The dangerous Xenomorph will soon be sighted on planet Earth, with the prequel series Alien: Earth set to bring the deadly predator onto our planet. With an initial Summer 2025 window penned in, FX have now set an August 13 premiere for the show to debut on Hulu and Disney+.
Running for a total of eight episodes, this will be the first time the Alien franchise is enjoyed through television. It will flesh out events about two years before the events of the 1979 film that started it all. The updated synopsis of the show reads:
In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans. But the game is changed when the wunderkind Founder and CEO of Prodigy Corporation unlocks a new technological advancement: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness).
The first hybrid prototype named “Wendy” marks a new dawn in the race for immortality. After Weyland-Yutani’s spaceship collides into Prodigy City, “Wendy” and the other hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined.
Those life forms will include five of the iconic Xenomorphs, including a variant that will be more terrifying than the others that have come before. Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion) is helming and executive-producing Alien: Earth, while franchise creator Ridley Scott is also acting as an executive producer.
Sydney Chandler (Pistol, Don’t Worry Darling) will be playing the pivotal Wendy, and will be joined by Alex Lawther (The End of the F***ing World), Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Samuel Blenkin (The Witcher: Blood Origin), Babou Ceesay (Severance), David Rysdahl (No Exit), Adrian Edmondson (The Young Ones), Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger), Jonathan Ajayi (The Drifters), Erana James (The Wilds), Lily Newmark (Cursed), Diem Camille (The Great Silence), and Moe Bar-El (Honour).
If that’s not enough Alien goodness for you, there is an upcoming sequel to Alien: Romulus in the works, and a VR exclusive moving to consoles and PC with Alien: Rogue Incursion – Part One: Evolved Edition.
Alien: Earth arrives on Hulu and Disney+ on August 13.
