Disney officially announced a "Alien" live-action series last year, but unfortunately the epidemic caused the stagnation of the Hollywood film industry, this project has not officially started so far, but the creators have made some answers to this project during this time, so that we have a further understanding of the first live-action series of "Alien", and I will summarize the content of this "Alien" series so far.
1. Creator.
This series was created by the famous screenwriter and director Noah Holly, who first served as the screenwriter of "Bone Hunting", and later created such a divine drama as "Ice Storm" for FX host, and then hosted and created such a neural drama as "The Swarm", the screenwriting level is very high, but the level of directing has yet to be proven, the directorial film debut, and the only film currently directing the film is "Lucy in the Sky", this movie has a strong cast of stars - Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Dan Stevens, But it was a failed attempt, and the film's audiovisual effects were still confused, but they were overplayed and failed to tell a good story and create a good character.
Noah Holly was once chosen as the director of the "Doctor Doom" solo film produced by Fox, and the script was completed around 2018, but the subsequent Fox was acquired by Disney, and Fox's original "X-Men" series was reintegrated, although Noah Holly had said that he had not heard of the "Doctor Doom" cut, but the specific status of the project is still difficult to say.
2. The protagonist.
Regarding the main characters of the series, it is not yet confirmed, but it can be confirmed that this live-action series will not appear as the classic character Ripley, at least not around Ripley. Noah Holly confirmed in previous interviews that he felt ripley's story was well established in the film and that he didn't dare mess it up easily.
3. Timeline and background.
There is only one vague concept of the timeline of the Alien live-action series, and the creator says it will be set in the near future, but it is not clear exactly what year it is. Throughout the Alien series, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant takes place around 2100, with Alien 1 set in 2122, Alien 2 and Alien 3 in 2179, and Alien 4 in 2381. And if the alien episode's worldview is consistent with the movie, then the timeline should be at least after the Alien: Covenant incident in 2104, because this is when the classic Alien is truly born.
And will this "Alien" series be consistent with the "Alien" movie worldview? John Landgraf, the CEO of FX, said in an interview the other day, but he didn't explicitly say yes or no, but said, "In the case of Aliens, the series will feel like a part of the cinematic universe you're familiar with in terms of Alien, and the creator, Noah Landgraf, the creator of the film, said. Holly is well aware that "Alien has a vast cinematic worldview," but he also adds his own unique ideas to it. ”
As for the location of the story, this is the most different place for this series from other Alien works, the background of this "Alien" will be the Earth, this is the first time that the "Alien" series has set the background on the earth, of course, this excludes the "Alien vs Predator" series.
4. Style characteristics.
Noah Holly has said that in the past, "Alien" movies have often been "battle of the beasts" type of works, the story is always limited to a spaceship, a colony or a prison, and this time he will let go of the story structure, if people can not control the threat, it will bring more serious disasters. This actually corresponds to the background of this series is Earth, which can refer to the situation in "Alien vs Predator 2" in which aliens spread rapidly in the town and finally have to drop nuclear bombs, and there may be a similar crisis in this episode.
FX boss John Landgraf also said in an interview that the scale of this "Alien" series is very large, and the worldview shaped is also magnificent.
In addition, Noah Holly also said that this "Alien" series will also highlight the theme of "class inequality".
5. Production and schedule.
According to Noah Holly, the series will officially begin filming in the spring of 2022, and according to John Landgraf's latest statement, they currently plan to launch the series in 2023.
Created by FX and Hulu, the Alien series will be broadcast on both platforms, but how it will be arranged remains to be determined.