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The Encounters are Closer Than Ever in the Teaser for FX’s ‘Alien: Earth’

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I know there have been some missteps but personally I’m glad the Alien and Predator franchises will never die, they are just too perfect for sci-fi/horror entertainment. Alien specifically is finally having a quality resurgence after the well received Alien: Romulus hit box offices ending a 30 year run of poorly received sequels. It’s not just the box office that you have to worry about now, as Alien: Earth slithers ever closer to it’s summer release on FX.

An Alien show on basic cable? I would normally write it off immediately knowing that it would be toned down for broadcast, but FX as we know, is a different animal. We know from their history they can pull off some pretty gnarly content so really the only concern we have is story. There’s always been an isolation component to a good Alien story, how is that going to translate when the threat is on home soil? We’ve seen it in some regard with the two Alien V Predator flicks but when it’s just the Xenomorph…it adds complications. This all being said, sometimes the best way to make your audience isolated and claustrophic is to put them in the last place you’d expect to find those feelings. The film itself takes place two years before the events of the original film. Whether the crew of the Nostromo were already in flight or not is unknown.

The teaser below gives us our first taste of the tone and feel for the upcoming series, depicting a facehugger trapped in, what looks like, an escape pod headed for terra firma. Everything about this teaser makes me feel like they’re headed in the right direction but it’s the poster that really drew my attention. Whoever had the idea to make the Xeno’s head morph into planet Earth deserves a raise, without question.

Alien: Earth premieres this Summer on Hulu and with Hulu On Disney+.