Alien: Earthuniverse prequel series Alienprepared by FXel showrunner Noah Hawley (Legion, Fargo), y Ridley Scottdirector of the original installment, as executive producer, reveals its first official looks.
Through a teaser released by Disney Plus, which presents the streamer's series premiering in 2025, we can enjoy what is apparently the arrival of a ship and its crew to Earth, as well as a brief look at a Xenomoform.
The preview and a handful of screenshots are available at the end of this note.
The prequel series will be the franchise's first project set on Earth and will develop towards the end of this century, thirty years before the events of the Alien original by Scott.
Will address and explore the rise of the infamous Weyland-Yutani Corporation and the race between corporations to create android life.
The following descriptions of the series were previously shared:
“The first 'Alien' story set on Earth, and combining the timeless horror of the first 'Alien' film with the non-stop action of the second, it will be a terrifying and thrilling ride that will make people go crazy. “
- This is the first series about the universe Alien.
Sydney Chandler (Don’t Worry Darling, Sugar) stars Alien: Earth like Wendy, who is said to be “a hybrid, a metahuman who has the brain and consciousness of a child but the body of an adult.”
They accompany you Timothy Olyphant (Fargo) as a synth who acts as Wendy's mentor and coach, Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger), David Rysdahl (Fargo), of Samuel Blenk (Black Mirror), Babou Ceesay (Guerrilla), Jonathan Ajayi (Wonder Woman 1984), Erana James (The Wilds), Lily Newmark (Sex Education), Diem Camille (Alex Rider 3), Adrian Edmondson (A Spy Among Friends), Moe Bar-El (The Peripheral), y Sandra Yi Sencindiver (Foundation, Geek Girl), playing a high-ranking member of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation.
Hawley has previously collaborated with FX, on their series Legiony Fargo.
John Landgraf, president of FX Networks, thinks about Alien: Earth as a series with a future. This is what he said in the summer:
“We are quite optimistic about 'Alien: Earth' and we have told [a Hawley] “That assuming, as we hope, that 'Alien: Earth' is a returning television series, we want him to focus on writing at least two seasons before returning for a possible sixth season of 'Fargo.'”
On another occasion, Landgraf described the television project as a “major imaginative reinvention” of the franchise Alien and compared it to Hawley's work, the FX hit, Fargo. He also confirmed that the show is “designed to be an ongoing series.”
Filming took place on location in Thailand. Hawley is currently in post-production.
The premiere of the series Alien: Earth expected in the first half of 2025 with exact date to be confirmed.
Source: https://cine3.com/primeros-vistazos-alien-earth-primera-serie-universo-alien/
