Alien: Earth won't fully treat events from the Alien prequel movies as canon, producer says: 'we benefitted from its originality and freshness'

Wendy standing in the corridor of a brightly-lit ship in Alien: Earth.

• Alien: Earth won't reference what happened in movies that take place before it
• One of its producers says that gave its creator more freedom to tell his own story
• Fans want to know why events from prior films aren't mentioned in the FX TV series

One of Alien: Earth's producers has confirmed whether events in films set before the franchise's maiden TV show were taken into account for its story. In short: no.