Timothy Olyphant (Justified) signed for Noah Hawley and FX’s upcoming prequel Alien series. Olyphant had previously worked with Hawley in the fourth season of Fargo and will act opposite Sydney Chandler in the project.
Olyphant is said to play a character called Kirsh, “a synth who serves as a mentor and trainer to Chandler’s Wendy, who is a hybrid, a meta-human who has the brain and consciousness of a child but the body of an adult” .
The story of the series “is set before Ripley. It’s the first story set on Earth in the Alien series.” It was also revealed that it will be set towards “the end of the century we’re in, so 70-odd years from now.” It will also be the first Alien story set on Earth.
The project is also said to combine “the timeless horror of the first Alien film with the non-stop action of the second, it will be a frightening thrill ride that will make people fall back in their seats.”
Hawley previously spoke about the project, saying: “It’s about how we’re caught between the primordial past and the artificial intelligence of our future, where both [are] trying to kill us. It is set on future Earth. Right now I describe it as Edison versus Westinghouse versus Tesla. Someone will monopolize the electricity. We just don’t know which one it is.”
He continued, “It’s a story also set on Earth. Alien stories are always trapped… Trapped in a prison, trapped in a spaceship. I thought it would be interesting to open it up a little bit so that the stakes were “What happens if you can’t contain it?” they are more immediate.”
The show is also the protagonist Alex Lawther (The end of the fucking world) in the role of the male protagonist, a soldier named CJ, with Samuel Blenkin (Black mirror) as another main character called Boy Kavalier, a CEO. Other cast members include Essie Davis (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries) in the role of Dame Silvia and Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger) as Slightly.
Production on the series will resume in early 2024.
Source: deadline
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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