More of the highly anticipated Alien: Earth series is unveiled with the second official trailer. The FX-produced series from Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley gives us another grim taste of what happens when corporate dystopia, AI hybrids, and one iconic acid-blooded alien collide. Watch the new trailer above and read on for more info.
A Hybrid With a Crisis of Consciousness
The sci-fi horror series centres on Wendy (Sydney Chandler, Don’t Worry Darling), a hybrid — the first of her kind — created by the Prodigy Corporation as a humanoid robot infused with human consciousness. As she awakens into a post-crash Earth and slowly begins to understand her identity, she asks: “If I’m not human, what am I?”
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It’s a fair question, especially considering Earth in 2120 is run by five mega-corporations — including the ever-sinister Weyland-Yutani — and is crawling with synthetics, cyborgs, and now, apparently, Xenomorphs.
The Xenomorph is Back — And This Time, It’s Our Problem
The trailer’s slow-burn tone builds towards the real horror: the reveal of the iconic extraterrestrial threat. The crash-landing of the deep space vessel USCSS Maginot seems to have brought something terrifying with it — and it’s already out. “We don’t lock them down… it will be too late,” warns Timothy Olyphant’s character, Kirsh (Wendy’s synthetic mentor and trainer), as the military scrambles to respond.
As Wendy and a squad of soldiers face off against the growing threat, the lines between human and machine begin to blur — with the scariest creature possibly not the one with the claws.
Behind the Series
Alien: Earth is created by Noah Hawley and executive produced by Ridley Scott, alongside David W. Zucker, Joseph Iberti, Dana Gonzales, and Clayton Krueger. The cast features an international lineup that also includes Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Essie Davis, Lily Newmark, Erana James, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Kit Young, Diêm Camille, Moe Bar-El, and Sandra Yi Sencindiver.
Release Info
Alien: Earth premieres August 13 in Australia on Disney+ (with the first two episodes dropping at 10:00am AEST). In the U.S., it premieres August 12 on FX and streams on Hulu.
