Alien: Earth creator Noah Hawley has shut down hopes that the FX series will bring the Predator into its storyline, saying he has “no” plans for a crossover on the show even as Disney shapes fresh links between the two sci-fi franchises on the film side. Speaking on the SmartLess podcast, Hawley explained that he and Predator director Dan Trachtenberg “are not coordinating any of that stuff” and that folding the Yautja into Alien: Earth “is not really my plan.”
Hawley praised Trachtenberg’s work on Prey and upcoming feature Predator: Badlands, describing the filmmaker as having a clear path for that franchise, which now includes an animated movie, Predator: Killer of Killers. Those projects already nudge closer to Alien territory through Weyland-Yutani androids and shared corporate lore. Hawley signaled respect for that strategy but drew a line around his series, positioning Alien: Earth as its own thread in a growing web of stories.
Alien: Earth, which premiered on FX and Hulu in August 2025, marks the first television series in the Alien franchise. Set in 2120, it unfolds on a corporatized Earth where a Weyland-Yutani vessel crashes into the city of New Siam, unleashing a Xenomorph and colliding with Prodigy Corporation’s hybrid-human experiments, led by the terminally ill Wendy and her fellow enhanced “Lost Boys.” The show sits two years before Ridley Scott’s 1979 film on the timeline, bridging the gap between prequel features and the original movie.
Disney and FX have already ordered a second season after strong engagement, and Hawley has signed a new overall deal with Disney Entertainment Television. Season 2 will move production from Thailand to London, with cameras expected to roll next year and an eye on a 2027 return. FX chairman John Landgraf hailed Hawley’s long-running partnership with the network and his track record on Fargo and Legion while framing Alien: Earth as a cornerstone of that extended deal.
The series has been promoted as the first time a Xenomorph reaches Earth, which effectively sidelines the earlier Alien vs. Predator films from current canon and fed speculation that a new crossover might instead emerge through the show. Cast and creatives fielded questions about that prospect around the August launch, and fresh chatter resurfaced once Season 2 was confirmed. Hawley’s remarks now give a clear answer: any future clash between Xenomorphs and Yautja is likely to remain a feature-film project, not a storyline on FX.
Hawley has said he speaks with Trachtenberg and Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez to avoid overlapping story beats rather than to coordinate an interconnected event. He has urged the filmmakers to adopt some of Alien: Earth’s corporate-era worldbuilding where useful, pointing to what he calls a “surprising paucity of mythology” across the seven Alien films. The focus for his series, he argues, lies in expanding that mythology and drilling into corporate power and class tensions, not staging a monster prizefight.
