‘Alien: Earth’: Everything You Need to Know About FX’s Spinoff Series
It’s been a few years since FX announced plans to collaborate with Fargo‘s Noah Hawley on an Alien television series, but as we look ahead to the future, the project’s arrival is closer than ever.
Heading into 2025, we’re looking forward to a whole new chapter in the franchise as the series prepares for its long-awaited launch. Below, we’re breaking down everything you need to know
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What is the Title of the Alien Series?
Its new title is Alien: Earth, Hawley and FX boss John Landgraf told Variety.
When Is Alien: Earth Premiering?
Per FX’s latest announcement, Alien: Earth will officially premiere exclusively on Hulu in the summer of 2025.
Does Alien: Earth Have a Trailer?
No trailer for Alien: Earth has been released yet, but FX unveiled a couple of first looks at the xenomorph alien with Earth reflecting on its shiny head in different teasers. While the first one was brief, the newest one, below teases the summer premiere and states, “mother earth is expecting.” See it here:
Who Stars in the Alien Series?
The cast of Hawley’s series includes a few Fargo alums with stars Timothy Olyphant and David Rysdahl among the ensemble that also includes Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, Adarsh Gourav, Babou Ceesay, Adrian Edmonson, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diem Camille, Moe Bar-El, and Kit Young.
What Is Alien: Earth About?
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Inspired by Ridley Scott‘s 1979 sci-fi hit Alien, the new series sees a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery when a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, putting them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat. Described as a sci-fi horror series, Alien Earth tracks the crash recovery crew as they search for survivors among the wreckage and encounter mysterious predatory life forms more terrifying than they could have ever imagined. With this new threat unlocked, the search crew must fight for survival and what they choose to do with this discovery could change planet Earth as they know it.
How Many Seasons Will There Be of Alien: Earth?
It sounds like FX is hoping that this becomes another major series for it. Landgraf told Variety the network is “pretty bullish on Alien: Earth and we’ve told [Hawley] that assuming, as we hope, Alien: Earth is a returning television series, we want him to focus on at least writing two seasons of it before returning to a possible sixth season of Fargo,” he said.
Where & When Is the New Alien Series Filming?
Filming for the series began in July 2023 but eventually halted in August due to the strikes. Filming picked back up in April 2024, as the production moved forward in Thailand. Hawley revealed to Variety on July 17, “We just wrapped production, so now I’m into the long post that gets into visual effects.”
What Has the Cast Said About Alien: Earth?
TV Insider caught up with Rysdahl while Fargo Year 5 was airing and the star noted, “Noah is doing a similar thing with what he did with Fargo… Taking the DNA of something — and what is Fargo dealing with and what is Alien dealing with at a primal level — through Noah’s lens, and then building it off of that.” According to the star, “people will be happy about it.”
Why the Alien Series Won’t Feature Ripley
When it comes to the main protagonist of the original films, Hawley claimed he’ll be steering clear of Sigourney Weaver’s character Ripley in the show because “she’s one of the great characters of all time,” the showrunner told Vanity Fair in 2021. “And I think the story has been told pretty perfectly, and I don’t want to mess with it.”
Is Ridley Scott Involved?
When it came to creating a series set within an existing IP, creator Noah Hawley is no stranger to the idea. Fargo was inspired by the Coen Brothers’ 1996 film, and likewise, Alien: Earth is inspired by the world first introduced to viewers by Ridley Scott. So, when it came to approaching this new story, Hawley told IndieWire. “I talked to Ridley. His company, Scott Free, is a producer on the show. And you know, Ridley is the man… He was very respectful of the fact that I seem to know what I’m doing, and I have my own take on it,” Hawley shared.
FX’s Alien: Earth, Series Premiere, Summer 2025, Hulu
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