20TH Century Fox (now 15th century Studios) had just returned to the Hot Hollywood Science Fiction franchise in the late 1970s with “Star Wars” when he unexpectedly found himself proud of a second, much more adults in “Alien”. The original idea of ​​the legendary genre scriptwriter Dan O’bannon (and directed towards an elegant perfection of Ridley Scott), “Alien” shook the public with his fear of the breast burster and kept them completely terrified until the Sigourney weaver expels the great xenomorph with acid blood in deep space.

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When “Alien” has become a Smash at the box officeFox knew that there was more money to extract from these elegant black buggers. Indeed, it was at the heart of the famous argument of James Cameron for “Aliens”, where, the legend, he scribbled the word “Alien” on a cocktail towel before adding a sign of a dollar like “S”. While Cameron delivered the goods, then some with its suite, the franchise has had its ups and downs since then. “Alien 3” by David Fincher avoided the Russian Russian mountains of his predecessor for an austere trilogy that ended with Ripley sacrificing himself for the good of humanity. It is a great film (you watch the theatrical cup or you opt for the assembly cup), but that was not what the public was looking for in a great media summer film.

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The problem against which the “extraterrestrial” franchise continues to run is that its first episode is one of the greatest and most influential science fiction / horror films ever. Consequently, he inspires directors to do something worthy of Scott’s masterpiece rather than knock out a luscious film “Alien vs. Predator”. When Scott returned to the series with “Prometheus”, he considered a thematic trilogy of films on a malicious droid named David (Michael Fassbender) who seeks to develop xenomorphs by experimentation.

There is nothing wrong with following the route of the chemicals with “Alien”, but masters like Scott, Cameron and Fincher have proven that there are a lot of meat on the bones of these films so that the directors can dig if they choose it. So, even if I appreciated “Alien: Romulus” by Fede Álvarez for what it was, I am much more excited about “Alien: Earth” by Noah Hawley, the first series on FX later this year. What is the award -winning TV maestro at Emmy Emmy Award? Here is what we know so far.

Sydney Chandler, daughter of the star of “Friday Night Lights”, Kyle Chandler, leads an impressive set that is full of familiar faces and some not so familiar. Obviously, the second yeast in the series does not need an introduction. Landing Timothy Olyphant, who has been a good luck charm FX since he entered the role of the Raylan Givens fast draw legislator in “justified” 15 years ago, is huge for Hawley (just like the star to dye her white hair shock as seen in the image above). The casting is completed by Alex Lawther (“Andor”), Essie Davis (“Mystery Murder Murder” by Miss Fisher “), Samuel Blenkin (” Peaky Blinders “), Adarsh ​​Gourav (Sensality in Ramin Bahrani’s Frustringly Saideen” The White Tiger “) and Kit Young (” Shadow and Bone “).

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Oh, “alien” chronology, how you amaze and confuse yourself. In fact, it is not that complicated. It’s just weird that, to date, the payment that takes place the furthest in the future (2381 to be exact) 1997 disappointing “Alien: Resurrection”, “ Which, if nothing else, presents Weaver having a bullet like a cloned ripley who shares DNA with a xenomorph. I may not be a big fan of the film, but as a long-standing fan “extraterrestrial”, I would certainly try to find a story with Nü-Ripley, if only to give the character a more appropriate shipment.

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Anyway, “Alien: Earth” takes place in the close-filure of 2120, which places him 31 years ahead of “Prometheus” and about six years ahead of “Alien: Covenant”. As for the other entries “Non” AVP “in the series,” Alien “takes place in 2122, followed by” Alien: Romulus “in 2142,” Aliens “in 2179 and” Alien 3 “the same year. This means that Hawley’s show, depending on the duration of its duration, should lead directly to” Alien “, perhaps ending with the crew of Nostromo receiving their orders.

The details of the intrigue of “Alien: Earth” were held under the Wraps for almost five years, but with the first rapid approach, FX finally got their hands very slightly to inform the fans of which Hawley cards and the executive producer Scott treated themselves. It’s intriguing stuff!

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The Hawley series takes place on a land which is led by five distinct companies: Prodigy, Lynch, Dynamic, Sheshold and, yes, Weyland-Yutani. The planet is populated by humans, advanced androids (AI) and cyborgs (humans equipped with machine pieces), but this balance is about to be upset by the invention of hybrids by Prodigy, which are humanoid robots imbued with human conscience. Chandler’s Wendy is the first hybrid, and she finds herself at the forefront of a terrifying discovery when a research ship in deep space, the USCSS Maginot, takes place on Earth. What is on the ship? FX doesn’t say it for the moment, but I think you can guess.

We have already been informed that the series will feature five monsters, but what interests me the most is where the Maginot was and with whom it could have come into contact. Basically, I need to know, and I want to believe that the Maginot has logged in with The David-Piloted Alliance – Which, if we are lucky, means that we could see this beautiful again, “Lawrence of Arabia”, which works again. Fingers crossed!

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Noah Hawley made his debut in Hollywood as a writer on the successful procedural “bones” Fox, but he was shot on the television list with his remarkably effective “Fargo” season for FX. The success of “Fargo” allowed Hawley to detach himself with the Marvel “Legion” series and take a crack during his first feature film with the vehicle of Natalie Portman, “Lucy in the sky”. Hawley has a limitless imagination, but sometimes it causes him trouble (I have rarely seen a spectacle aim for inspiration to tedious, sometimes in the same episode, as violently as “legion”).

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Ridley Scott is the other big name on “Alien: Earth”, and I want to believe that the 87 -year -old genius was able to work on elements of his third unwavering David film in this series. But the man has a lot of irons in fire (he currently turns the Dystopian science fiction project “The Dog Stars” in the Cinecittà studios in Rome). Looking Over the Writing Credits for the Series Eight Episodes, Hawley has Busht on Veteran Scribe Bob Delaurentis (Who Wrote On Bruce Paltrow’s 1970s Basketball Drama “The White Shadow,” While More Recently Contributing to “The Umbrella Academy”), Bobak Esfarjani (“Wandavision”), Lisa Long (“The Terminal List”), Maria Melnik (“American Gods”), and Migizi Pensoneau (the formidable “booking dogs”). It is a very diverse list of writers, and it makes me more amplified to see what Hawley does.

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“Alien: Earth” will abandon his first two episodes on August 12 at 8 p.m. HE on Hulu and FX. The following episodes will be presented every Tuesday at the same time. So far, that’s all we know about our next trip to this terrifying universe where no one can hear you scream.

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