Alien: Earth TV series trailer – because what the Xenomorphs really needed was the USA (video).

So, that Alien franchise, then, hey. That warm, chestbursting embrace we all keep going back to. Just when you thought we’d run out of ways to be traumatised by space eggs and HR Giger’s worst fever dream, along comes Alien: Earth—a brand new TV series set two years before Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece, and yes, this time the horror’s coming home.

Premiering August 12th, 2025, on FX and Hulu (because nothing screams interstellar terror like scrolling past Love Island to get to it), Alien: Earth is helmed by Noah Hawley—he of Fargo and Legion fame—which means expect your xenomorphs with a side of existential dread, dream logic, and quite possibly jazz. Ridley Scott returns as executive producer, presumably to nod approvingly in the background while whispering, “Yes, yes, more slime.”

The plot? A spacecraft crash-lands on Earth and—surprise!—instead of aliens dying quietly in the woods like good guests, we get a hybrid-cybernetic mystery, a paranoid corporate cover-up, and the classic “we accidentally brought something back” scenario. Earth, as usual, is not ready.

Leading the charge is Sydney Chandler as Wendy, a human-consciousness-inside-a-robot-body prototype (so basically every IT helpdesk manager’s worst-case scenario). She’s mentored by Timothy Olyphant’s Kirsh, a dashing synthetic who probably dispenses wisdom with one eyebrow raised and a sidearm perpetually drawn. They’re joined by a delightfully oddball cast including Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Adarsh Gourav, and checks notes Adrian Edmondson, which means at some point a facehugger may get punched while quoting The Young Ones.

There’s also a whole fleet of synthetics with names like Curly, Slightly, Tootles, and Smee—so yes, apparently we’re doing Peter Pan meets Prometheus, and honestly, we’re here for it.

Don’t expect Marvel-style origin montages or Prometheus’s deep thoughts about goo. Alien: Earth promises to lean heavily into the creeping, claustrophobic horror of the original film. Dark corridors? Check. Government cover-ups? Check. Horrifying ethical implications about AI and bioweapons? Triple check. Also: the Weyland-Yutani Corporation is back, still making brilliant, evil decisions like, “What if we just trained the acid-blooded space demons instead of killing them?”

Here at SFcrowsnest, we couldn’t be more excited for what promises to be eight beautifully shot hours of humans being deliciously outmatched by evolution’s most nightmarish creation. If you’re looking for cosy sci-fi, you’re in the wrong quadrant. But if you’re ready to see Earth join the long list of poorly-prepared planets to underestimate the power of a xenomorph in a tight air duct, grab your flamethrower and mark your calendars.

Alien: Earth lands August 12th 2025. No one can hear you scream on Hulu—but your neighbours might.