Alien TV series gets official title and exciting update from creator

July 18, 2024

A major update has been released for the upcoming extraterrestrial TV series in development for FX. Noah Hawley, the creator of the long-planned series, has confirmed that the show – officially titled Alien: Earth — has completed production.

“We are wrapped – just finished,” Hawley said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m in post-production and editing, and of course there’s a big visual effects component that takes time. But I couldn’t be happier with the show we shotIf people wanted a TV series based on the world of extraterrestrialI think I’ll give them something special.”

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It has been almost four years since the project was officially announced in December 2020. At the time, it was reported that Hawley was a extraterrestrial series, where he would also serve as an executive producer alongside Ridley Scott. Hawley is believed to have been working on the project behind the scenes for some time, as it was reported in 2019 that there were plans for a live-action series. extraterrestrial Series.

“It’s crazy when you consider that it took three to five years to make the first season of
Extraterrestrial.”

“It’s crazy when you consider that it took three to five years to make the first season of extraterrestrial” Hawley said of the lengthy development process. “I think I have set a dramatically high bar for myselfto turn one of cinema’s biggest horror and action franchises into something that takes more time with the characters and the theme and does more than just create a horror story about trying to escape death. And I am very satisfied with the result, the performances of the actors and the work of all the artists.. I can’t wait for people to see it.”

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According to reports extraterrestrial The series will be set “a few years before Prometheusand about thirty years” before the events of the original extraterrestrial Feature film. There will be an independent story that is not directly related to the extraterrestrial movies, although it is set in the same film universe, so there could be Easter eggs and references that fans should look out for. If the first season is well received, then extraterrestrial The series could continue for years, as Hawley already has ideas about how the story should continue.

“I knew (FX) wanted a recurring series, not a miniseries, and I had an idea that excited me and that I could see escalating from one year to the next,” Hawley told Collider in January. “So instead of suggesting to them that we have a bible or tell them everything step by step, we said, ‘The big picture: This is the first sentence, this is the second sentence, and this is where we’re ultimately going.'”

Alien: Earth uses an ensemble of characters

The cast of the extraterrestrial The series includes Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, Adarsh Gourav, Kit Young, Daid Rysdahl and Timothy Olyphant.

Alien: Earth does not have a premiere date yet, but the premiere is expected sometime in 2025.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter