Stephen King regularly shares his private critiques of the largest reveals and films on streaming, so it isn’t shocking that he has been doing simply that after watching Alien: Earth. King has loads of expertise writing about aliens, in novels like The Tommyknockers, Beneath the Dome, and Dreamcatcher, however his takes on critters from outer area are very totally different to the world of Xenomorphs Ridley Scott created in 1979. Relating to the most recent installment within the Alien saga, although, King has some very optimistic phrases to share in regards to the Disney+ sequence.
Alien: Earth is the primary time the Alien franchise has ventured into TV, and though it may need appeared to be nothing greater than Disney trying to put their Fox-acquired franchise to work and earn them some extra money, the present has confirmed to be among the best entries within the franchise. It’s maybe not shocking, then, that King has nothing however a glowing assessment of the present to this point. Writing on his Threads account, King mentioned of Noah Hawley’s sequence:
“I feel ALIEN EARTH could be my favourite. The SFX are superb (to not point out gross), and the dialogue is sharp. The actual monsters seem like the 5 firms which have carved up the planet.”
‘Alien: Earth’ Is Delivering Every thing Followers Might Need
When Alien: Earth debuted its first episodes, the sequence arrange a narrative that takes place simply 10 years earlier than Ellen Ripley confronted off with one of many deadliest creatures within the universe on board the ill-fated Nostromo. Whereas it launched all-new characters and a brand new set of potential heroes and villains to the franchise, the present additionally mixed the identical mixture of alien motion, agenda-driven sabotage, and loads of suspense.
This was by no means more true than in Episode 5, which paused the principle story to return and see what occurred to the crew of the ship answerable for bringing the xenomorph and different vicious alien creatures to Earth. For a lot of, the episode performed out like a self-contained story that supplied a number of the greatest moments the franchise had ever delivered.
Now, as Season 1 heads in direction of its closing episodes, the query everybody desires to know is whether or not there will likely be a second season to observe. Hawley has already made it clear that he positively is aware of the place the sequence will go subsequent, and hopes that he will get the prospect to inform the entire story.
Though each new sequence has the sword of Damocles hanging over its head whereas streamers determine its destiny, Alien: Earth appears sure to be renewed for Season 2. The present has landed some spectacular critiques, been dominating the highest of the Disney+/Hulu chart since its debut, and each episode simply appears to enhance on what got here earlier than. An official announcement has not been made but about Alien: Earth Season 2, but when it doesn’t occur, we riot.
Alien: Earth
- Launch Date
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August 12, 2025
- Community
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FX, Hulu
- Administrators
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Dana Gonzales, Ugla Hauksdóttir, Noah Hawley
