FX’s Alien: Earth: Inside The Story & Immersive Experience
by Explore Disney+ Contributor
Revised: September 24, 2025
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Set in 2120, FX’s Alien: Earth expands the Alien franchise as Wendy and a tactical team confront a terrifying threat after a spaceship crashes into Prodigy City. Read on for the story, key characters, and immersive content for Apple Vision Pro™ and Meta Quest.
In FX’s Alien: Earth, five corporations govern Earth in 2120: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic, and Threshold. Cyborgs and synthetics live alongside humans in this Corporate Era, but everything changes when Prodigy Corporation’s founder and CEO creates hybrids, humanoid robots infused with human consciousness. The first prototype, Wendy, marks a new dawn in the race for immortality. After a Weyland-Yutani spaceship crashes into Prodigy City, Wendy and the other hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone imagined.
Peabody- and Emmy® Award-winning Noah Hawley delivers a terrifying new chapter in the Alien franchise with an expansive international cast. The show also features an immersive companion experience for new and longtime fans.
When did FX's Alien: Earth premiere?
It premiered on August 12, 2025. Season 1 comprises eight episodes, available on FX, Hulu, and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers.*
What is FX’s Alien: Earth about?
When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat in FX’s Alien: Earth. Inspired by the beloved movie franchise, the sci-fi thriller was created for television, executive produced, directed, and written by Noah Hawley. (FX and Hulu)*
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Who are some of the characters and cast in FX's Alien: Earth?
Wendy, played by Sydney Chandler: Wendy is the first synthetic to be infused with human consciousness by the Prodigy Corporation.
Hermit, played by Alex Lawther: Once separated from his family, Wendy’s brother Hermit is a tactical officer and medic who will risk everything to protect his sister after an unexpected event reunites them.
Kirsh, played by Timothy Olyphant: Fastidious and exacting, Kirsh is a Prodigy Corporation Synthetic and one of the scientists responsible for training the first hybrids.
Morrow, played by Babou Ceesay: An employee of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation and the Maginot’s Chief Security Officer. He is a stone cold, tough bastard. After losing his daughter, he turns his work for the company into his life’s mission. He is the sole survivor of the ship’s crash and is tasked with retrieving the ship’s cargo on Earth, by any means necessary.
Boy Kavalier, played by Samuel Blenkin: The prodigy and “Boy Genius” behind the Prodigy Corporation. He runs both the company and his life with the brashness of someone who has never known consequences, because he hasn’t.
Meet more Alien: Earth cast members and characters on the official FX site.
Step Into The Alien Universe
Step into the sets and locations of Alien: Earth with super-panoramic images, for Apple Vision Pro™ and Meta Quest, that offer an unparalleled deep dive into the show’s universe.
Bring the characters into your space with spatial images that add a new level of depth and realism. Alien: Earth - The Official Podcast is also offered in spatial video, pairing the audio from each episode with visually rich imagery that provides an immersive viewing experience.
The Disney+ app for Apple Vision Pro™ includes an Alien: Earth viewing environment. Premium bundle subscribers can stream Alien: Earth via Hulu on Disney+ while immersed in the environment, bringing you closer to the story.
Explore more Alien: Earth immersive content on the official FX site.
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