Alien: Earth — and the long-running inventive relationship between collection creator Noah Hawley and FX — will proceed.
Hawley has signed a brand new total cope with FX and Disney Leisure Tv, which features a second season of Alien: Earth that may debut on FX’s cable channel and Hulu. Manufacturing is ready to start subsequent yr in London. Sources inform The Hollywood Reporter the multi-year deal is valued within the 9 figures and can see Hawley broaden his scope to all of Disney Leisure TV, which additionally contains ABC and Hulu Originals.
“It has been our nice privilege to work with Noah for greater than a decade on a few of FX’s finest and largest reveals, and we’re thrilled to increase our partnership nicely into the long run,” FX chairman John Landgraf mentioned in a press release. “Noah by no means stops stunning us with actually authentic tales — and his distinctive skill to carry them to vibrant life as a director and producer in addition to author makes him extraordinary. We will’t wait to get to work on the subsequent season of Alien: Earth, in addition to some equally thrilling future initiatives in superior improvement.”
Alien: Earth is the third collection Hawley has created for FX, together with Fargo and Legion. Fargo, an anthology impressed by the Coen brothers’ film, has run for 5 seasons since 2014 and received seven Emmys; Legion ran for 3 seasons.
“I’m thrilled that this expanded deal opens the door to new alternatives throughout all of Disney Leisure Tv,” mentioned Hawley. “FX has all the time supported daring, character-driven storytelling. From the very starting with Fargo, they’ve inspired me to take inventive dangers and observe the story wherever it leads. I’m grateful to proceed exploring the world of Alien: Earth alongside our companions, forged, and crew as we start the subsequent chapter.”
Added Eric Schrier, president Disney Tv Studios and international authentic tv technique, “I discovered first-hand that Noah was a novel expertise whereas we labored on Fargo at FX. He has gone on to make lots of the finest reveals in tv, and I couldn’t be extra excited that Noah will proceed his FX partnership and broaden it throughout Disney Leisure Tv.”
The renewal for Alien: Earth guarantees some decision to a cliffhanger ending to the season, which is ready two years earlier than the occasions of the primary Alien movie. “I needed to plan and execute a narrative that that’s going someplace,” Hawley informed THR in regards to the last episode. “After which, this complete factor is a proof-of-concept experiment to see if sufficient folks on the planet need to watch an Alien TV present to justify the expense of a second and third season of an Alien TV present. So for me, I by no means hedged my bets. This isn’t a closed-ended season. This chapter is closed. … The stability of energy has shifted. These kids do not know what’s coming.”
Season one in all Alien: Earth stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, David Rysdahl, Adrian Edmondson, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diem Camille and Moe Bar-El. Hawley govt produced the season with Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Clayton Krueger, Emilia Serrano, Bob DeLaurentis, Peter Calloway, Monica Macer, John Campisi and Simon Emanuel. FX Productions is the studio.
Hawley is repped by WME, Untitled Leisure, Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis and McKuin Frankel.