Overview

• The first two episodes of the eight-part series premiered on Disney+ and FX on August 13, kicking off weekly releases
• Early reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, earning a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes and fan praise on social media
• Noah Hawley positioned the show as a standalone prequel by largely ignoring the Prometheus and Covenant prequel strand
• For the first time in franchise history the Xenomorph threat has been brought to terrestrial settings, intensifying the horror in familiar environments
• The ensemble cast is led by Sydney Chandler alongside Alex Lawther, Essie Davis and Samuel Blenkin in a high-budget series emphasizing practical creature effects and corporate horror themes