FX's 'ALIEN' TV Series Is Officially In Active Pre-Production

We haven’t heard much about the upcoming Alien series set for FX but today that changed when FX executive, John Landgraf, teased that the series is in active preproduction and will begin shooting once director, Noah Hawley wraps up the new season of Fargo.

The good news is that if the show is already in preproduction this year, we could probably expect a premier sometime in 2024. We know the show will take place way in the future, we have little details as far as how the series will be utilized and made cannon to the already legendary film franchise.

At a Television Critics Association event, per writer Randee Dawn on Twitter, FX's John Landgraf provided an "update on Alien series: Active preproduction on show is underway w/ Noah Hawley's scripts & will go into production after season 5 of Fargo."

Hawley previously recalled how his series will seemingly bridge the gap between the real world and the ambitious elements of the film franchise. "It's set on Earth of the future. At this moment, I describe that as Edison versus Westinghouse versus Tesla," Hawley explained to Esquire back in 2022. "Someone's going to monopolize electricity. We just don't know which one it is ... In the movies, we have this Weyland-Yutani Corporation, which is clearly also developing artificial intelligence-but what if there are other companies trying to look at immortality in a different way, with cyborg enhancements or transhuman downloads? Which of those technologies is going to win?"

He added, "Alien is a fascinating story because it's not just a monster movie; it's about how we're trapped between the primordial past and the artificial intelligence of our future, where both trying to kill us ... As Sigourney Weaver said in that second movie, 'I don't know which species is worse. At least they don't f-ck each other over for a percentage.' Even if the show was 60% of the best horror-action on the planet, there's still 40% where we have to ask, 'What are we talking about it, beneath it all?' Thematically, it has to be interesting. It's humbling to get to play with the iconography of this world."

We’ll bring you more when it drops.

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