Key Takeaways
- Alien: Earth will be the first Alien series to travel back in time to Earth for a new origin story.
- The series will explore the evolution of the Xenomorphs and present them as a different threat than previous interpretations.
- Alien: Earth could potentially tie the franchise's complex history together by resolving questions left unresolved from the previous films.
A new breed is hatching from the egg. alien IP, and while fans are still terrified Alien: RomulusThe franchise is set to go in a very different direction. Noah Hawley Coming to FX Hulu in 2025 Aliens: Earth I'm going somewhere alien The movies always seemed to be afraid of going to humanity's home planet.
Not only is it the first alien tv series, Aliens: Earth It will chronicle different eras in the franchise's history and take audiences further back in time than ever before with an origin story set on Earth. This doesn't have to be the origin story of the Xenomorphs themselves, but instead we'll look at how humanity arrived at its pitiful state in Ridley Scott's original. alien.

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Where does Alien: Earth take place in the Alien timeline?
when alien When they arrived on the scene in 1979, things were pretty straightforward and from there the franchise moved forward from 2122 onwards. There was already a time jump between the original and James Cameron's. alienIn 2179, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is rescued. David Fincher's Underrated alien 3 They kept it simple again when Ripley crashed into the Fiorina 161 on the straightaway. alienBut with another huge leap forward Alien: Resurrection The original series ended in 2381 with Earth in ruins.
Seeing potential early in Xenomorph evolution, Scott went back to the drawing board. prometheus, It is a prequel set 29 years before the ill-fated voyage of the Nostromo in the first film. There were plans for up to four prequels leading up to the events of . alien. Although Alien: Covenant The sequel was abandoned, but this element can be seen thanks to the Ripley Easter egg. romulus. but, Aliens: Earth Ignore all of this and you'll go back even further than before. Prometheus.

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What happened in 2092, Aliens: Earth I stepped on the ground a while ago Prometheus. It doesn't matter. Because Prometheus Although it mainly occurred on the moon LV-223 (as the name suggests) Aliens: Earth It takes place on Earth. There may be some crossover as follows: Prometheus The story begins with Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) searching for a star map in Scotland. Nonetheless, Hawley promises that his series will tell its own story. In a January 2024 interview with Variety, the director explained how he was taking it. Aliens: Earth Return to the destroyed retrofuturism of the 1979s alien Rather than feeling something strange and futuristic Prometheus:
“There’s something about me that doesn’t really compute. I prefer the retro-futurism of the first two films, so I opted for no holograms. I don’t have the convenience of that beautiful Apple Store technology.”
nevertheless alien vs predator Movies that take place on Earth are not considered canon due to recent events. alien and predator movie. Hawley's series is expected to get into some complicated parts, though. alien timeline, Aliens: Earth Treading new territory means he has more freedom than the movies.
Alien: Earth Teases an Alternative Origin for the Xenomorphs.
Scott was criticized for delving too deeply into the origins of the Xenomorphs. Prometheus and Alien: Covenant It reveals a new type of alien and implies that David (an android played by Michael Fassbender) is their creator. Engineers have painted murals of Xenomorphs on the walls of a black goo bioweapons facility. This suggests that they are a much older race of which David simply designed an offshoot.
Hawley is leaning into this wiggle room and sees that the Xenomorphs are already a threat. Aliens: Earth. This was confirmed through a brief sizzle reel from November 2024. In a Variety interview, Hawley said he and Scott discussed a plan of action.
“For me and many others, this ‘perfect life form’ is the product of millions of years of evolution, as depicted in the first film. […] In some ways, the idea that it's a bioweapon created 30 minutes ago is inherently less useful to me.”
The first trailer, which showed the Earth reflected in the skull of a Xenomorph, hinted that the series would follow the species as they arrive on the planet. Instead of focusing solely on the Xenomorphs, Hawley teased: Aliens: Earth We will learn more about the hostile Weyland-Yutani Corporation's obsession with the development of artificial intelligence. This may have something to do with the casting of Timothy Olyphant as a synthesizer named Kirsh.
Showcasing xenomorphs on Earth
Official Synopsis Aliens: Earth Check out some of the above and give it some serious content. alien (1986) Without giving too much away:
“When a mysterious spaceship crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery and face the planet’s greatest threat.”
Hawley doubled down on Earth's unique environment, telling Deadline:
“There’s something truly creepy about seeing a Xenomorph with your own eyes in the wilds of Earth.”
He said he couldn't confirm under what circumstances that would happen, but there are hints that the aliens will escape their corporate cages once Weyland-Yutani inevitably captures them. The fact that the movie doesn't mention that Earth has been invaded by Xenomorphs means it may just be a small or temporary infestation.
special edition Alien: Resurrection It shows Ripley and Winona Ryder's Cal arriving in the ruins of Earth in 2381. In the same film, Ron Perlman's character calls Earth a 'shithole'. one side, contract, David says humanity is a 'dying species' leaving Earth in search of resurrection. Even though it sounds like Hawley will likely undo some of the Xenomorph lore teased in Scott's sequel and shed some light on the state of Earth, the fact that he's been in contact with the franchise overlord suggests it'll all tie together.
Despite the irregular status average In the film, Hawley may revisit the idea that Xenomorphs spread across the galaxy as part of a Predator hunting ritual. at last, romulus' Fede Álvarez discussed new ideas. alien vs predator movie. Anyway, people who are frustrated contractThis prequel may answer some questions about 's dangling plot threads. with Aliens: Earth Arrived by mail –romulus boom of love for alien There's never been a better time to add more substance to the IP, especially the Xenomorph Bones, by taking audiences back to the beginning, especially as it's set on a familiar Earth.

- release date
- August 16, 2024
- supervision
- Fede Alvarez
- cast
- Kaylee Spaeny, David Johnson, Archie Renault, Isabella Merced, Spike Fern, Eileen Wu, Rosie Edd, Soma Simon, Bence Okeke, Victor Oriju, Robert Bobrotsky, Trevor Newlin, Annemarie Griggs, Danielle Betz.
- run-time
- 119 minutes