“Something’s Wrong”: Good News, Alien TV Series Ignores Prometheus and the Covenant!

The next Alien series, set in the 2090s, will mark the arrival of the first Xenomorph on Earth, thus predating the original film franchise. In a recent interview with KCRW (via The Hollywood Reporter ), Noah Hawley (Fargo), who will be helming the show, revealed some important information about the upcoming program…

And right off the bat, the showrunner proved he understood the franchise with a pretty perfect portrayal of what Alien really is.

“The problem with Alien is that it’s not just a great monster movie. This is the story of humanity caught between its primitive parasitic past and the AI ​​future, and they are both trying to kill us. So there is nowhere to go. The real question is, does humanity deserve to be saved? Humanity’s arrogance in thinking that we are nothing more than food and its arrogance in creating these artificially intelligent creatures that we think will do what we tell them to do but may end up losing their minds. is there a solution“

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In Ridley Scott’s 1979 cult classic Alien, the Eighth Passenger is indeed the titular main monster and two malevolent AI elements: the murderous android Ash and the Nostromo’s on-board computer, MU-TH-UR, nicknamed “Mother”. by the ship’s crew members.

“There is a moment in the second film where Sigourney Weaver Said, “I don’t know which species is worse, you don’t see them stab each other in the back percentage wise.” I think there’s something really intriguing about exploring humanity and all the good and evil that it has to offer, and then trying to recapture the feelings that the audience had when they saw those first two films – which isn’t easy in a franchise that’s had four sequels. Movies and another movie coming out soon, but I think I have a few tricks up my sleeve.“

Get back to basics

Noah Hawley So he was asked if he would use the flashbacks provided in the recent Alien prequels Ridley Scott – namely Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017). Recall that these two games presented a controversial story, according to which aliens were made into biological weapons by a mysterious race, nicknamed the Engineers.

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“Ridley and I talked about it — and we talked about a lot of elements of the show. To me and to many people, this “perfect life form” – as described in the first film – is the product of millions of years of evolution that produced this creature that could have existed for millions of years in space. The idea that on some level this was a bioweapon created half an hour ago is of little use to me. In terms of mythology, what’s scary about this monster is that when you watch those first two movies, you have this retro-futuristic technology. You have giant computer screens, those weird keyboards… you have to make a choice. am i doing this“

He continued: “Because in the prequels, Ridley’s technology is thousands of years more advanced than the technology in Alien, which is supposed to take place in the future of those movies. There’s something about it that just doesn’t work for me. I prefer the retro-futurism of the first two films. So I made a choice: there are no holograms. The convenience of this great Apple Store technology is out of my reach.“

Filming is in progress

alienThe series, which had to stop production last August due to the Hollywood strikes, will soon resume filming in Thailand. It will feature some pretty young characters played by actors Sydney Chandler (Kyle Chandler’s Daughter), Alex Lowther (The End of The F*** King World), Samuel Blenkin (Black Mirror) and Keith Young (Shadow and Bone). Timothy Olyphant and Essie Davis will also be there.

The series, produced by Hulu for its FX platform, should logically be broadcast in France on Disney+.

Meanwhile, Alien, The Eighth Passenger can be rediscovered on Disney+.