Alien - FX/Hulu's Adaptation by Noah Hawley

Alien is currently in development at @FXNetworks. The first TV series based on the classic film series is helmed by Fargo and Legion's @noahhawley. Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.

Apparently, the approach is going to be a combination of Alien's horror thriller and Aliens' action-packed nature.

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Jul 2nd 2021 at 12:34:03 PM

I wonder if this means the Alien attractions at Disney World will come back some day.

Deadline - Noah Hawley Says FX’s ‘Alien’ Series Is “Not A Ripley Story”, Will Explore Consequences Of Inequality

Highly amused by all the "Politics in mah Aliens nuuuuh" commentary like they've never seen the originals and it's not always been about poor working-class shmucks thrown to their deaths at the claws of rape-analogy monsters at the behest corporate financial interests.

Edited by Ghilz on Jul 2nd 2021 at 9:20:19 AM

Some additional updates:

• Earlier this month, Hawley described a focus on dueling corporations being a theme for this series in an interview with Esquire.

• Furthemore, visual production house WetaFX is allegedly attached to the series to bring the Xenomorphs to life. They've recently worked on The Tomorrow War, along with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and Avatar.

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Jan 13th 2022 at 7:40:58 AM

So its a weird Blade Runner series shoehorned into the Alien franchise.

Alien has historically been very much sci-fi horror with cyberpunk happening in the background (if not outright cyberpunk itself depending on who one asks), so it's not an out-of-left-field take on the franchise, at least.

Edited by Chortleous on Jan 13th 2022 at 12:35:08 PM

I feel like it kind of ignores that Weyland Yutani is the actual villain of the movies (ignoring the sequels). There's a reason the first two movies are considered cyberpunk adjacent if not cyberpunk themselves.

The Aliens at least won't fuck you over for a goddamned percentage.

But I think the only decent sequel to Alien and Aliens is Alien: Isolation that remembered greed was the real villain.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Jan 14th 2022 at 12:07:26 PM

It does seem rather disingenuous to call it “Alien” when it won’t have any aliens in it, though.

Way too early to claim that, especially when none of the interviews or comments so far have claimed that there won't be some Xenomorph presence on the series.

Well speaking as a horror writer (I've written a few), I think you can't exactly do 10 episodes of a slasher movie.

You need to have some plot inbetween the murder.

So presumably the alien will only be full on alien murdering in a few episodes.

I get there has to be a plot that stretches out for 10 episodes, but seeing as nothing mentioned so far seems to connect to the xenomorphs but instead all focuses on transhumanism and cyborg upgrades isn't a promising start IMO.

Most of the time, PR stuff for a show isn't gonna talk about the season finale or whatever. IMO, I wouldn't be surprised if most of the show has Weyland-Yutani as the clear villains and they've got some sort of major project that keeps being hinted at where enough hints are dropped that we can figure out it's a Xenomorph related thing, but the characters are in the dark.

That's my point. The "Alien TV Show" sounds like the alien will be an afterthought at best.

I mean, we know that androids are a thing in Alien so there's going to be that stuff.

We also know the biowar people want Aliens for SOME reason.

Too bad they've made zero mention of biowarfare, exploring other planets, or alien organisms and instead just talk about a technology race between three companies. In fact, outside of the report that Weta is working on the visual effects there hasn't been any indication there would be any alien creatures at all.

I think maybe this might be a wait and see type thing. The show hasn't even started filming yet, they're not going to give any meaningful details about the plot and chances are, they're literally just talking about the pilot details at this point.

The best part of Alien: Isolation was the worldbuilding about things like Weyland-Yutani had rival corporations.

"Chances are, they're literally just talking about the pilot details at this point."

They're talking about the overarching themes for the series. Even without getting into serious or meaningful details about the plot, its still odd for an Alien show to have no mention of anything alien related.

While interesting, that wasn't the best part by a long shot.

Edited by Hawkeye86 on Jan 16th 2022 at 7:36:14 AM

It all made the setting feel more grounded. Which is something that the sequels lacked.

You believed the people in Alien were real.

Ditto the Marines in Aliens.

Ugh I know people won't like if their aren't any aliens at all beyond like cameos.

The Xenomorphs are the franchise mascots

I mean, it would be complete crap if they're in every episode and a trashfire from start to end. The xenomorphs are literally the monster that is used in film class about how their effectiveness is in NOT being shown.

Seriously, the more you see them, the more the movies suck.

The terror is always in anticipation but never actually seeing but a glimpse.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Jan 16th 2022 at 5:55:54 AM

They are the unique thing that gives the franchise its image.

And the more you see of them, the less you care.

I would fire anyone who had them appear before episode 9 or 10.

A dripping bit of salivia, missing colonists, and slime is all you need.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Jan 16th 2022 at 5:56:58 AM

I think people just want confirmation that the most famous aspect of a franchise is gonna appear in it.

How they are actually handled is a wait and see thing.