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Demian Bichir is the latest star added to the cast of "Alien: Covenant". Deadline reports that the actor will join Michael Fassbender and Katherine Waterston in Ridley Scott's sequel to "Prometheus". However, details about his role are still kept under wraps.

Bichir, who received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for 2011's "A Better Life", most recently starred in Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight". He will next be seen alongside Eva Longoria and Melissa Benoist in the drama "Lowriders".

"Covenant", set ten years after "Prometheus", will follow a colony ship bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy. The crew 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.

The flick is scheduled to begin filming this April in Australia for an October 6, 2017 release in the U.S. Danny McBride was recently reported in early talks to join the cast in unspecified role.