Although news about the FX Alien TV series has been delayed since it was announced, Alien: Earth’s transition to the small screen is starting to take shape. With the Xenomorphs appearing in eight films to date, the long-running horror/sci-fi franchise Alien has only ever been seen on the big screen. The franchise has a lengthy and deep history, starting with Ridley Scott’s Alien in 1979 and continuing through Scott’s prequel Alien: Covenant in 2017. The next major step for the series will be its adaptation to the small screen with Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth on FX.

Shortly after acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019, Disney announced plans to create a new installment in the Alien movie franchise. While a new movie did eventually take shape, the studio also made it known that it intended to bring the Alien mythology to TV for the first time. The announcement came in 2020, along with news that Fargo’s Noah Hawley will act as showrunner. Taking the franchise in a fresh new direction, Alien: Earth is already shaping up to be the most original installment since the 1979 original.