Though details of the script are kept under wraps Waterston will take the female lead, Daniels. The report says that the story is believed to be about the crew of a ship called Covenant that lands on a supposed paradise only to find out that the remote planet is harboring great danger. Could be aliens. Maybe. Just saying.
The only inhabitant on the planet is Fassbender's David from the first film.
Hold up. Didn't David get his head ripped off in the first film? You bet. Cannot wait to see how they work him back into the story. The possibilities are endless when you are an android. Humans? Not so much. We are kind of a one-shot deal.