Noah Hawley teases Alien: Earth: "There’s a whole other world to it”
By Ashley Hurst
Thanks to the recent success of Alien: Romulus, the Alien franchise is undergoing a huge resurgence right now, and Fargo creator Noah Hawley thinks his upcoming TV version Alien: Earth can more than live up with the immense legacy of the movies that have preceded it.
Alien: Earth is set three decades before the events of the original 1979 movie. Developed by Noah Hawley, it has an all-star cast including Timothy Olyphant, Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, and Essie Davis. Plot details are currently scarce, but FX recently released a teaser for the show. It doesn't show much, naturally, although we get a glimpse of a Xenomorph. Plus, the network confirms a 2025 release. Check it out:
Speaking to Variety at the Emmys, Hawley teased his Alien series. “It delivers everything that a great ‘Alien’ movie delivers, and then there’s a whole other world to it,” he said. "Of course, those movies are survival stories, and that's great for 2 hours. But if you're going to make 30 or 40 or 50 hours of it, there's got to be a larger dramatic story."
Hawley also weighed in on the idea of bringing a Xenomorph to our planet, and how that impacts our viewing experience. “That is truly chilling to think of it moving here among us, and so I can’t tell you under what circumstances you’ll see that, but you’ll see it — and you’re going to lock your door that night,” he told Deadline.“What was really fun for me was to really engage with the creature, bring some of my own thoughts to the design while not touching the silhouette, because that’s sacrosanct.”
It sure sounds like Hawley had a blast making his vision of a Xenomorph one of the scariest yet. “I just wanted to play around a little bit to make it as scary as it should be.”
Alien: Earth doesn't have a release date yet, but it's confirmed for sometime in 2025.
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