New ALIEN: EARTH Trailer Crash-Lands and Brings the Xenomoph Horror to Earth
A brand-new trailer for Alien: Earth has arrived, and this one takes us deeper into the heart of the chaos. Titled “Greener World,” it focuses on the USCSS Maginot plummeting through the atmosphere, crashing into a sprawling dystopian city.
The tone of this series feels different than what we’ve seen in the franchise before. This isn’t the cold, desolate space terror we’re used to. It’s urban, rain-soaked, and teeming with life, evoking serious Blade Runner energy.
The footage shifts to the surface, where synthetic Wendy (Sydney Chandler) leads a mission to uncover what really happened aboard the Maginot. It’s clear this wasn’t just a crash. There were secret experiments involving multiple alien species, and now Earth is facing the consequences.
The trailer teases unsettling imagery, from a bloodied goat in a sterile lab to panicked crowds running from something we never fully see. It closes with a chilling glimpse of a lone Xenomorph lurking in the shadows of a cave, setting the tone for the horror to come.
Unlike previous teasers drenched in horror and gore, this one broadens the scope. The series takes place two years before Ellen Ripley’s first encounter in Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic, following a tactical unit sent to investigate the Maginot after its catastrophic landing.
This series explores the fascinating concept of a human mind being transferred into a Synthetic body. That character is Wendy, who’s played by Sydney Chandler. This new footage hints that this new technology comes with consequences.
The series is set 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).
When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, ‘Wendy’ and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.
According to previously released details, the series will feature five different monsters, making this easily one of the most creature-heavy entries in the franchise’s history.
Created by Noah Hawley, Alien: Earth also stars Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, Alex Lawther as Hermit, and Babou Ceesay as Morrow, along with Essie Davis, Adrian Edmondson, David Rysdahl, Lily Newmark, and many more. The series premieres on FX and Hulu August 12 in the US and Disney+ in the UK on August 13.