Alien: Earth is the highly anticipated spin-off series based on the Alien franchise, and is scheduled to premiere on August 12, 2025. The new series is being spearheaded by Noah Hawley, who also created shows like Fargo and Legion,

Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell join Naga Munchetty to review the second series of Netflix’s gothic mega-hit, ‘Wednesday’. The team also review Channel 4’s new crime drama ‘In Flight’, starring Katherine Kelly, and FX’s new sci-fi horror prequel series ‘Alien: Earth’, which brings Ridley Scott’s iconic movie monster to the small screen.

So, what Alien: Earth is saying is Weyland-Yutani is aware of xenomorphs (among other creatures) well before the events of the films and was *this close* to getting one back to Earth.