With Alien: Romulus currently cleaning up at the box office, we now turn our attention to the next chapter of the iconic sci-fi saga, Alien: Earth. This new FX series, from Fargo creator Noah Hawley, went into production last year. And now, we finally have our first look at this show. Some lucky fans got to see this teaser playing before select screenings of Romulus. The brief, 16-second teaser shows our vulnerable blue planet from space. And then, the unmistakable head of a Xenomorph, ready for the kill. You can check out the teaser trailer for Alien: Earth right here:
Here’s the official synopsis for Alien: Earth:
When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.
If this series is in continuity with the films, we can assume that the Xenomorphs don’t take actually over the Earth and turn it into a breeding ground. Also, we can assume that Weyland-Yutani keeps their existence a secret from the masses. The series takes place in the year 2092, so about 30 years before Ellen Ripley and the crew of the Nostromo answer a distress call from the planet LV-426. We’re eager to see how it all fits together in the larger tapestry of the Alien saga.
They’ve been teasing Xenomorphs on Earth since the first teaser trailer for Alien 3 in 1991. After they released that teaser, however, the studio went in another direction for the film. Now, we’ll see them on terra firma at last. Alien: Earth stars Syndney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, David Rysdahl, Adrian Edmondson, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diem Camille and Moe Bar-El. Right now, the show is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2025 on FX.