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The new Alien series, Alien Earth, premieres on FX on Tuesday, August 12th at 8 p.m. ET.

Alien Earth takes place after Alien: Covenant and two years before the original Alien film.

The series will follow a deep space research ship that crash lands on Earth.

The Alien franchise debuted in 1979 and we're still in Sigourney Weaver's universe. In a franchise nearly as complex as Star Wars, where does Alien Earth fit? There's a great (but lengthy) ScreenRant recap of the entire series , but in short, Alien Earth is somewhere after Alien: Covenant and two years before the events of the original Alien. Confused? No worries, you can catch up on Prometheus and Alien: Covenant on Sling with HBO Max .

According to the FX website, the series will feature a deep space resea

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