Alien: Earth drops its premiere episodes on August 12, streaming on Hulu at 8pm ET and airing simultaneously on FX and Disney+ worldwide at 8pm PT/ET. The eight-episode season continues with weekly releases every Tuesday.
Set in 2120 (two decades post-Prometheus and just before the original Alien's Nostromo disaster), Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth follows the wreckage of the USCSS Maginot research vessel. Survivor Wendy (Sydney Chandler) and a squad of tactical soldiers uncover earth-shattering secrets that confront them with humanity's ultimate nightmare.
For franchise context, Alien: Romulus occupies the chronological gap between Alien and Aliens.
The series presents a corporate-ruled Earth dominated by five mega-corporations: the notorious Weyland-Yutani alongside Prodigy, Lynch, Dynamic, and Threshold. This cyberpunk dystopia features human-cyborg integration and synthetic beings - until Prodigy's rogue CEO develops hybrid consciousness implants. Wendy represents the first successful human-robot hybrid prototype, continuing the franchise's exploration of immortality.
A chilling development emerges when Weyland-Yutani's vessel collides with Prodigy City, exposing Wendy and fellow hybrids to "entities beyond worst-case scenarios." This suggests either diversified Xenomorph variants or entirely new biomechanical horrors. Reports indicate five distinct creature designs.
Official synopsis:
In 2120, five corporations govern Earth: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. This Corporate Era blends humans with cyborgs and synthetics - until Prodigy's visionary CEO cracks human consciousness transfer. The first hybrid, "Wendy," represents a quantum leap in immortality research. When Weyland-Yutani's ship plows into Prodigy City, Wendy's team encounters lifeforms that redefine terror.
Alien: Earth Cast
- Sydney Chandler as Wendy
- Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh
- Alex Lawther as Hermit
- Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier
- Babou Ceesay as Morrow
- Adrian Edmondson as Atom Eins
- David Rysdahl as Arthur Sylvia
- Essie Davis as Dame Sylvia
- Lily Newmark as Nibs
- Erana James as Curly
- Adarsh Gourav as Slightly
- Jonathan Ajayi as Smee
- Kit Young as Tootles
- Diêm Camille as Siberian
- Moe Bar-El as Rashidi
- Sandra Yi Sencindiver as Yutani
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Showrunner Noah Hawley addressed his creative approach in 2023, explaining his departure from Prometheus' canon in favor of the original films' retro-futuristic aesthetic. Though consulting with Ridley Scott, Hawley ultimately discarded the bioweapon mythology to honor the classic Alien lore.
The franchise continues expanding with Alien: Romulus 2 development underway and the anticipated Predator: Badlands suggesting another inter-franchise collision.
