The newest trailer for FX and Hulu’s Alien: Earth revealed a lot more than we’d seen before. Including new alien species besides the Xenomorph, and a good look at Earth during this era. We also got an exact date for when the series takes place in the Alien timeline. A title card appears over a lush, green area that says “Neverland Research Island, Earth, 2120.” We know that the original Alien film by Ridley Scott takes place a mere two years later, in 2122. The designs we see of the ship interiors in the Alien: Earth trailer looks a great deal like the interiors of the Nostromo from Alien . We doubt it’s the same ship, probably just the same class of towing vessel.

This 2120 date also places Alien: Earth significantly later than the events of Prometheus and Alien: Cov

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