Overview
- The first two of eight episodes debut August 12 on Hulu and FX at 8:00 pm ET and on Disney+ at local times internationally.
- Executive produced by Ridley Scott and created by Noah Hawley, the show is a collaboration between 20th Television and Scott Free Productions.
- Set two years before Ridley Scott’s 1979 film, the plot centers on Wendy, a mind transferred into a synthetic combat body by Prodigy Corporation.
- Sydney Chandler leads a cast that includes Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis and Samuel Blenkin in a production filmed primarily in Thailand using practical effects.
- Subsequent episodes will roll out weekly, expanding on themes of identity, corporate power and classic xenomorph horror.