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Alien: Earth Season 1 Gets a 3-Word Reaction From Ridley Scott

Filmmaker Ridley Scott kept it short and sweet, offering a quick opinion on the first season of FX Networks and Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth.

There's a very good reason why filming is now underway at London's Pinewood Studios on the second season of FX Networks and Showrunner Noah Hawley's (Fargo, Far Cry) Alien: Earth. The first season blew apart speculation and shut down all of the early naysayers by offering a series that honored Ridley Scott's Alien and the universe it created, while also carving out its own creative path. During a conversation with The Los Angeles Times regarding his hope to start moving forward on a sequel to Alien: Covenant, Scott offered a three-word thought on the first season – keeping his praise short and sweet: "pretty damn good."

"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," Scott shared back in November 2024, sharing his feelings on "Alien" and "Blade Runner" being expanded on. "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."

Speaking exclusively with Deadline Hollywood ahead of his "Guest of Honor" appearance at Canneseries in April, Hawley had some interesting updates to share – including the news that he has a co-showrunner and will not direct a Season 2 episode due to the number of projects he has in various stages of development and production.

"Alien: Earth" Season 2 Will Feature "More World-Building": "It's a bigger show, more world-building, and I can't think of a better place for taking on that bigger challenge," Hawley shared, adding that the new season "certainly expands on the promise of the first.

"Alien: Earth" Beyond Season 2? Hawley Hopes So: "It's my hope – I have a place that I'm going, but I don't know how long it will take me to get there. Assuming that the price of execution and the audience stays commensurate, we could go for as long as we want. If we nurture them, these franchises can give back for a very long time."

Hawley on "Alien: Earth" Season 2 Casting, Teases Peter Dinklage's Role: Noting that the season is "really about to start casting up," Hawley had this to say about Dinklage's character: "Obviously, this franchise has a lot of iconic roles in it. I am, for better or worse, an ensemble writer who has never met a character I didn't like, but he's got a major role, and people are going to feel it's a worthy role for him."

Alien: Earth Season 2 Brings "Problems" for Wendy & Friends: Hawley

Previously, Hawley offered some insights into where he wants to take things and what he wants to explore in future seasons. Regarding Wendy's (Chandler) final words of empowerment at the end of the first season finale, Hawley shared that it's now about showing the reality of what that means – and how there are a lot of folks looking to get in her way. "That moment of, 'Now we rule,' is such an exhilarating moment for the audience. And then the question is… well, it was an exhilarating moment when Dustin Hoffman ran out of the church and they got on the bus [in The Graduate]. But what comes after?" Hawley shared with Empire. "The [Weyland-Yutani] ships are coming, and all they have is problems."

Speaking of Weyland-Yutani, Hawley would also like a chance to dig deeper into his future Earth's societal structure and how corporations have become the new political parties. "I'm interested in exploring the corporate politics of it. As we've seen, there's an irresistible gravitational pull toward monopoly that corporations and billionaires have. There's a bit of 'Game of Thrones' to the corporate world that feels interesting to me," he shared. But at the center of the series is Wendy and the team, though viewers can expect the series to live up to its global name. "I do think this story of these children's autonomy continues to be the heart of the show, but 'Alien' is always about levels of containment. The island is a level of containment, and what happens when you expand past that level? Ultimately, the show is called 'Alien: Earth.' I know that, given the canon, I can't blow up the Earth, but I do think that containment is going to be very hard to maintain," Hawley revealed.

Set in 2120 (two years before the events of the classic 1979 film), five corporations – Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic, and Threshold – wield the power of nations, and proprietary advancements in technology provide the promise of a new tomorrow. When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a horrifying discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat. As members of the crash recovery crew search for survivors in the wreckage, they encounter mysterious, predatory life forms more terrifying than they could have ever imagined. With this new threat unlocked, the search crew must fight for survival – and what they choose to do with this discovery could change planet Earth as they know it.

Set to join the second season are Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, Dexter: Resurrection), Tracey Ullman (Mrs. America, Elsbeth), Sam Spruell (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), and Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones, Ripper Street). The four join Sydney Chandler and an expansive international cast, including Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, Essie Davis, Babou Ceesay, Samuel Blenkin, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Adrian Edmondson, David Rysdahl, Moe Bar-El, Sandra Yi Sencindiver, and more.

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