One of the longest-running sci-fi movie franchises made its television debut in 2025, and its first series has done something the films never could.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alien: Earth has crash-landed and has taken the world by storm. The FX show has proven to be a loyal addition to the Alien franchise, which means plenty of tasty easter eggs to chew on.

Earth Season 2, with filming starting this summer at Pinewood Studios. Creator Noah Hawley promises a bigger show with more world-building as the hybrid storyline expands.

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Set in the year 2120, about 20 years before Ridley Scott’s original 1979 Alien movie, the series explores a world where massive corporations are racing to weaponize alien biology. So, instead of creepy abandoned space freighters, the danger is now ...

The most terrifying creatures in all of science fiction are coming to TV — and to our planet. (We'd say lock your doors, but we're pretty sure that won't help.) "An Alien movie is a two-hour survival story, right? It's a monster movie," Hawley told ...

Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, and Alex Lawther star in the FX series created by Noah Hawley, which starts August 12. Reading time 5 minutes When the idea was first floated of bringing the iconic Alien franchise to TV, many were skeptical. Films such ...