Alien: Earth won’t fully treat events from the Alien prequel movies as canon, producer says: ‘we benefitted from its originality and freshness’

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  • Alien: Earth won’t reference what happened in movies that take place before it
  • One of its producers says that gave its creator more freedom to tell his own story
  • Fans want to know why events from prior films aren’t mentioned in the FX TV series

One of Alien: Earth‘s producers has confirmed whether events in films set before the franchise’s maiden TV show were taken into account for its story. In short: no.

Chatting to TechRadar ahead the sci-fi horror series’ debut in mid-August, David W Zucker admitted Alien: Earth isn’t actively ignoring what was outlined in past movies that predate the show from a timeline perspective. However, Zucker argued that there wasn’t “much mythology to contend with” from those films prior to Alien: Earth‘s development – a comment that’s surely to pique the interest of long-time fans, and either confuse and/or infuriate Alien devotees.

Before I get into the nitty-gritty of what Zucker actually said, let’s look at the facts: in-universe, Alien: Earth is set in the year 2120. That places it two years before Alien and subsequent Sigourney Weaver-led films that follow.

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