Alien: Earth

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Alien: Earth
Alien Earth (2025) poster.jpg
Teaser poster
Genre
Created by Noah Hawley
Based on
ShowrunnerNoah Hawley
Written byNoah Hawley
Directed byNoah Hawley
Starring
Music by Jeff Russo
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
CinematographySteve Annis
Production companies
Original release
Network FX on Hulu

Alien: Earth is an upcoming science fiction horror television series written and directed by Noah Hawley, based on the Alien franchise. The series will serve as a prequel and will be set two years before the events of the 1979 film Alien . [1] It stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, and Adarsh Gourav. The series is a co-production between 20th Television and Scott Free Productions, and is set to be released on FX on Hulu in the United States and internationally on Disney+ via the Star hub simultaneously in 2025. [2]

Contents

Premise

When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat. [3]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Production

Development

In February 2019, Bloody Disgusting reported that two Alien television series were in development, one animated, Alien: Isolation , and one live-action, from Ridley Scott for the network FX on Hulu. [10] In December 2020, as part of Disney's Investor Day presentation, the latter television series project was officially announced to be in development for the network, with Noah Hawley as showrunner and Scott as executive producer, being set on Earth in the near future. [11] [12] On February 17, 2022, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the series is a prequel taking place before the events of Alien (1979). [13] Hawley himself confirmed that the series will be tied more into the style and mythology of the original 1979 film rather than the prequel films Prometheus (2012), and Alien: Covenant (2017). [14] In April 2023, Landgraf stated that the series was in "active pre-production". [15]

Casting

In May 2023, Sydney Chandler was cast in the lead role, [16] followed by Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, and Adarsh Gourav in July. [5] Timothy Olyphant and David Rysdahl would be among those added to the cast in November 2023. [17] [4] [7]

Filming

Principal photography was scheduled to begin in March 2022, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [18] Production on the series began on July 19, 2023, in Thailand. [5] Filming (without American actress Sydney Chandler) was allowed to occur during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike due to the series' British cast working under an Equity contract. [18] [5] In late August, the production was halted due to the strike. [6] Filming resumed in April 2024, [9] and wrapped in mid-July. [19] Steve Annis serves as a cinematographer. [20]

Release

In August 2024, a 16 second teaser of the series with a 2025 release date was shown during select screenings of Alien: Romulus . [21]

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