Alien (upcoming TV series)
# Alien (upcoming TV series)

Alien is an upcoming science fiction horror television series written and directed by Noah Hawley, serving as an installment in Alien franchise. It stars Sydney Chandler. The series is a joint-venture production between 20th Television and Scott Free Productions, and will release on Hulu.

## Cast

* Sydney Chandler
* Alex Lawther as CJ
* Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier
* Essie Davis as Dame Silvia
* Adarsh Gourav as Slightly

## Production

### Development

In 1979, 20th Century Fox considered producing a television series based upon the 1979 film Alien and hoped that ABC would pick it up but its only media coverage was found in the June 1980 Fangoria issue #6 and it ended up abandoned as the 1986 sequel Aliens arrived on the scene. In 1992, a now cancelled animated series inspired by the 1986 film Aliens titled Operation: Aliens was being produced along with an LCD game, board game, a Sega Genesis video game, and action figures. However the brand lived on through Kenner toylines as simply Aliens and in the comics series included with the action figures as well as in the Aliens/Predator Universe trading cards set. In 2007, Ain't It Cool News reported that a (since then cancelled) animated series inspired by the 1986 film Aliens titled Aliens: War Games was being produced.

On December 10, 2020, as part of Disney's Investor Day presentation, a new TV series project based on the franchise was announced to be in development for FX on Hulu, with Noah Hawley and Scott being involved (the former as showrunner and the latter as producer). It will be set on Earth in the near future, thus marking the first of the franchise to do so without featuring Ellen Ripley. At the 2021 Television Critics Association Press Tour, FX network's John Landgraf said that the series will probably premiere in 2023. A casting sheet for characters Hermit and Wendy shed light on the show's leads. Reports suggested that the TV series would start filming in March 2022, but production has been delayed until 2023. On April 6, Landgraf stated that the series was in "active preproduction", before it was reported to have suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

### Casting

In May 2023, Sydney Chandler was cast in the lead role. In July 2023, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, and Adarsh Gourav joined the cast.

### Filming

Production on the series began on July 19, 2023, in Thailand. Filming was allowed to occur, despite the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, due to the series' British cast working under an Equity contract.

