Turns out, the xenomorphs aren’t done with us yet, and Alien: Earth is bringing all the chaos, heat, and horror. Well, FX has just dropped the first full trailer, and it already features all the chills with city-wide chaos, sinister secrets, and yes, five brand-new alien creatures hitching a ride back to Earth.
The show is set before the original 1979 Alien movie, taking us to a time when the Weyland-Yutani corporation is still playing God, and curiosity is clearly still killing everyone. With Fargo’s Noah Hawley at the helm and Ridley Scott backing it as producer, the series is promising a deeper dive into the messed-up world that gave us facehuggers and chestbursters.
Although the trailer focuses on the mysterious crash landing, it’s the “five different lifeforms” recovered from the darkest parts of the universe that really caught our attention and will crank up the nightmare fuel. There’s going to be new aliens, new horror, and a whole lot of screaming coming soon. Let’s get ready.
Scorpion
The scorpion in the Alien: Earth trailer is a blink-and-you-will-miss-it moment, but eagle-eyed fans who spotted the creepy crawly are already swarming social media with their theories like, well, bugs. In the trailer, a character leans over to peek at what appears to be an ordinary scorpion, but is it just a desert dweller or something more alien-like?
Well, we, the die-hard fans, are eagerly buzzing about the possible tease of the Scorpion Alien, a fiery red Xenomorph variant from comics and toys that packs a venomous stinger with a paralyzing punch. Though it hasn’t shown up in movies yet, the trailer cameo might just be the beginning of it, finally crawling into live-action. As if the regular facehuggers weren’t terrifying enough, we might now get a stinger too.
Jellyfish
Now let’s talk about the weirdest mix of adorable and terrifying species to ever float across a sci-fi screen, the jellyfish in Alien: Earth. At first glance, this new squishy alien may remind you of Baby Yoda if he had way too many arms and a thirst for brain control. But guys, don’t be fooled by its cutesy tentacles because this thing, scientifically called T. Ocellus, is built for ocular domination. Yep, you heard it right. The tentacles of this very terror are strong enough to yank out your eyeballs and then replace them like plugging in a USB.
If it’s in your eye socket, it will hijack your brain’s wiring and puppeteer your body like it’s logging into its new PlayStation. Even the trailer showed a poor goat, yes, a GOAT, wired up, possibly being used to test the space jellyfish’s freaky powers. Honestly, move over facehuggers, we’ve now got eye-huggers. Funny, right? But not so much when it actually gives you terrors. And this little floaty menace might just be the creepiest, most mind-controlling jellyfish to ever slime its way into sci-fi.
Xenomorph
Obviously, there can’t be an Alien story without the star of the intergalactic nightmare show, the Xenomorph. Yep, the OG baddie of all, the spine-tingling space monster, is back in Alien: Earth, and undoubtedly, it’s bringing its iconic egg squad with it. Even the trailer showed a sneak peek at those leathery, eggy pods we all know mean one thing- something slimy is about to burst out and ruin someone’s day.
But the actual twist? This isn’t going to be your classic chestburster cameo. No. The showrunner, Noah Hawley, is bringing his own freaky flavor to the beast. He has ditched Ridley Scott’s dense prequel lore from Prometheus and Covenant and is heading towards a creature feature straight back to its horrifying roots. Meaning? Well, the Xenomorph might get a fresh evolutionary update or life-cycle remix, tailored for TV.
Besides, we’ve already seen this acid-blooded terror rip through plenty of unlucky humans before, but Hawley’s version might just surprise us with new tricks, possibly a new hatch, haunt, or hunt. Just count the days till its arrival.
Synthetic Humans
We are already aware that aliens aren’t the only things that make things weird. Welcome the synthetic humans who also mess with our minds and trust issues. Well, these not-quite humans have been lurking in the franchise since the original Alien movie, and now they’re basically part of the furniture in this universe.
Coming to the latest addition, Timothy Olyphant’s Kirsh will now be joining the long line of androids that are either oddly helpful or low-key terrifying. But you know what’s the biggest synthetic twist in the trailer? Sydney Chandler’s Wendy, yep, she’s not your average robot. It turns out that she’s a human child’s consciousness uploaded into an adult synthetic body. You can say she’s giving big “I’m mature for my processor” energy.
Talking to EW, Chandler opened up about her role in Alien: Earth, adding,
Kids are so present, and they haven’t been battered by the world as much as an adult. So they trust their gut and they don’t second-guess.
Well, expect a whole mess of cyborg drama, humanity-questioning chaos, and android dilemmas as Wendy tries to grow up fast while dealing with killer jellyfish, Xenomorphs, and probably some existential dread.
Facehugger
Well, the Facehuggers are back, and this time, they’ve had a creepy little makeover. Yep, Alien: Earth doesn’t waste any time teasing the second stage of the Xenomorph life cycle, and if you’ve ever seen a chest-bursting scene, you already know it’s not exactly a warm welcome. Besides, these clingy nightmares are nature’s worst kiss, wrapping around your face just to plant something horrifying in your chest.
The trailer has given us a glimpse of the infamous Facehugger, and that’s enough to start the panic. Also, in case the classic beige horror wasn’t gross enough, Noah Hawley has added a remix to the terror with a red/pink version that looks straight out of a horror fashion runway. Moreover, the FX teaser titled ‘Gestation’ has already hinted we’d see the full horrifying evolution- egg, Facehugger, Chestburster, and the main Xenomorph. So yes, things are about to get slimy.
Alien: Earth is set to premiere on August 12, 2025, on FX and Hulu.
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