeous Kiwi landscapes, between Lake Te Anau and Milford Sound.

Lake Quill (also located in the Fiordland), has the famous Sutherland Falls flowing from the lower larger lake.
Thanks a lot to Bruce Nilsson for helping locate this one! - Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox and Bo Stern

The amazing Dreadnought set was built from scratch in the Fox Studios near Sydney.

Also, the Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden (England) were used for minor reshoots in post-production.
Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox

The set of a destroyed Engineer city and this one pictured, with gigantic trees, were built in a quarry in Potts Hill, a suburb of Sydney.
Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox

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2 comments:

1- Graham - Feb 8, 2022, 3:18 AM
I like this film a lot and I am from New Zealand, living in Sydney AU. It's so nice to see Fordland in the movie. But I'm interested in the first scene. I wonder if the house with the piano exists and where it is?

2- Anonymous - Apr 29, 2024, 1:07 PM
Fiordland in southern NZ is the most spectacular location for just about any film.