The xenomorph will terrorize the small screen and show humanity at its worst. Also, Ridley Scott is in negotiations to direct some episodes.
Alien is one of the most valuable film sagas in the science fiction genre. With a total of six films, Ridley Scott created a fictional universe with the xenomorph at the center of it, a bloodthirsty and indomitable creature. Its popularity was so great that FX is planning a miniseries.
After the purchase of FOX by Disney, many of their projects were scrapped and fans presumed that the alien series was one of them. To their delight, the ‘Mouse Company’ announced that the popular story will continue and is in development. At the helm is Noah Hawley as screenwriter and showrunner.
Also, it was announced that Scott is negotiating to join as executive producer with the possibility of directing an episode, as he did with the Raised by Wolves show. A news that has made fans happy and raised expectations for its premiere through the cable channel FX and Hulu.
What will Alien, the series be about? “As I did with Legion, the exercise is: Let’s take the superhero stuff out of the show and see if it’s still a great show. What’s the show about? Let’s take the alien out of the show. What’s the show about? What are the themes, who are the characters and what is the human drama? Then we drop the aliens back in and we go, ‘This is great. Not only is there great human drama, but there’s aliens!'” Hawley previously told Observer.
After these words, he did not reveal at what focal point the timeline was or more details about the plot. However, he made it clear that his version of Alien would be the opposite of Star Trek.
“’Alien’ is sort of about humanity at its worst,” Hawley explained. “There’s this moment in the second film when Sigourney says, ‘I don’t know which species is worse. At least they don’t screw each other over for a percentage.’ If you look at what ‘Alien’ [films] tend to be, it’s usually a trapped story — trapped in a ship, trapped in a prison, etc. And because the Alien has this life cycle to it, where it goes from egg, to chestburster, to xenomorph, there becomes a certain routine to it.”
