"Alien: Earth" is premiering Tuesday on FX Networks, and it's already creating a buzz.
The series by creator Noah Hawley is described as a spin-off to the original Ridley Scott-directed film, "Alien," from 1979. The film follows a space crew aboard the starship, Nostromo, who are on their journey back home when they receive a distress call from an alien vessel.
Like the science fiction horror film from Scott, Hawley told "Good Morning America" that he hopes "after every episode, you go, 'Well, I'll never do this thing again.'"
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"We've now put another idea in your head the same way that 'JAWS' kept people out of the ocean," he added.
Here's everything to know about "Alien: Earth."
"Alien: Earth" takes place in the year 2120.
"When a mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, 'Wendy' and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat," according to a synopsis for the series.
In this series, Earth is also "governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold."
"In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans," the synopsis continues. "But the game is changed when the wunderkind Founder and CEO of Prodigy Corporation unlocks a new technological advancement: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). The first hybrid prototype, named "Wendy," marks a new dawn in the race for immortality."
When Weyland-Yutani's spaceship collides into Prodigy City, "Wendy" and other hybrids "encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined," the synopsis adds.
Sydney Chandler plays "Wendy" in the series. Also starring in the show are Timothy Olyphant as "Kirsch," Alex Lawther as "Hermit," Samuel Blenkin as "Boy Kavalier," Babou Ceesay as "Morrow" and "Adrian Edmondson as "Atom Eins."
David Rysdahl plays "Arthur Sylvia," Essie Davis plays "Dame Sylvia," Lily Newmark portrays "Nibs," Erana James portrays "Curly" and Adarsh Gourav plays "Slightly."
Also starring in the series are Jonathan Ajayi as "Smee," Kit Young as "Tootles," Diêm Camille as "Siberian," Moe Bar-El as "Rashidi" and Sandra Yi Sencindiver as "Yutani."
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Direct Dana Gonzales said in an interview with the L.A. Times that the Xenomorph, the alien from the 1979 film, will return for the spin-off.
"We show more of the Xenomorph than everybody else has shown," Gonzales said. ""Later on, you realize why we do that; it doesn't just become a character that's coming out of a dark hole. There's this point where it's going to be much more present. Finding that language of how to get there, it starts with the first episode of giving fans what they hope to be tuning in for."
FX released the trailer for the series in June.
The trailer opens with a scene from Neverland Research Island. The year is 2120 on Earth.
It introduces a young girl who is told that she will be the first person to "transition from a human body to a synthetic."
"Because I'm special," she replies.
A separate scene in the trailer cuts to a spacecraft crash landing and a group of people investigating the spaceship.
"This ship collected five different life forms from the darkest corners of the universe," says Ceesay in the trailer as ominous shots of the spacecraft are shown. "Monsters."
See the full trailer below.
With Scott's 1979 film as the inspiration behind Hawley's new series, Scott has joined "Alien: Earth" as an executive producer.
"Alien: Earth" will premiere with the first two episodes on Tuesday, Aug. 12, on Hulu and FX.
Episodes will release every Tuesday through mid-September.
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