
If all goes according to plan, 2024 should be a rich year for fans of the Alien franchise. In August, Fede Álvarez's Alien: Romulus is scheduled to arrive in theaters, and after years of waiting, Noah Hawley's Alien TV series is finally scheduled to go into production. In regards to the latter, there are still a lot of mysteries lingering, but the most recent comments about it from star David Rysdahl instantly make me curiouser about how the show is going to add to the existing canon.
The actor recently spoke with TV Insider about what's being cooked up for the first small screen adventure featuring the iconic xenomorphs, and Rysdahl linked the work that's being done on the upcoming science-fiction show with what Noah Hawley has been doing for the past few years with the critically beloved FX series Fargo. Speaking to how the Alien series will be a part of the larger franchise, he said,