Fargo TV series creator Noah Hawley has been developing an Alien TV series for “FX on Hulu” for the last couple years, and it finally went into production earlier this year. Since the scripts for all of the episodes had been completely written before filming began, the show wasn’t impacted by the writers strike… but when the actors strike hit, it caused some problems. For a month, the show kept filming, working around the SAG members in the cast, shooting scenes without them. Then production had to shut down in late August. Now, speaking to The Wrap while doing press for the fifth season of Fargo, Hawley has revealed that they’re planning to resume production on the Alien TV series next year, aiming for a 2025 premiere.
Hawley said, “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 in the first half of ’25.“
Before having to stop filming, Hawley 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.“
So it sounds like the Alien TV series is going to have an eight episode first season.
Hawley went on to say, “It’s very exciting that I get this opportunity, with films like Fargo or Alien, to live within the world that was created by these directors and storytellers. It raises the hair on the back of your neck in a good way to walk onto a set where you feel like you’re on the Nostromo. You’re like, ‘Oh my god, I’m in the movie.’” He clarified that he’s not talking about a set that’s actually meant to be the Nostromo, but sets on the show are inspired by the design of the Nostromo.
The star Hawley mentioned is SAG member Sydney Chandler (Pistol), who is joined in the cast by Essie Davis (The Babadook), Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Samuel Blenkin (Black Mirror), and Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger). Lawther is known to be playing the male lead, a soldier named CJ. Blenkin is playing a CEO named Boy Kavalier. Gourav’s character is named Slightly, and Davis is playing Dame Silvia.
Ridley Scott is producing the Alien TV series through his Scott Free banner.
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