One of the hard things about making a big movie or TV show in a new universe is honoring all the other titles that have come before it and fitting into that timeline. And that's especially true with the Alien movies, whose stories have spanned hundreds of years in their timeline and have lots of continuity to remember. That was a huge task for showrunner Noah Hawley when he embarked on Alien: Earth. But you have to focus on the story first, and then work the dates out. Hawley told The Hollywood Reporter, "The thing with Alien is that it’s not just a great monster movie. It’s the story of humanity trapped between its primordial parasitic past and its AI future, and they’re both trying to kill us. So, there’s nowhere to go."And when he dug in on the story, he uncovered some prescient things.Hawley expanded, "It’s really a story of, does humanity deserve to survive? Does humanity’s arrogance in thinking that we’re no longer food and its arrogance in creating these AI beings, who we think will do what we tell them — but ultimately might lose their mind — is there a way out?"Once he figured that out, it was time to figure out where it sat in the timeline of the other movies. - YouTube www.youtube.com The Alien Universe TimelineThe Alien franchise has captivated audiences for decades with its terrifying xenomorphs and human drama. For fans looking to navigate this intricate universe, there are a lot of...
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