Alien: Earth | First Trailer | FX

The FX Alien TV show news has been slow since its announcement, but the move to the small screen is beginning to take shape in Alien: Earth. The long-running horror/sci-fi franchise Alien has thus far been exclusive to the big screen, with the Xenomorphs having starred in eight motion pictures to date. Beginning in 1979 with Ridley Scott's Alien and continuing through to Scott's prequel Alien: Covenant in 2017, the series has a long and rich history — and its next big leap will be to the small screen with Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth on FX.

Shortly after acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019, Disney announced plans to create a new installment in the Alien movie franchise. While a new movie did eventually take shape, the studio also made it known that it intended to bring the Alien mythology to TV for the first time. The announcement came in 2020, along with news that Fargo's Noah Hawley will act as showrunner. Taking the franchise in a fresh new direction, Alien: Earth is already shaping up to be the most original installment since the 1979 original.