Noah Hawley Explains Why ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Covenant’ Are ‘Inherently Less Useful’ for ‘Alien’ Prequel Series
variety.comCaroline Brew editor “Fargo” showrunner Noah Hawley teased his new FX series “Alien” in a recent interview with KCRW’s The Business.
Though plot details are being kept under wraps, Hawley’s “Alien” series is set on Earth and roughly 70 years in future, predating the original film series.
Hawley was asked whether or not he would incorporate the backstory in Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” (2012) and “Alien: Covenant” (2017) into his FX series.
The prequel films include a controversial backstory where the aliens were manufactured as a bioweapon by a mysterious race known as the Engineers. “Ridley and I have talked about this — and many, many elements of the show,” Hawley said. “For me, and for a lot of people, this ‘perfect life form’ — as it was described in the first film — is the product of millions of years of evolution that created this creature that may have existed for a million years out there in space.
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