Alien: Earth is ready to premiere this summer time on FX and Hulu, and whereas the brand new collection has but to disclose a agency launch date, the most recent teaser trailer is an unsettling trip by way of the eyes of a Xenomorph that definitely delivers on what the present’s title guarantees. Starring Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, and Alex Lawther to call a couple of, Alien: Earth will function a prequel to the unique 1979 movie Alien, going down two years earlier than the occasions that occurred on the Nostromo.
The brand new teaser trailer for Alien: Earth (seen under) is shot from the POV of a xenomorph speeding by way of a spaceship as alarm bells sound and the phrases “containment breach” echo over the comm system. Pink lights flash because the creature makes its means by way of slim corridors earlier than lastly smashing towards a hull door that fails to interrupt. From there, the digicam spins wildly uncontrolled, and we watch because the ship descends towards Earth the place it is destined to crash, inflicting all types of issues for the inhabitants when mentioned Xenomorphs break free.
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That is the second teaser trailer for Alien: Earth, with the primary confirming when the collection takes place within the timeline. It was initially believed to be set some 30 years earlier than the occasions within the 1979 movie, however with the 12 months 2120 being entrance and heart, we now understand it takes place simply two years earlier than Alien, which was set in 2122. The premise for the present appears easy, however as we have come to count on from the franchise, search for nothing to be because it appears, particularly in the case of the Weyland-Yutani Company.
“When a mysterious house vessel crash-lands on Earth, a younger girl and a ragtag group of tactical troopers make a fateful discovery that places them face-to-face with the planet’s best menace.”
‘Alien: Earth’ Will Make You Need to “Lock Your Doorways”
Created by Noah Hawley (Legion, Fargo), Alien: Earth comes scorching on the heels of 2024’s Alien: Romulus, which was directed by Fede Álvarez and earned greater than $350 million on the field workplace to develop into one of many 12 months’s greatest horror hits. The brand new present has undoubtedly helped to spark renewed curiosity within the franchise, particularly when you think about it is the primary live-action collection to grace the small display screen.
Relating to what followers can count on from Alien: Earth, Hawley instructed Deadline final 12 months on the Emmy Awards that the collection is unquestionably leaning into its horror parts, a lot so that it’s going to make you wish to “lock your door” at evening. Don’t all of us try this anyway?
“There’s one thing about seeing a Xenomorph within the wilds of Earth with your personal eyes that’s actually chilling to consider it transferring right here amongst us. I am unable to inform you beneath what circumstances you will see that, however you will see it, and you are going to lock your door that evening.”
Search for Alien: Earth to premiere later this 12 months on FX and Hulu, and take a look at Alien: Romulus streaming now on Hulu as nicely.