The Alien TV show will take place before Ripley
FX chairman announcing the series in 2020. | Screenshot: Disney FX's upcoming TV series based on the Alien films will be set on Earth 70-odd years from now" which is before Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley character in the franchise's timeline, FX chairman John Landgraf tells The Hollywood Reporter.
The show is being headed up by Noah Hawley, who previously won acclaim for his Fargo TV series inspired by the Coen brothers movie of the same name. Filming for the Alien TV show is due to take place after season five of Fargo, which will be filmed this winter."
Landgraf previously confirmed that the Alien TV show would be set on Earth when the project was announced in late 2020. But knowing the show's time period means we can have some fun speculating about how it might tie into the rest of the...