Alien: Earth

Alien: Earth is an upcoming American science fiction horror television series written and directed by Noah Hawley, based on the Alien franchise. It serves as a prequel and is set two years before the events of the 1979 film Alien. It stars Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, Adarsh Gourav.

Alien: Earth is expected to be released on FX on Hulu in the United States in mid-2025.

Premise

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

Cast

Main

Sydney Chandler as Wendy, a woman who has the body of an adult and consciousness of a child
Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, Wendy's synthetic mentor and trainer
Alex Lawther as CJ, a soldier
Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, a CEO
Essie Davis as Dame Silvia
Adarsh Gourav as Slightly
Kit Young as Tootles
David Rysdahl
Babou Ceesay
Jonathan Ajayi
Erana James
Lily Newmark
Diêm Camille
Adrian Edmondson

Recurring

Moe Bar-El
Sandra Yi Sencindiver as a senior member of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation
Richa Moorjani
Karen Aldridge
Enzo Cilenti
Max Rinehart
Amir Boutrous
Victoria Masoma
Tom Moya
Andy Yu
Michael Smiley
Jamie Bipsing
Tanapol Chuksrida

Episodes

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. 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. On February 17, 2022, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the series is a prequel taking place before the events of Alien (1979). 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). In April 2023, Landgraf stated that the series was in "active pre-production".

Casting

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

Filming

Principal photography was scheduled to begin in March 2022, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Production on the series began on July 19, 2023, in Thailand. 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. In late August, the production was halted due to the strike. Filming resumed in April 2024, and wrapped in mid-July.