The terrestrial setting of Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth has always made it unlikely that we’d see big cameos from other characters in the franchise, like we did in 2024’s Alien: Romulus. But as we inch closer to the series’ August premiere, we’re slowly learning just how this prequel series could connect to the original Alien. The crew of the Nostromo is deep in hypersleep during Season 1, but Hawley teases that the series may still answer one of the biggest mysteries still lingering from Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking movie.
In a conversation with Vanity Fair, Noah Hawley was asked about his plans for future seasons of Alien: Earth. Season 1 is set two years before Alien, but future seasons could jump ahead. “I don’t yet know, in terms of the series from beginning to end, how much time is going to pass or where we’re going to end up,” he said. “But I do know that at a certain point, the Weyland-Yutani Corporation is going to divert the Nostromo to that planet.”
