‘Alien: Earth’ Officially Returning for Season Two

Noah Hawley’s TV Spin-off ‘Alien: Earth’ Renewed for Season Two at FX

The series has been a big success for the network and its Hulu partner, with praise and awards potential, but the renewal has been a while in coming.

FX's ‘Alien: Earth’. Pictured: Sydney Chandler as Wendy. Photo: Patrick Brown/FX.

Preview:

‘Alien: Earth’ will return for a second season.
Creator Noah Hawley has signed a new deal with FX.
The new season will start shooting next year.

As one of the biggest, buzziest TV hits of the year, you might have expected an announcement about a second season of Noah Hawley’s ‘Alien: Earth’ to happen a little sooner.

Still, cable channel FX is making sure that Hawley and his show is not left in limbo long, locking the creator down to a rich new development deal and flashing the greenlight for a new season of the series.

Here’s what Hawley had to say on the new development:

“I’m thrilled that this expanded deal opens the door to new opportunities across all of Disney Entertainment Television. FX has always supported bold, character-driven storytelling. From the very beginning with ‘Fargo,’ they’ve encouraged me to take creative risks and follow the story wherever it leads. I’m grateful to continue exploring the world of ‘Alien: Earth’ alongside our partners, cast, and crew as we begin the next chapter.”

What’s the story of ‘Alien: Earth’?

FX's ‘Alien: Earth’. Pictured: Babou Ceesay as Morrow. Photo: Patrick Brown/FX.

Set before the events of the original 1979 ‘Alien’ movie, ‘Alien: Earth’ follows what happens when a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, putting a mysterious young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers into a situation and a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.

As for what will happen in the second season? Unlike ‘Fargo’, which tends to be an anthology series with loose connections, Hawley has said that ‘Alien: Earth’ will continue to follow the story of Chandler’s Wendy who (spoiler alert in case you’ve yet to watch the first run of episodes) ended up overtaking the Prodigy facility where her hybrid body was created, and bonding with one of the Xenomorphs.

The season left plenty of dangling questions to be answered about the situation, so we’re happy Hawley and his team will get the chance to answer them.

When can we expect the second season of ‘Alien: Earth’?

That’s the disappointing part of the news: the new season doesn’t kick off shooting until next year –– with production moving to London after the first shot in Thailand –– so we wouldn’t expect to see the show return to our screens until 2027 at the earliest.