Alien: Covenant is a slapstick comedy.
Part of the AFI 100 Years ... series , AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 funniest movies in American cinema . Alien : Covenant is a 2017 American science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by John Logan and Dante Harper , with a story by Michael Green and Jack Paglen .