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We finally know exactly when we can expect xenomorphs and their new buddies to start their trademark carnage on Hulu and FX. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, “Alien: Earth” will have a two episode premiere, releasing the first pair of episodes on Tuesday, August 12 on Hulu and FX. International fans will be able to watch the episodes on Disney+. After the premiere, episodes will release one at a time weekly.

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Along with the premiere date, “Alien: Earth” released some new images from the series. you can see them below.

THR also shared a more in-depth synopsis for the upcoming series: “In the year 2120, the Earth is 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. 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. After Weyland-Yutani’s spaceship collides into Prodigy City, ‘Wendy’ and the other hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined.”

Those “mysterious life forms” will mean more than just the xenomorphs that fans are used to. A previous teaser revealed the xenomorphs will be only one of five species the heroes of “Alien: Earth” will be contending with. We don’t have a lot of clues about the other species yet, but at least one of them appears to be some kind of large flying insect.

it is tempting to speculate that one of the four mystery species could be a Yautja, i.e. the hunting aliens from the “Predator” films. While technically the “Alien Vs. Predator” films exist in their own narrative separate from either “Alien” or “Predator”, fans have long enjoyed theorizing that the Yautja and xenomorphs are part of the same continuity. More fuel was added to that fire recently when a character appearing to be a Weyland-Yutani android appeared in the trailer for “Predator: Badlands”.

“Alien: Earth” stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, Samuel Blenkin, David Rysdahl, Essie Davis, Adarsh Gourav, Babou Ceesay, Diem Camille, Moe Bar-El, Erana James, and Kit Young.

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