We are living in thrilling times for fans of the franchise, particularly when it comes to those who prefer their Xenomorph drama to be of the old-school variety. This past summer, Fede Álvarez delivered scares with interquel (set on the timeline between Ridley Scott’s and James Cameron’s ), which favored the first two movies’ aesthetics, and now, we’re staring down a TV series that will take place before space truckers ever saw a chestburster strike during a meal. The series will hail from FX but will arrive only on Hulu, courtesy of showrunner and creator Noah Hawley.
Since those facehuggers could strike at any moment, we’d better get started with what to expect. Plot FX recently showed off a brief glimpse of to tease this series, and recently on the Emmys red carpet, Noah Hawley dropped on how this show will be different from every movie thus far. For starters, “There’s something about seeing a Xenomorph in the wilds of Earth with your own eyes,” meaning that mankind must deal with the horror of a Xenomorph loose on Earth, rather than confined to a claustrophobic spaceship.
However, the events of this series take place before , so expect to see plenty of old-school touches, even though the story does take place (meaning there will be no Ellen Ripley) into the future. Hawley did, however, assure Deadline’s Rosy Cordero, “That is truly chilling to think of it moving here among us, and so I can’t tell you under what circumstances you’ll see that, but .