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Noah Hawley’s FX series Alien has found one of its leads in Sydney Chandler, the network has confirmed. Back at January’s TCA, FX boss John Landgraf said that the Fargo creator was in pre-production on Alien with an eye on starting production this year. The series reportedly takes place before the…

Sigourney Weaver has put a lot of time in space and says she is done playing Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise. The star of the Alien franchise has ruled out a potential return to space as a new movie is in the works at Hulu and a TV series adaptation at FX Networks. “There are all kinds of…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed fast-rising British actor Spike Fearn for representation in all areas. Related Story CAA Signs Diane Ademu-John And Declan De Barra, Founders Of Wait For Dark Prods. On the heels of the signing, UTA negotiated for Fearn to star alongside Cailee…

David Jonsson (Industry), Archie Renaux (Shadow and Bone), Spike Fearn (Aftersun) and newcomer Aileen Wu have signed on to star alongside Cailee Spaeny and Isabela Merced in the new Alien film that Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead) is directing for 20th Century Studios, Deadline can confirm. Related…

EXCLUSIVE: After playing Juliet in 20th Century’s Romeo & Juliet spin-off Rosaline, Isabela Merced and 20th Century are teaming up again on one of the studios iconic IPs. Sources tell Deadline, Merced is set to join Cailee Spaeny in 20th Century’s new Alien movie. Fede Alvarez is directing with Scott…

Noah Hawley’s long awaited Alien series will finally begin shooting this year. “Noah is currently in production on the fifth season of Fargo but he's in active preproduction on Alien, he’s written scripts,” said FX Boss John Landgraf providing an update at TCA on the long-in-the-works…

EXCLUSIVE: Momentum is revving up on 20th Century Studios’ new Alien movie as sources tell Deadline that Mare of Easttown actress Cailee Spaeny is in talks to star. Fede Alvarez is directing with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free producing. 20th Century had no comment. Related Story Kristen…

FX's television series based on sci-fi classic Alien will begin shooting next year and limited series Shōgun will also air in 2023, according to FX chief John Landgraf. Landgraf also gave an update on the status of season five of Fargo. Noah Hawley has delivered all of the scripts for his series…

FX Productions has signed writer and contributing producer Bobak Esfarjani (FX’s Kindred and Alien) to an overall deal. Under the agreement, Esfarjani will continue to work on these and other series while developing new content for the network. "Bobak has greatly contributed to FX's upcoming Kindred and Alien and now…

Don’t Breathe filmmaker Fede Alvarez is set to write and helm an original Alien movie for 20th Century studios. Alvarez will direct the movie for Hulu as part of 20th’s deal to provide 10 pics a year to the Disney owned OTT service. Alvarez’s pitch is reportedly completely separate from the previous movies, Deadline…

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FX Chief John Landgraf provided an update at the network’s TCA winter tour panel today on Noah Hawley’s Alien series. “There are some big surprises in store for the audience,” exclaimed the network boss. But when asked by Deadline, he said Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley won’t be starring. FX Networks @ TCA: Deadline's Compl…