Alien: Earth Manufacturer Noah knows hole The table is standing against him. He knows Foreigner Franchise A hard to crack And that the idea of bringing it into television may groan with some fans. But Hale is also very good in his job. He changed somehow Fargo In a TV show worthy of incredible film. He made Troop One of the best comic book shows in recent memory. And he knows that he will never be able to remake or reconstruct the terror you saw Ridley scott originalOr created by enthusiasm James Cameron SequelInstead, he is a way to take inspiration from those things, but it is also making his own. Hope is that it will make something that is 100% recognizable as ForeignerBut it will also stand in itself as a way to completely flip the franchise over your head.

From August 12, Alien: Earth Tells the story set three years ago The events of the first film. However, while it was in space, it happens – you estimated it – on Earth. There, the work was assigned with a spacecraft Get fatal aliens from across the galaxy Finally on the way to your house, when something goes wrong and it crashes. To detect the accident, a team of hybrids – is sent to detect synthetic creatures with children’s consciousness. What they will find is not just the iconic Xenomorph, but Many other species also.

A few weeks ago, IO9 was one of a group of journalists who were able to see the pilot episode Alien: Earth (Which was amazing) and speak with Hale, as well as producer David Zuk, about everything Alien: Earth. Here are highlights.

Alien: Earth Will not play hits

Alien: Earth Could not be present without zenomorf, but Hale knew Foreigner So special. “One of the things you can never reproduce in an audience that has seen one Foreigner The film is the spirit that you first saw the life cycle of this creature in that first film, “Hale said.” This is just inaccessible. You know that it is an egg, it is a face hugger, it is a chestbuster, and that all. And so it is where the idea for other beings came from. I want you to realize that this feeling is integral Foreigner Experience. But I cannot do it with those creatures. So let’s introduce new creatures where you do not know how they breed or what they eat. So that you can do this, I am feeling ‘outside’ several times a week. ,

Human beings are scary compared to aliens

Another intimate part of Foreigner The franchise is that, yes, aliens are cruel killer. But humans who are trying to catch them are often worse. So Alien: Earth There will be an equally important story facility focused on a technical race, expressed by those hybrid characters.

“One of the interesting features of films, especially Jim Cameron’s film where he has the line from Sigorney [Weaver] For Paul Racer where she says, ‘I don’t know which species is worse. At least they do not fuck each other for percentage. ‘ Correct? And so this idea about humanity and the terrible things that we do for each other, it really opened my brain as that type of horror that would populate the show, not only body horror or creature scary, but also people’s moral terror. And the question is that if you take a girl and you put her in this synthetic body, is she going to choose a human or other? And so it becomes about the push-poul between ‘well’, why is it a human if this man does for each other? ‘But there is such beauty for human experience etc., so it is stress, I think it raises who lives and who dies. ,

It is all about feeling …

Set in the world of Hale’s story ForeignerYou will identify with names and companies, but this was not the most important thing for him. He said, “I have said earlier, but if I have a skill in rebuilding classic films, then it is understanding what the original felt and why, and then made those feelings a new story by telling you a new story,” he said.

… but look at this too.

That new story was to be blindly fit in the world Foreigner“I was very stagnant that the technology-wise we embrace the franchise’s retrophuturism,” said Haley. “This is a visual definition for me. There are three classic science-fi brands. There is Star Wars, Star Trek, And ForeignerAnd none of them look like another. You will never confuse each other. And so if we want to make ForeignerSomething drips. Some rust has started. You should have those types of aesthetics for this. And then the challenge was, well, we are not focusing on the Veyland-Yutani Corporation as well, and we are on Earth. And so how, from the point of view of beauty, do you make sure that it seems that it seems Foreigner For the audience, when, of course, if we are not on a ship, it is just not going to look like that. So it was a long, long process. ,

Aliens will be seen on earth

Yes, there are other creatures. No, it will not focus on the life cycle of Xenomorph. But Zenos are there, are important for the show, and in a way you have never seen them before. “We really do not see these creatures within an ecosystem, right?” Hale said. “They are always like a top hunter present in a space with another wildlife, in fact. And I was interested in that idea, if you are going to bring these creatures into a terrestrial environment, how are they going to change it?

