FX network boss John Langraff and showrunner Noah Hawley have confirmed the name of the Alien TV show as it heads into post-production.
Hawley was speaking to Variety about the Emmy nominations for his other FX show, Fargo. There, he revealed that the first Alien TV show would be titled Alien: Earth. Langraff did the same when speaking about FX’s other Emmy-nominated shows, such as The Bear and Shogun.
Described as the first-ever Alien story set on Earth, Alien: Earth is set before the events of Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien. It will adhere to the retro-futuristic look of that film. Moreover Prometheus and Alien Covenant will not influence the show.
Noah Hawley will write and direct it. Hawley, Scott, and Dana Gonzales will executive produce, and Chris Lowenstein will produce.
The Alien: Earth cast includes Sydney Chandler as meta-human Wendy, Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, Alex Lawther as soldier CJ, Kit Young as Tootles, Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, Essie Davis as Dame Silvia, Adarsh Gourav as Slightly, David Rysdahl, and Moe Bar-El.
Alien TV show Alien: Earth enters post-production
The show just wrapped filming in Thailand after six months and is now entering a lengthy post-production, which Hawley is excited about.
“It’s a very big show. It’s nice to have some time with it,” he said when speaking to Variety. “The first year of anything, you want to feel like you’re not up against the wall in terms of time. I’ve seen four of the eight hours of director cuts and engaged in the process of figuring out, cinematically, what it wants to be. It’s one of my favorite parts of of making a show.”
Meanwhile, FX boss John Langraff is already looking beyond the first season of the Alien TV show.
“We’re pretty bullish on Alien: Earth, and we’ve told him that assuming, as we hope, Alien: Earth is a returning television series, we want him to focus on at least writing two seasons of it before returning to a possible sixth season of ‘Fargo,’” he said.
Before all that, the Alien franchise is set to return in a big way with the release of Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus, a new Alien movie set between the events of the first two films.
