New ALIEN: EARTH Teaser Reveals Further Plot Details

Noah Hawley's sci-fi horror series is set to debut on FX and Disney+ in 2025.
ByAmber T

Disney+ has released another sneak peek at Noah Hawley's upcoming Alien: Earth series, this time with more Xenomorph footage and a little more fleshing out of the plot.

As we already know, Alien: Earth stars Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Essie Davis and Alex Lawther, is set 30 years before Ridley Scott's Alien, and follows

“a mysterious space vessel [that] crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat”

Included in a preview of Disney+'s 2025 slate at the D23 convention in Brazil, the seven second Alien: Earth teaser expands on this, revealing that the aforementioned vessel “collected specimens from a far away moon. Monsters…”

Alien: Earth will be the first television series entry into the franchise that started in 1979 with Alien and most recently saw Fede Alvarez's record-breaking Alien: Romulus released this year.

Scott himself is an executive producer on the project, and, in a recent interview with Screen Rant, spoke more on how Hawley's vision is respectful of its source material:

I’ve created the pace visually for a while. I know exactly what I’ve done and how it has been influential, because I keep seeing it — ‘Oh, there’s me … there’s me…' It was annoying initially, but now it’s amusing and healthy. Like [Hawley] has gone down that route and definitely respected the original Alien. And from that, I can’t hope for anything more other than to keep it alive. I don’t care what the platform is. I’m keen to go home and watch it. All these subjects are embalmed forever and that’s very healthy.

While today's tiny teaser does explain a little more of the plot, hardcore Alien fans will surely be chomping at the bit to know how Alien: Earth fits in with Scott's prequel films, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. 

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At the time of writing, Alien: Earth does not have a specific release date, but we'll bring you news as we get it. Check out the teaser below.

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Amber T is FANGORIA's Head News Writer, resident Brit, and Japanese horror expert. Her non-news writing can be found on physical media releases by ARROW, Second Sight Films, 88 Films, Umbrella Entertainment, Radiance Films and ERROR 4444, as well as frequently in FANGORIA's glossy paper pages.