He said, “I think the idea of seeing these creatures in a scenario, an earth landscape, such a deeply unstable and kind is like we arrive in that moment,” he said. “It really felt like such a gift, at that time, six movies, to do something new, right?” For that occasion. “

Will be new creatures Foreigner-also

Hale knows that it will be difficult, if not impossible, to top the HR gigger design of the original ForeignerBut he also knows that he has to ensure that these new creatures can stand against him. So there is a lot of care, and continues, taken in their designs. He said, “I will adjust the design until they tell me that I can’t do it anymore,” he said. “Every element, from the texture of the skin to the sound design, all of this runs ‘in its bad dreams’.

Alien: Earth Is adding significantly to Foreigner mythology

So, yes, it is a new story with new threads and approaches, but it fits with original films in some fun ways. It is particularly inspired by the fact that the show is not on a spacecraft or a foreign planet. It is on Earth, something that has been completely avoided in original films. “This is the first time we are coming to Earth,” said Haley. “I mean, a little bit on earth PrometheusBut what is the rule of the Earth, what is politics, how it is happening, with any expansion on it, how it works in the galaxy, etc. and so it was a gift to get a franchise, which was with this big with this big mythology. ,

“So I can say, ‘Okay, okay, what do we know about the next hundred years?” The hole continued. “It’s going to be hot. It’s going to be wet. I am not betting against capitalism, so I think the corporations, that power is going to gather. And we really know about all. Aliens This is that this corporation is called Weland-Yutani. And for me, I think this story, that the waveland-Yutani story, is really interesting, but I also like the idea that there is still a competition. And I also thought, in terms of moment on earth. I thought of the moment at the turn of the 20th century where you had Edison and Tesla and Westinghouse, and you were not sure who was going to control electricity. So I thought that if we have a moment in which it is a competition between cybernetic enhancements and types of AI and transhumanism – and, like any technology race, you know, you don’t remember you don’t remember who the contestants of Zerox were, is there, isn’t it? And so it was exciting for me to find out. ,

Film timelines are important

In addition to the opportunity to discover what is happening on Earth, Haley loved that films gave him a lot of open space to add to the story. “If you remember the film, they are only sent to this planet,” he said. “I mean, someone clearly knows about these creatures, okay? They knew enough to send them there, but their knowledge of these creatures [is a mystery]Now, of course, [the crew of the Nostromo] Cryoslap has been in, I do not know how many decades or years or whatever it is. So the interesting thing about the lack of mythology is that these people who first get eggs have been out of the contact of the Earth who know how long. And so there is a gray field that we can play and try to make something with a large scale to justify the title, while it is still reliable for the rest of the canon. ,

Will this link be with new Foreign or hunter Movies?

“I have some conversation [the filmmakers]”Hale accepted.”[But]You know, this is not Kevin Pheej Marvel Universe moment. I am not saying that in success that we should not coordinate or think of a big picture about that. Display [just] Before you can actually do those conversations, there should be a hit. ,

Crossover from previous films is also possible

Halee does not know how far the show will go but, he has thought of a possible link between shows and films. “I really didn’t give it a calendar,” he said, “but we know that the replay is finished in a escape pod and is found after 57 years. So we do not really know what they know on Earth what has happened. NostromoAnd so what happens to my challenge really in those three years or before coming back in 60 years? So all the active questions that we are discussing. ,

Is Alien: Earth A limited chain?

“Okay, it’s not on me,” said Hale. But, in his brain it is a recurring chain that can run for more seasons. “We have made it as a recurring chain, and I have great plans and ambitions for it.”

Why was the right time for now Alien: Earth,

For this one, we will replace David Jukar, the Chief Creative Officer of the Production Company of Scott Free, Ridley Scott. “In all canders, we were contacted many times [about making Alien shows] And we were not interested in, “Jukar said. [as] TV facility in such a modern era. But I think the thing that was not present in front of John [Landgraf, chairman of FX] And Noah had this conversation, which can be such a vision, such originality. Ridley was really, I think, being capable of re -launching the franchise was enchanted. And he is excited about its expansion, but it really required someone who could take the essence, as Noah spoke, and discovered a way to take the audience into a completely different experience. And it was just something that we had never encountered before and could not imagine that the opportunity would exist. So the planets align, as they say. ,

Planets will further align on August 12 when Alien: Earth Debut on FX. Look back for more soon.

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