‘Alien: Earth’: The first series of the sci-fi series ‘predates’ the original film

The “Alien: Earth” series, which will debut on Disney+ in 2025, has a plot that develops two years before “Alien: The Eighth Passenger” (1979), a film directed by Ridley Scott that started the horror franchise and science fiction. The reveal was made by FX Entertainment.

“When a mysterious spaceship crashes on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that brings them face to face with the planet’s greatest threat in Alien: Earth,” it reads in the official text.

Actress Sydney Chandler (“Don’t Worry Honey”, 2022) plays the main role: a hybrid being with the consciousness of a child in the body of an adult.

The cast also includes Timothy Olyphant (photo), David Rysdahl, Essie Davis, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Adarsh ​​Gourav, Babou Ceesay, Jonathan Ajayi (photo), Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diêm Camille and Adrian Edmondson , among others.

The series is written and directed by Noah Hawley (“Fargo”). Ellen Ripley, the protagonist of the classic films, will not appear in the series. The plot takes place on Earth, before the events of the first feature film.

In August 2024, “Alien: Romulus”, the new film in the horror series, produced by Ridley Scott, premiered in theaters. In total, there have been eight science fiction sequels.

“Alien: Romulus” is directed by Uruguayan Fede Álvarez, who directed the 2013 horror “Death of the Demon” and the 2016 thriller “The Man in Darkness.”

The new Alien is placed, chronologically, between “Alien, the eighth passenger” – which has become a classic of the science fiction genre – and “Aliens, the Rescue”.

So, look at the correct chronological order to watch the films and follow the timeline of the saga. After all, after “Alien, the eighth passenger”, films were released that show previous events and explain the origin of the drama experienced by the astronauts.

Aliens x Predator (2004) – During an excavation in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists becomes involved in a war between the Alien and Predator alien races.

Alien x Predator 2 (2007) – The Alien and Predator races continue to war and both arrive in a Colorado town, threatening the residents.

Prometheus (2012) – A group of researchers studying the origins of humanity find themselves on a distant moon and must face an alien threat.

Alien: Covenant (2017) – Crew members of a colonization ship find a remote planet where there is only one survivor.

Alien, the Eighth Passenger (1979) – Only then, in the order of events of the saga, do the events of the great classic of the saga occur, starring Sigourney Weaver.

Sigourney Weaver plays Ellen Ripley, a member of the crew of a ship where everyone is threatened by an alien being.

Alien: Romulus (2024) – A team of young colonists encounter a terrifying lifeform while scavenging an abandoned space station.

Aliens, the Rescue (1986) – Ellen Ripley is rescued after 57 years of sleep. The moon visited by the crew of the Nostromo spacecraft has been colonized.

Alien 3 (1992) – Ellen Ripley ends up in a maximum security prison, unaware that she has brought an alien with her.

Alien: Resurrection (1997) – Ellen Ripley is revived by an alien clone 200 years after her death.

Sigourney Weaver recently declared that she does not intend to return to the Aliens saga. Details about the actress’ journey can be found in the FLIPAR gallery titled “Sigourney Weaver rules out return to Alien films.”

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