The place does ‘Alien: Earth’ sit on the Alien franchise timeline?

Alien: Earth is the primary TV sequence of the Alien franchise, sitting within the earlier batch of movies. However the place precisely does it sit chronologically within the canon timeline?

Set in 2120, Alien: Earth takes place simply two years earlier than Ridley Scott’s authentic 1979 movie, Alien. Within the movie, which takes place in 2122, nearly all the crew on the Earth-bound Nostromo area vessel is changed into Xenomorph fodder after they determine to research a mysterious misery sign.

Alien: Earth can be set 16 years after the occasions of 2017’s Alien: Covenant, which takes place in 2104, when the crew of the titular colonist vessel investigates one more mysterious sign on the inhabited planet of Origae-6. (It by no means pays to research in Alien movies.) Covenant is the sequel to Prometheus, which takes place between 2089 and 2093

This is the timeline wherein Alien: Earth sits, so you may get a deal with on the chronology (and although Alien vs. Predator movies are set in 2004, we’re not together with them right here).

The Alien movies (and the TV sequence) in chronological order:

1. Prometheus: 2089-2093

2. Alien: Covenant: 2104

3. Alien: Earth: 2120

4. Alien: 2122

5. Alien: Romulus: 2142

6. Aliens and Alien 3: 2179

7. Alien: Resurrection: 2381

Now, here is the best way to watch each Alien film on-line, so that you’re all around the timeline.

Alien: Earth premieres Aug. 12 at 8 p.m. ET on Hulu and FX with two episodes, then weekly on Tuesdays.