An eager FilmShaft reader has just alerted us to a leaked image from Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien prequel/spinoff, Prometheus. Delving further into the world of the mysterious “Space Jockey” which featured in the original film, the story exists within the Alien universe and yet expands far beyond what we already know into it’s own story.

With production set to begin on the film soon and an impressive array of names including Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, Idris Elba, Sean Harris and Idris Elba, Sean Harris being linked to the film, it’s exciting times for sci-fi fans.

Well now it finally looks like we’re getting our first sneaky peek of the aforementioned Space Jockey in the shape of concept art, leaked online. The image was first posted over at AvP Galaxy and seems to show the alien sporting a Predator-style shoulder cannon. Another thing of note is the distinct lack of legs on the design.

While this image is supposedly genuine, we’re still awaiting confirmation, but it’s close enough to the original Space Jockey from 1979’s Alien (pictured top left) to be plausible. Take a look at the image below and let us what you think, is this what you were expecting? It does have a distinct HR Geiger style to it, maybe it’s closer related to the infamous Xenomorph than previously thought?