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By Griff Griffin
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Alien: Earth is the all-new original series expanding the Alien mythos - and it just got a new teaser.
The brief clip is set on a spaceship hurtling towards Earth. We follow what appears to be a Xenomorph as it travels through clanging metallic corridors, the same sort found as far back as 1979's first Alien movie.
Steam and smoke are violently blasting from hatches and a loud alarm is echoing all around, bathing the ship in a red warning light.
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As the Xenomorph careens towards the escape hatch, it lets out a screech before smashing into the window. It's difficult to make out what exactly the creature is - even pausing the footage doesn't make it look anything less than a dark jumble of limbs. But if this isn't a Xenomorph, then what is it?
Notably, FX's official synopsis doesn't use the term Xenomorph, which is the biological name of the alien antagonists of all the Alien films. "When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth," it reads, "a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat in FX's highly anticipated TV series Alien: Earth from creator Noah Hawley [Fargo, Legion]."
It might be the series uses a variation on the traditional Xenomorph to avoid contradicting the existing lore. For example, Ripley's aim in Alien is to prevent the alien from coming to Earth at all costs. That would spell the end of humanity. Alien: Earth is set two years prior to the events of Alien, so if they already came to Earth, it would mean her efforts were useless.
The Alien: Earth cast is lead by Sydney Chandler as Wendy and Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh. It also includes Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, David Rysdahl, Adrian Edmondson, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diem Camille and Moe Bar-El.
The original tagline for Alien 3 was "On Earth, everyone can hear you scream," a reference to the tagline for Alien, which was, "In space, everyone can hear you scream."
The tag for Alien: Earth? "We were safer in space." It seems there's going to be a lot of screaming when Alien: Earth releases later this year.
What is the Alien: Earth Release Date?
Alien: Earth premieres Summer 2025 on Hulu and with Hulu On Disney+.
Alien: Earth Teaser
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