In the year 2120, the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, where a ragtag group of tactical soldiers makes a fateful discovery; hits FX and Hulu August 12.
FX has just dropped Official Trailer #2 for its upcoming sci-fi thriller, Alien: Earth. The new series hits FX and Hulu on August 12.
In the series, when the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, “Wendy” (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.
In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans. But the game is changed when the wunderkind Founder and CEO of Prodigy Corporation unlocks a new technological advancement: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). The first hybrid prototype named “Wendy” marks a new dawn in the race for immortality. After Weyland-Yutani’s spaceship collides into Prodigy City, “Wendy” and the other hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined.
The series stars Sydney Chandler as Wendy; Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh; Alex Lawther as Hermit; Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier; Babou Ceesay as Morrow; Adrian Edmondson as Atom Eins; David Rysdahl as Arthur Sylvia; Essie Davis as Dame Sylvia; Lily Newmark as Nibs; Erana James as Curly; Adarsh Gourav as Slightly; Jonathan Ajayi as Smee; Kit Young as Tootles; Diêm Camille as Siberian; Moe Bar-El as Rashidi; and Sandra Yi Sencindiver as Yutani.
Noah Hawley serves as creator and executive producer. Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Joseph Iberti, Dana Gonzales, and Clayton Krueger also executive produce. FX Productions produces.
VFX are created by Clear Angle Studios, Crafty Apes, Fin Design & Effects, MPC, Pixomondo, The Third Floor, Untold Studios, and Zoic Studios, with Will Towle acting as visual effects supervisor.
Check out the new trailer now:
Source: FX
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
