'Alien: Earth' teaser confirms setting in 2120, two years before the original film

FX released more details of Alien: Eartha universe prequel series Aliendel showrunner Noah Hawley (Legion, Fargo), y Ridley Scottdirector of the original installment, as executive producer.

The new teaser just shared reveals exciting details about the television project, confirming that Its setting is the year 2120, TWO YEARS BEFORE the events of Scott's original installment..

• This is the first project of the franchise Alien set on Earth.
• This is the first series in the universe Alien.

will address and will explore the rise of the infamous Weyland-Yutani Corporation and the race between corporations to create android life.

In addition, the following was announced synopsis:

“When a mysterious spaceship crashes on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that brings them face to face with the planet's biggest threat in the sci-fi horror series. Alien: Earth.

As members of the crash recovery team search the wreckage for survivors, they encounter mysterious predatory life forms more terrifying than they could have ever imagined. With this new threat unlocked, the search team must fight to survive, and what they choose to do with this discovery could change planet Earth as they know it.”

Sydney Chandler (Don’t Worry Darling, Sugar) stars Alien: Earth like Wendy, “a hybrid, a metahuman who has the brain and consciousness of a child but the body of an adult.”

Timothy Olyphant (Fargo) plays 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, previously 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 teaser warns that Mother Earth awaits us in 2025. Its premiere in the United States will be through Hulu. In Latin America through Disney Plus.

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