FX Finally Makes a Decision About Season 2 of Its Breakout Hit Series

Nearly two months after the first season ended, FX has announced that the network will be renewing Alien: Earth for a sophomore season. News broke on Tuesday that the series, a spin-off of the Alien movies, would be returning with showrunner Noah Hawley at the helm once again. 

Hawley has signed a new overall deal with FX and Disney Entertainment Television, meaning Hawley will potentially be making more shows for the company beyond just new seasons of Alien: Earth.

"I’m grateful to continue exploring the world of ‘Alien: Earth’ alongside our partners, cast, and crew as we begin the next chapter," Hawley said in a statement, according to Variety. This is already Hawley's third series for FX following Fargo and the trippy Marvel series Legion. 

Alien: Earth's eight-episode first season premiered on FX and on Hulu in August to largely positive critical reviews and widespread fan approval. The show was a breakout hit for the Network, regularly placing in the top ten of Nielsen's streaming viewership lists. That it took a few weeks for it to be renewed isn't too out of the ordinary, especially when you consider Hawley's overall deal. 

Alien: Earth's First Season Ended With a Cliffhanger

A prequel, albeit with its own sense of continuity, to the Alien film series created by Ridley Scott, Alien: Earth was set in a future where powerful corporations rule the world. One corporation, Prodigy, is working on a top-secret bid for immortality by placing young children's concionsesses inside of synthetic bodies. At the same time, a spaceship from a rival company, Weyland-Yutani, crashes into Earth with its cargo of strange and deadly alien creatures. Chaos ensued.

The finale, which aired on September 23, teed up major action for a second season that fans now can be assured is coming. Wendy (Sydney Chandler), the leader of the children who were now in synthetic grown-up bodies (known as the Lost Boys), had successfully rebelled against Prodigy's eccentric CEO, Boy Kavalier. She also had two Xenomorphs seemingly at her control, but nobody on Prodigy's secret island research base seemed aware that Weyland-Yutani was sending troops to take back the extra-terrestrial creatures it sees as its property. On top of that, there's also an eyeball alien monster roaming around. 
There's a lot of potential for Alien: Earth's second season, though it might be a little while until fans get to see how it all plays out. Production will begin in London in 2026, meaning a release date of next year seems highly unlikely. The first season was shot in Thailand.