The 'Alien' series is officially titled 'Alien: Earth'

The prequel series about Alienprepared by FXel showrunner Noah Hawley (Legion, Fargo), y Ridley Scottdirector of the original installment, as executive producer, has announced its official title.

Alien: Earth is the official title of the prequel seriesaccording to information from John Landgraf, president of the FX Networks network (via Variety).

With filming completed in recent weeks on location in Thailand, Hawley told the outlet some details of the process of making a high-profile series like Alien:

“We just finished production, so now I'm in the long post-production stage dealing with the visual effects.

“It’s a very big show. It’s nice to spend some time with it. The first year of anything, you want to feel like you’re not up against the wall in terms of time. I’ve seen four of the eight hours of director’s cuts and I’ve been involved in the process of figuring out, cinematically, what it wants to be. It’s one of my favorite parts of making a show.”

Hawley has previously collaborated with FX, on its series Legionand the recently nominated for multiple Emmy awards, Fargo.

Landgraf is already thinking about Alien: Earth as a series with a future:

“We are quite optimistic about 'Alien: Earth' and we have told him [a Hawley] “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 to a potential sixth season of ‘Fargo.’”

These new statements go hand in hand with what Landgraf said on another occasion about the television project, which he described as a “great 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.”

The prequel series will be the first project in the franchise set on Earth and will take place towards the end of this century – it is estimated that the date will be a few years before Prometheus y thirty years before the film Alien Scott's original– it has been reported that will address and explore the rise of the infamous Weyland-Yutani Corporation and the race between corporations to create android life.

Sydney Chandler (Don’t Worry Darling, Sugar) stars in Alien: Earth as 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.” She is accompanied by Timothy Olyphant (Fargo), Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Adarsh ​​Gourav (The White Tiger), David Rysdahl (Fargo), Samuel Blenkin (Black Mirror), Babou Ceesay (Guerrilla), Jonathan Ajayi (Wonder Woman 1984), The James Era (The Wilds), Lily Newmark (Sex Education), Camille Match (Alex Rider 3), Adrian Edmondson (A Spy Among Friends), Tired Bar-El (The Peripheral), y Sandra Yi Sencindiver (Foundation, Geek Girl), playing a high-ranking member of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, and Olyphant as a synth who acts as Wendy's mentor and coach.

The following descriptions of the series were previously shared:

“The first ‘Alien’ story set on Earth, and by 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 have people going crazy.”

The series is “set in a time period before Sigourney Weaver's Ripley and is the first story in the franchise to take place on Earth, approximately 70 years in the future.” FX noted: “Expect a terrifying and thrilling ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”

• This is the first series about the universe Alien.

The premiere of the Serie Alien: Earth expected for the first half of 2025 with exact date to be confirmed.