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Alien: Earth (2025)

Alien: Earth poster
Directed by
Noah Hawley, Dana Gonzales
Genre
science fiction television program
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 8 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 1,076 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series takes place two years before the original Alien movie. It follows a group of people on Earth as they encounter a terrifying extraterrestrial threat. The story focuses on the struggle to survive against the alien creature.

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What happens

Alien: Earth is an American science fiction horror television series created by Noah Hawley. It is the first television series in the Alien franchise and is set two years before the events of the 1979 film Alien. The series stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav, and Timothy Olyphant in main roles. Development for the series was reported to have begun in early 2019, with Ridley Scott attached to executive produce for FX on Hulu. It had started pre-production by April 2023, with Chandler cast in the lead role the following month, and further casting taking place from July to November that year. After principal photography was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production began in July 2023 but was halted in August due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Filming resumed in April 2024 and ended in July that year. Alien: Earth premiered on FX and FX on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ internationally on August 12, 2025. In November 2025, the series was renewed for a second season. Filming is anticipated to begin in mid- to late-2026, with Peter Dinklage joining the main cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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