Overview

• The eight-episode Alien: Earth series will debut on FX and Hulu on August 12 as the franchise’s first full-length television entry.
• Set in 2120, the show serves as a prequel two years before the 1979 film and depicts Earth under the rule of five rival megacorporations.
• New trailers focus on the crash-landing of the USCSS Maginot in Prodigy City and reveal five extraterrestrial specimens, including the iconic Xenomorph.
• Prodigy Corporation’s hybrids—humanoid robots infused with human consciousness—lead the investigation, with Sydney Chandler starring as Wendy and Timothy Olyphant cast as a synthetic.
• Showrunner Noah Hawley says pandemic shutdowns and Hollywood strikes delayed production but deepened the series’ exploration of viral parasitism and body-horror themes.