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Alien: Earth Season 2 – The Invasion Continues

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5 months ago

November 12, 2025

BTI Team

Alien: Earth at a glance:

Season 2 has been confirmed by FX

Noah Hawley returns as showrunner

Some cast members won’t return for the second series

Although Alien: Earth is one of FX’s flagship series, the production’s future was uncertain for quite some time. However, fans of the show can breathe a sigh of relief: the Xenomorph will be hunting on Earth for at least one more season.

In 1979, along with Ellen Ripley and the other passengers of the Nostromo, viewers set off into deep space to meet the deadly Xenomorph. More than 30 years after the release of Ridley Scott’s Alien, FX brought the predatory creature – and the audience – back to home turf.

Noah Hawley, best known as the creator of the Fargo and Legion TV shows, is creator, showrunner and director. Ridley Scott, who directed the first Alien movie in 1979, is attached to the series as an executive producer. However, this isn’t the only recent project from the Alien universe with Scott’s involvement – his latest film in the series, Alien: Romulus, hit theatres in August 2024.

Alien: Earth (alongside Alien: Romulus) was designed as a multi-season story, expanding the universe and attracting a new generation of viewers. If you want to know how we rated the series, read our review.

When could Alien: Earth season 2 be released?

Noah Hawley’s series was announced in 2020. However, it took quite a lot of time to move forward with production. Pre-production for the show began in Thailand in 2023, but was halted in August due to the Hollywood strikes. Filming resumed the following year and wrapped in July 2024. Season 1 then premiered on 12 August 2025.

However, this time there shouldn’t be a four-year gap between the announcement and filming beginning. According to Collider, work on set will kick off in London in 2026, which gives the hope that the second instalment of Alien: Earth will debut on Hulu and Disney+ as early as 2027.

When could Alien: Earth season 2 take place?

The initial reports on season 1 suggested that the action would take place even before Prometheus. Later, it was rumoured that Alien: Earth was to be set in the year 2120, two years before the events of the first-released movie of the franchise: Alien.

Afterwards, Noah Hawley explained that the series takes place around the same time as James Cameron’s Aliens, the second film in the Xenomorph franchise (via Collider):

I think we exist somewhere around Aliens, around the James Cameron story. I haven’t had to get crazy specific with it, but the events of the first film are referenced in the show at some point. So, I think it’s somewhere around the events of the second film, either before or just after.

Ultimately, it turned out that the series is indeed set in 2120. It means that Xenomorphs arrived on Earth before encountering the crew of the Nostromo. That conclusion makes the Alien universe extremely messy and unclear.

We hope that in season 2, Hawley will explain how the events of Alien: Earth tie in with the films from the series.

However, it’s quite likely that this won’t happen. As Noah Hawley said (via CNN):

We haven’t literally calendared it out. [The decision to set series’ action on Earth opened up] a grey area that we can play in. It was a gift to get a franchise this big with very little mythology to it.

What could the plot of Alien: Earth season 2 be about?

Spoiler for season 1 below.

The events of the first season unfolded in a way that everyone could have predicted – except, apparently, the brilliant trillionaire, Boy Kavalier, who constantly made the wrong decisions.

Not only did the monsters gathered in the laboratory escape, but so did the hybrid children. Over the course of eight episodes, Wendy and her friends became radicalised enough to intend to take over the world – or at least that’s how we can interpret Smee’s words to the damaged android Kirsh: “You’re time is done. It’s our time now”.

For now, the creators haven’t announced an official plot description for season 2. However, there are a few questions that should be answered in the next instalment of the series.

1. What happened to Boy Kavalier and the other adults?

In the season finale, Wendy and the other hybrid children turned against their creators.

Arthur was resurrected by the eyeball octopus, so it’s possible that he will play a significant role in the upcoming season. Additionally, David Rysdahl could also return in a different capacity, perhaps as a host for the alien creature.

Overall, the cast of Alien: Earth season 2 promises to deliver an intense and thrilling continuation of the story, with unexpected twists and turns along the way. Fans can look forward to seeing how Wendy, Joe, and the rest of the characters navigate the dangerous world they find themselves in, as they face off against powerful corporations and deadly extraterrestrial threats.

The Evolution of Characters in a Sci-Fi Series

In the first season of the hit sci-fi series, a brilliant scientist met a tragic end when a Chestburster took his life. However, the storyline took a surprising turn when an eyeball octopus creature seized control of his body, leading to a thrilling plot twist.

As fans eagerly anticipate the upcoming second season, speculations are rife about the fate of Arthur, a beloved character who might make a comeback as a zombie-like entity. This potential development has sparked curiosity among viewers, setting the stage for an intense and gripping narrative arc.