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Wendy Hears Creatures Speak in 'Alien: Earth' Season Preview

The series explores uploading human consciousness into synthetic bodies while confronting AI threats and Xenomorph dangers, premiering with two episodes on FX and Disney+ in Canada.

  • Alien: Earth, a new TV series created by Noah Hawley, premiered with two episodes on August 12, 2025, on FX and FX on Hulu.
  • The series is set in 2120, two years before the 1979 Alien film, and centers on Wendy, a dying girl whose consciousness transfers into a synthetic body called a hybrid by Prodigy Corp.
  • The story involves a spaceship crash on Prodigy’s island that frees deadly alien eggs, with Wendy and other hybrids encountering alien threats amid corporate power struggles.
  • Critics commend the series for its mix of intense character drama and horror elements, as well as its heavy metal soundtrack; after viewing six episodes, Rory Mellon described it as the standout new show of the year.
  • Alien: Earth expands the franchise into long-form storytelling exploring AI, mortality, and corporate greed, suggesting a deepening of the Alien universe’s thematic scope.
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The Globe & Mail broke the news in Canada on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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