On top of Alien: Romulus , which arrives exclusively in theaters on August 16, Disney, 20th Century Studios, and FX have slowly but steadily worked on an ambitious Alien TV series created by Fargo's Noah Hawley. Now, after several delays and strikes-related production bumps, main photography is done, and a seemingly definitive title has been revealed. Via Variety , the title, according to Hawley himself and FX boss John Landgraf, is Alien: Earth .
Not beating around the bush with that one, ey? "Noah is deep in work on Season 1 of 'Alien: Earth' right now. We’re in post-production, and we are talking to him and watching cuts every week. We’re pretty bullish on 'Alien: Earth' and we’ve told him that assuming, as we hope, 'Alien: Earth' is a returning television series, we want him to focus on at least writing two seasons of it before returning to a possible sixth season of 'Fargo'.
So it’s going to be a little while, but I’m also an intensely proud of that show," Landgraf explained during a lengthy interview . FX is currently enjoying an immense streak of wins, with Shōgun going beyond its original limited series plans as a direct result of wide acclaim, and The Bear continuing to be one of the biggest shows of the moment. Moreover, What We Do in the Shadows is going into its sixth and final season, and Reservation Dogs had a healthy three-season run that also earned FX a number of awards nominations.
On Alien: Earth, Hawley also added some of his post-shoot thought.