Previously and very briefly known as Alien: Neverland, Noah Hawley’s Alien TV show is now called Alien: Earth.
After reports that Noah Hawley’s Alien TV show was to be called Alien: Neverland, it now seems that Hawley and FX have gone in a different direction, calling the upcoming series Alien: Earth instead.
The Alien: Neverland title floated around in June, but Hawley confirmed the title in an interview with Variety after producer John Landgraf revealed the title in a separate interview.
Speaking to Variety after the Emmy nominations, Hawley confirmed that production on Alien: Earth had now been completed and the grind to finish the visual effects is now beginning.
“It’s a very big show. It’s nice to have some time with it,” Hawley said. “The first year of anything, you want to feel like you’re not up against the wall in terms of time. I’ve seen four of the eight hours of director cuts and engaged in the process of figuring out, cinematically, what it wants to be. It’s one of my favourite parts of making a show.”
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Hawley was nominated for Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series as well as Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series for Fargo. Fargo was also nominated for Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series.
Landgraf, meanwhile, said he hopes that Alien: Earth spans multiple seasons.
“We’re pretty bullish on Alien: Earth and we’ve told him that assuming, as we hope, Alien: Earth is a returning television series, we want him to focus on at least writing two seasons of it before returning to a possible sixth season of Fargo,” Landgraf noted.
Alien: Earth will reportedly serve as a prequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien. The series, which filmed largely in Thailand, stars Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, David Rysdahl, Samuel Blenkin, Adarsh Gourav, Babou Ceesay, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diêm Camille and Adrian Edmondson.
It’s not clear when we might see Alien: Earth, but judging by Hawley’s words, we might be waiting a while yet. Thankfully, Alien: Romulus is heading into cinemas in August to keep us satisfied on the Alien front of things.
