FX's Upcoming 'ALIEN' Prequel Series Will Not Reference 'PROMETHEUS' Or 'ALIEN: COVENANT'

He surprised audiences with his X-MEN off shoot series LEGION and blew people away with his run on FARGO, now acclaimed sci-fi creator Noah Hawley will continue his collaboration with FX with an Alien prequel television series.

T he Alien franchise has already had a prequel film, two in fact, with Ridley Scott returning to direct Prometheus in 2012 and Alien: Covenant in 2017.

According to a new interview with Hawley, his television series will ignore both of these films.

Hawley's television show is set "three decades" before the events of the first film, so it should take place very close to the events of Prometheus, but the television creator has confirmed that he will ignore the prequel films because the concept of the Engineers (as depicted in the prequels) does not interest him.

Said Hawley, "Ridley and I have talked about this and many elements of the show, but I think for me, this perfect lifeform, as it was described in the first film, is the product of millions of years of evolution that created this creature that may have existed for a million years out there in space. And the idea that it was a bio-weapon created half an hour ago is inherently less useful to me. In terms of the mythology and what’s scary about this monster."

Hawley's comments are in reference to the events of Prometheus where it's revealed that humanity's forerunners, the Engineers, created the Xenomorphs as a biological weapon.

Hawley also added that he prefers the aesthetics of the first two original films, as opposed to the prequels.

"I prefer the retro futurism of the first two films, and so that’s the choice that I’ve made to embrace that. There are no holograms; the convenience of beautiful Apple store technology is not available to me."

The full cast for the show includes Sydney Chandler (Don't Worry Darling), Alex Lawther (Black Mirror, Andor), Samuel Blenkin (The Sandman, Black Mirror), Kit Young  (Shadow and Bone), Essie Davis (Matrix Revolutions, Assassin's Creed), and Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger). Timohty Olyphant has also joined the cast as a synth while  David Rysdahl's role is being kept under wraps.

The series is set for an early 2025 release as of this writing.

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