Alien TV Series Gets New Details, Will Feature “Big Surprises”

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New details on FX’s upcoming Alien TV series have come courtesy of network chief John Landgraf, who told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour this week that showrunner Noah Hawley would begin shooting the show after he was finished with his new, fifth season of Fargo.



According to Landgraf, FX’s Alien TV series will not feature the franchise’s best-known protagonist, Ellen Ripley, nor any of the other characters from the films, as the show takes place a few decades before Ridley Scott’s original. Landgraf also revealed that the show will take place on Earth and serve as the first story in the Alien franchise, although that’s something Prometheus fans might disagree with.



“Alien takes place before Ripley,” Landgraf said. “It’s the first story in the Alien franchise that takes place on Earth. It takes place...

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GROANS LOUDLY

 

[MadMummy76]

This is just completely stupid. How can it take place on earth before the original? Does lore literally mean nothing to these hollywooo jerks nowadays?

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

I cannot begin to explain how much I loved the first two movies, and even the third somewhat, but ever since it has become one letdown after another.

 

[Dan_D]

New improved Aliens franchise now packed with modern 2022 politics!

I hate Hollywood.

 

[Denpepe]

This is just completely stupid. How can it take place on earth before the original? Does lore literally mean nothing to these hollywooo jerks nowadays?

not realy I guess, nothing new though https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370263/