Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley has been in manufacturing on his upcoming Alien TV collection for FX, however as a result of of the actors’ strike, which just lately ended, there’s solely been a lot that he can do. He has been capturing some of the collection with out its SAG-AFTRA members, however there’s much more that must be performed as a result of the lead actress Sydney Chandler, hasn’t been concerned.
Hawley supplied a current replace on the undertaking and whereas speaking with The Wrap, he defined:
“I was able to complete filming most of the first hour. That said, I wasn’t able to film anything with my star. So I still have the bulk of the show to film, and we have seven more hours to shoot. I certainly would have loved to get the show in front of people as quickly as possible.”
Because of the strike, although, the discharge of the collection is being delayed and the filmmaker thinks that it received’t premiere till someday in 2025. He mentioned:
“We’re all just waiting for the strike, and it will end. The plan right now is to go back in January and be shooting in February, and looks like shoot until July or so, which puts the air date somewhere in the first half of ’25.”
The story for the collection “takes place before Ripley. It’s the first story that takes place in the Alien franchise on Earth.” It’s additionally been revealed that it will likely be set close to “the end of this century we’re in — so 70-odd years from now.” It will even be the primary Alien story set on Earth.
The undertaking can be mentioned to mix “both the timeless horror of the first Alien film with the non-stop action of the second, it’s going to be a scary thrill ride that will blow people back in their seats.“
Hawley previously talked about the project, saying: “It’s about how we’re trapped between the primordial past and the artificial intelligence of our future, where both [are] trying to kill us. It’s set on Earth of the future. At this moment, I describe that as Edison versus Westinghouse versus Tesla. Someone’s going to monopolize electricity. We just don’t know which one it is.”
He went on to share: “It’s a story that’s set on Earth also. The alien stories are always trapped… Trapped in a prison, trapped in a spaceship. I thought it would be interesting to open it up a little bit so that the stakes of ‘What happens if you can’t contain it?’ are more immediate.”
The show also stars Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World) as the male lead, a soldier named CJ, with Samuel Blenkin (Black Mirror) as another main character named Boy Kavalier, a CEO. Additional cast members include Essie Davis (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries) as Dame Silvia and Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger) as Slightly.
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