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The first footage from Noah Hawley’s TV series based on the Alien franchise has been released, and it’s a sign that audiences should prepare for a very familiar threat to hit our shores this summer.

The new teaser for Alien: Earth — which relocates the xenomorph threat to our own planet for the first time in the franchise’s on-screen history, although it’s happened before in non-canonical comics from the 1990s — could be considered something of a prologue for what’s to come. The 30-second spot features a xenomorphic point of view speeding through a spaceship in a manner that fans of David Fincher’s Alien 3 will find familiar, before the camera moves outside the ship… which looks set to crash-land on Earth. So I guess we know how the alien gets to our planet, then.

To be fair, the official description for the series reads, “When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (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.”

(Still, though; who thought that Alien 3 would be a touchstone for this show? What's next, callbacks to Alien: Resurrection?!? Please, no.)

Alien: Earth has been in the works for a number of years at this point, with Fargo creator Hawley noodling with the idea since at least 2022. The show is reportedly a prequel to the franchise as it exists, taking place at some point between Prometheus and the original 1970s Alien movie.

Alien: Earth will crash onto our screens summer 2025 on FX/Hulu. Watch the teaser below.

In the immortal words of Danny Elfman, "Life's no fun without a good scare." We couldn't agree more, which is why we've cobbled together a couple pieces to send a chill up your spine. Join Popverse as we explore:

• The best horror movies of all time, according to horror aficionado Greg Silber
• The most underrated horror movies from the past couple years
• All the new and upcoming horror movies for 2025 and beyond

And much gore. Er, more. Much more.