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Alien: Earth \u2014 a prequel series set before the original Alien movie \u2014 begins streaming and launches on cable this week.<\/p>\n
The official summary for Alien: Earth reads, \u201cWhen the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet\u2019s greatest threat in FX\u2019s Alien: Earth.<\/p>\n
Forbes\u2018Wednesday\u2019 Season 2 Animator Details Show\u2019s Haunting Stop-Motion SceneBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIn the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans.<\/p>\n \u201cBut the game is changed when the wunderkind Founder and CEO of Prodigy Corporation unlocks a new technological advancement: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). The first hybrid prototype named \u2018Wendy\u2019 marks a new dawn in the race for immortality. After Weyland-Yutani\u2019s spaceship collides into Prodigy City, Wendy and the other hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n ForbesWhy Does Isadora From \u2018Wednesday\u2019 Season 2 Look So Familiar?By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Created by Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion), Alien: Earth also stars Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adrian Edmondson, David Rysdahl, Essie Davis, Lily Newmark, Erana James, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Kit Young, Di\u00eam Camille, Moe Bar-El and Sandra Yi Sencindiver.<\/p>\n Alien: Earth begins with a two-episode premiere on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT on FX on cable and streaming on Hulu. Alien: Earth consists of eight episodes.<\/p>\n ForbesWhen Is Horror Thriller \u2018Weapons\u2019 Coming To Streaming?By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n An ad-based package for Hulu costs $9.99 per month, while the ad-free package costs $18.99 per month. Hulu is also available in a bundling package with Disney+ and Max for $16.99 per month with ads and $29.99 per month without ads.<\/p>\n The Release of \u2018Alien: Earth\u2019 Comes 46 Years After The Original \u2018Alien\u2019 Movie<\/p>\n Director Ridley Scott<\/a> kicked off the Alien franchise in 1979 with Alien, starring Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, Tom Skerritt as Dallas, John Hurt as Kane, Veronica Cartwright as Lambert, Yaphet Kotto as Parker, Harry Dean Stanton as Brett and Ian Holm as Ash.<\/p>\n Despite being a hit, the franchise didn\u2019t produce a sequel until 1986 with director James Cameron\u2019s<\/a> Aliens, followed by director David Fincher\u2019s Alien 3 and director Jean-Pierre Jeunet\u2019s Alien: Resurrection.<\/p>\n ForbesJames Gunn\u2019s \u2018Superman\u2019 Gets Streaming Premiere Date, Report SaysBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n After a pair of Alien vs. Predator movies in 2004 and 2007 that aren\u2019t considered official entries in the Alien franchise, Scott returned to direct the Alien prequels Prometheus in 2012 and Alien: Covenant in 2017. The franchise went dormant again until 2024, when director Fede Alvarez came out with Alien: Romulus<\/a>, which is set between the events of Alien and Aliens.<\/p>\n Executive produced by Scott, Alien: Earth<\/a> begins Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT on FX on cable and streaming on Hulu.<\/p>\n