Copyright Men's Journal
Nearly two months after the first season ended, FX has announced that the network will be renewing Alien: Earth for a sophomore season. News broke on Tuesday that the series, a spin-off of the Alien movies, would be returning with showrunner Noah Hawley at the helm once again. Hawley has signed a new overall deal with FX and Disney Entertainment Television, meaning Hawley will potentially be making more shows for the company beyond just new seasons of Alien: Earth. “I’m grateful to continue exploring the world of ‘Alien: Earth’ alongside our partners, cast, and crew as we begin the next chapter,” Hawley said in a statement, according to Variety. This is already Hawley’s third series for FX following Fargo and the trippy Marvel series Legion. Alien: Earth‘s eight-episode first season premiered on FX and on Hulu in August to largely positive critical reviews and widespread fan approval. The show was a breakout hit for the Network, regularly placing in the top ten of Nielsen’s streaming viewership lists. That it took a few weeks for it to be renewed isn’t too out of the ordinary, especially when you consider Hawley’s overall deal. Alien: Earth‘s First Season Ended With a Cliffhanger A prequel, albeit with its own sense of continuity, to the Alien film series created by Ridley Scott, Alien: Earth was set in a future where powerful corporations rule the world. One corporation, Prodigy, is working on a top-secret bid for immortality by placing young children’s concionsesses inside of synthetic bodies. At the same time, a spaceship from a rival company, Weyland-Yutani, crashes into Earth with its cargo of strange and deadly alien creatures. Chaos ensued.
