First Look: Noah Hawley’s Alien Earth Gets a Release Date From FX and Disney+
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Alien fans rejoice, Noah Hawley’s Alien Earth series will launch with a two-episode season premiere in August, followed by a weekly rollout.
FX and Disney+ have revealed the release dates for Noah Hawley’s highly anticipated new series, Alien Earth. We’ve known for a while that Hawley’s fresh take on the Alien saga would be arriving this summer, but until now, the studio had been reluctant to commit to a release timetable. But today, all that has changed. FX and Disney+ have confirmed that the series will enjoy its two-episode season premiere on Aug. 12 in the US, before settling into a weekly episodic release schedule. If that isn’t enough, the studio has also shared the first official images from the series.
The first two episodes of “Alien: Earth,” based on the iconic sci-fi film franchise, will premiere on Wednesday, August 13 with the first two episodes available to stream on Disney+ in the UK. A new episode of the 8-episode season will premiere each following Wednesday on Disney+.
SYNOPSIS
“When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, “Wendy” (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 in FX’s “Alien: Earth.”
In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans. But the game is changed when the wunderkind Founder and CEO of Prodigy Corporation unlocks a new technological advancement: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). The first hybrid prototype named “Wendy” marks a new dawn in the race for immortality. After Weyland-Yutani’s spaceship collides into Prodigy City, “Wendy” and the other hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined.
THE CAST
The series promises to be a landmark piece of television when it debuts on Hulu and Disney+ in August. Noah Hawley has put together a fantastic cast, one that will carry this bold chapter forward. Cast members include 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, and Sandra Yi Sencindiver as Yutani.
The series is set in 2120, just two years before the events of Ridley Scott‘s original Alien film. Along with the release of the Xenomorphs on Earth, the show will delve into the origins of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation and the intense competition to develop android life. Check out the latest images below.
RELEASE
Alien: Earth will bring the fight to the UK this summer. The first two episodes of Alien: Earth will premiere on Wednesday, August 13, with the first two episodes available to stream on Disney+ in the UK.
Are you a fan of the Alien franchise? What are your hopes for the series? Sound off in the comments below.
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