Alien: Earth Showrunner Drops Big Update: Season 2 Talks Are Gaining Momentum
Fresh off a cliffhanger finale, Alien: Earth creator and showrunner Noah Hawley says conversations about Season 2 are encouraging, stoking hopes for the Alien franchise’s first live-action series, which premiered August 12, 2025 on FX and FX on Hulu.
Alien: Earth just wrapped its first season on a cliffhanger, and yes, Noah Hawley is already talking about what comes next. Short version: the lights are on, the conversations are happening, but nobody at FX has pushed the big green button yet.
Where things stand
FX hasn't announced a renewal for Season 2. That said, Hawley told Entertainment Weekly he's actively thinking about the next chapter and that the response to Season 1 around the world has been, in his words, encouraging. Translation: the network is interested, but they're doing their usual FX thing — slow, deliberate, and allergic to rushing big decisions.
"We're certainly having conversations about it, and I've been thinking on the creative front... FX is very deliberate in their process... I don't have a timeline for you."
The inside-baseball part
Hawley basically spelled out why FX has the reputation it does: they won't spend more than they think the show can make back. So the question isn't just "Are we making more?" It's "At what budget, and on what schedule?" Not sexy, but that's the real-world math that decides renewals.
Was this always meant to continue?
Yep. Hawley says the series was conceived as ongoing from the start. He knows the larger destination for the story; he just can't say how many seasons it takes to get there. Also important: because this is in the Alien universe, they have to play nice with the film timeline. Those guardrails can actually help, creatively — it keeps the story from spinning out into anything-goes territory — and Hawley says there's still a huge amount left to explore.
Quick catch-up
- Alien: Earth is the first live-action TV series in the Alien franchise.
- It premiered on FX and FX on Hulu on August 12, 2025.
- Season 1 ends on a cliffhanger, and all eight episodes are streaming on FX on Hulu right now.
- No official renewal yet, but Hawley confirms Season 2 talks are underway.
- FX is weighing budget and timing before making a call.
- The show was designed as a multi-season story, with the Alien movie timeline as a constraint (by design, not a bug).
For those keeping score on the reporting chain: this update stems from an Entertainment Weekly chat, was originally reported by Tamal Kundu at SuperHeroHype, and the item first ran on ComingSoon.net.