Alien TV Show News & Updates: Everything We Know
A new episodic spinoff of Alien is heading to TV; here are all the updates so far. The long-running horror/sci-fi franchise Alien has thus far been relegated exclusively to the big screen, with the titular Xenomorph (and/or similar creatures) having starred in eight motion pictures to date. Beginning in 1979 with Ridley Scott's Alien and continuing through to Scott's prequel Alien: Covenant in 2017, the series has a long and rich history — and its next big leap will be to the small screen with Noah Hawley's Alien tv show.
Shortly after acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019, Disney announced that plans were underway to create a new installment in theAlien movie franchise. With the property being one of the most gruesome and R-rated IPs in the Fox catalogue, many have wondered how Disney would handle new Alien stories going forward or if any would be produced at all. Thankfully, the company had no intention of abandoning the franchise, and eventually made it known that it intended to bring the Alien mythology to TV for the first time.
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The announcement came in 2020, along with news that Fargo's Noah Hawley will act as showrunner. While the series has yet to begin filming, there are plenty of interesting teases and details that offer hints as to what audiences can expect from the Alien TV show's story. Here are all the Alien TV show updates thus far.
No concrete release date for the Alien TV show has been announced yet. Multiple pandemic-fueled delays, as well as the need to fit Fargo season 5 into Hawley's schedule, have meant a shifting shooting window, but Hawley has confirmed that work on his Alien series is "going great," albeit slowly. FX Networks' chief John
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