While filming of Noah Hawley’s Alien series has been pushed back to 2023 due to the series being considered a “massive undertaking” and Hawley’s other series, Fargo, needing to take precedence “given its Midwest setting” we do know that writing has been continuing with at least five episodes having been written as of February. Now we know some of the names behind those scripts.
A recent announcement that Writers Guild Association Award nominated writer Bobak Esfarjani has signed a contract to develop new content for FX, also included mention that Esfarjani will be writing and serving as contributing producer for Noah Hawley’s Alien series!
Esfarjani credits include his award nominated work on Marvel’s WandaVision, as well as work on NBC’s Manifest. And Alien vs. Predator Galaxy is also able to reveal that we are aware that Esfarjani has written the Alien series’ fourth episode, the working title of which is currently Observation.
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In addition to Esfarjani, Alien vs. Predator Galaxy is also able to exclusively confirm that Robert De Laurentiis is also writing on the Alien series, having written the series’ third episode which is currently titled Metamorphosis.
De Laurentiis has a larger resume, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The O.C, The Umbrella Academy and more relevantly, Fargo, where he worked alongside Noah Hawley. Thanks to The Flick Pec for the heads-up regarding the Esfarjani announcement!
In addition to the the episode titles above, AvP Galaxy can also exclusively reveal the working titles for the first two episodes written by Noah Hawley too. Episode #1 is Neverland and episode #2 is Mr. October.
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Either way, excited for both. FX makes great shit.
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Hence the dance numbers in Legion or something, a more "interesting replacement" more meaningful to him, that's not to say there's never any action but it's used sparingly.
Yes, what Aliens did so well was make its action impactful and serve the story
There was no empty specatacle in that movie
I actually typed that in my initial post then kept it shorter There's at best 2-3 action sequences that you would call set pieces. Alien seems like most things, to work best when it's not trying to be too clever.
The thing is you don't have to make it mindless action flick. Imagine something like Annihilation, but it's Alien. Keeping it off Earth is also a no brainier.
I see your point though. I'm myself not the biggest fan of people trying to push Alien to the status of an arthouse masterpiece while at the same time dismmssing Aliens as "just another generic sci fi action 80s movie" and "CaMeRoN tUrNeD eM iNtO bUgS aRrRgH !"
How many times do you have to churn out something that's not like that and still think, nah that's not what we want, lets go Robots and cloning this time!
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I've never been a big fan of Kurtzman (or Robert Orci) and their Star Trek stuff. And his previous association with JJ Abrams only discredits him further in my eyes. Xena was good, but that was very different material from a long time ago and I'm assuming he was just a junior writer in those days. So no, I don't think Halo resembles Kurtzman's work.
But if you wanted a specifically Colonial Marines show, then something Halo-like would have fitted the bill.
A specifically Alien series, OTOH, requires something darker in tone.
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We have the Paramount + Halo series instead. And so far... it's pretty solid.
TC
Just like with Prometheus, the absence of the Alien itself I never took issue with either.
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I'm curious to know what that has to do with the Alien. I guess the show might use the idea that Alien biology could be useful for medical purposes and not only military, as in The Cold Forge.
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Hawley's shows are imaginative, well-written and take risks. Eve if it's a failure, it will be interesting.
Indeed, he's a solid option for an Alien TV series given his previous works. I mean, the man has a vision, which I hope has not been undermined by the studio.
I agree but I'm still really glad Noah Hawley's taking the lead on this.
That's exactly the sort of thing Disney would do! Cheap pandering fan service, designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
I would be very disappointed if this was Colonial Marines: The Series.