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Subscribe from just £3 Takes you closer to the games, movies and TV you love Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£9.99Subscribe now Best Netflix Movies Best movies on Disney Plus Movie Release Dates Best Netflix Shows Recommended reading Sci-Fi Shows Alien: Earth creator says the upcoming sci-fi show will dedicate more screentime than any of the movies to the Xenomorph, Facehuggers, and a few new creatures: "I am trying to re-mystify Alien" Horror Shows Two months ahead of its premiere, the Alien TV series has finally released its first full trailer – and it's not just Xenomorphs you need to be afraid of Sci-Fi Shows Alien: Earth creator explains why the sci-fi horror series is more than just a creature feature: "The next question is, does humanity deserve to survive?" Sci-Fi Shows Alien: Earth release date, trailer, cast, and everything else we know about the Alien TV show Sci-Fi Shows Alien: Earth showrunner says the new series could confirm one of the original film's longest standing mysteries Sci-Fi Shows Alien: Earth showrunner says he has "great plans and ambitions" for more seasons of the sci-fi horror series, but assures fans it won't be "a Kevin Feige Marvel Universe moment" Horror Shows Alien: Earth reveals new stomach-churning gestation clip and teaser trailer Entertainment Sci-Fi Shows Alien: Earth Alien: Earth is reportedly hoped to be the next Game of Thrones or The Last of Us-scale event show, and may have cost more than $250m to make George Marston 24 July 2025 FX is positioning Alien: Earth as the next great genre show When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: FX) FX's Alien: Earth is about to bring the dreaded xenomorphs down to our world for the first time in the space-faring franchise's history, and the show's creators reportedly have ambitions to make it the next big prestige TV sensation. Per Variety, FX as a network and showrunner Noah Hawley are aiming for Alien: Earth to hit at the same level as mega-blockbuster genre shows Game of Thrones and The Last of Us. In other words, a sweeping drama that draws in fans with a web of interconnected characters and stories, centered on a core cast. The network is also apparently prepared to invest heavily in Alien: Earth, which Variety reports may have even carried a price tag exceeding the budget of FX's other recent big epic show, the hit historical drama Shōgun, which has cost FX a cool $250 million. You may like Alien: Earth creator says the upcoming sci-fi show will dedicate more screentime than any of the movies to the Xenomorph, Facehuggers, and a few new creatures: "I am trying to re-mystify Alien" Two months ahead of its premiere, the Alien TV series has finally released its first full trailer – and it's not just Xenomorphs you need to be afraid of Alien: Earth creator explains why the sci-fi horror series is more than just a creature feature: "The next question is, does humanity deserve to survive?" That sounds about right for the first Alien TV show, which breaks new ground for the franchise both functionally and in terms of story. Focusing on Sydney Chandler's Wendy, a human child whose mind is transferred to a synthetic body, the series will bring the eponymous aliens to Earth, along with a whole host of new creatures. The show's earthbound setting will dig deeply into one of the classic Alien franchise's core themes - bloodthirsty, ruthless corporate greed - by expanding on what Alien's future Earth is actually like, not just a far-flung colony or ill-fated spaceship. "All I tried to do is think one or two steps ahead," Hawley says about the Earth of Alien: Earth. "Is it realistic to think that billionaires are going to be trillionaires? The planet is heating up, and the seas are going to rise - it's going to be a hot, wet planet that we live on." Hawley also cites Alien as one of the "three main branches of science fiction," alongside Star Trek and Star Wars, but remarks on the lack of direct connective tissue between many of the stories told across seven films and two Alien Vs. Predator films, not to mention countless comics, games, and other media. "There's surprisingly little mythology across seven movies," he explains. "It was great to not have to jerry-rig a mythology into what's existing, but to just start again." FX Entertainment president Gina Balian echoes these statements, saying "Everything doesn't have to fit together the way you expect from Marvel," FX Entertainment president Gina Balian says. "Fans don't expect that in this universe. It doesn't have the same pressure." That lines up with Hawley previously stating that the expansion of the Alien franchise won't be "a Kevin Feige Marvel Universe moment." Speaking as an Alien mega-fan, that's music to my ears. Balian is correct - I actually don't need everything across every Alien-related piece of media to line up seamlessly. Alien has always been more of a setting than a narrative. Even across the four original films in the series, each one has a unique setting that puts a new spin on a Xenomorph outbreak. In fact, I'm quite encouraged by Alien: Earth apparently ignoring some of the plot developments of prequel film Prometheus and its follow-up Alien: Covenant, which establish the Xenomorphs not as an ineffable force of mysterious destruction conjured up from the darkest recesses of the universe but as purposely engineered creations. Those plot points have never sat right with me - they take away some of the franchise's mystery. But between Alien: Earth premiering on August 12, and November 7's Predator: Badlands bringing in some Alien connections, I'm more excited about what's next for the venerable sci-fi horror series than I have been in years. In the meantime, stay up to date on all the news about sci-fi shows and horror shows. See more TV Shows News Horror Shows George Marston Social Links Navigation I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them) You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. Alien: Earth creator says the upcoming sci-fi show will dedicate more screentime than any of the movies to the Xenomorph, Facehuggers, and a few new creatures: "I am trying to re-mystify Alien" Two months ahead of its premiere, the Alien TV series has finally released its first full trailer – and it's not just Xenomorphs you need to be afraid of Alien: Earth creator explains why the sci-fi horror series is more than just a creature feature: "The next question is, does humanity deserve to survive?" 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