It's the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, and we're less than two months away from Alien: Earth, a new sci-fi series from Emmy Award-winning Noah Hawley (Fargo) based on the acclaimed Alien franchise, on Hulu on Disney+. An official trailer was released earlier in the month of flaming June.
Read the official 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 for Alien: Earth includes Sydney Chandler (Don't Worry Darling), Alex Lawther (Andor), Samuel Blenkin (The Sandman), Kit Young (Shadow and Bone), Essie Davis (Assassin's Creed), Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger) and Timothy Olyphant (The Mandalorian).
As an Alien franchise fan since watching the original movie far too young on VHS, the Alien: Earth official trailer, with its allusions to Peter Pan, in the synthetic form of Wendy and Neverland Research Island, has piqued my interest further. Corporate espionage, an age-old quest for immortality and blood-stained xenomorphs! What’s not to like?
Predator: Badlands, directed by Dan Trachtenberg (Prey), features a Wayland-Yutani synthetic, and you can hear a Predator in the Alien: Earth trailer. With Trachtenberg and Hawley mixing up the franchise DNA at Disney, I'm amped for an Alien vs. Predator reboot.
Hulu is being rolled out internationally following its full acquisition from Comcast, and Alien: Earth would be the perfect launch title on Disney+.
Alien: Earth premieres only on Hulu and Disney+ on 13th August.
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