At its core, theAlienfranchise is easy to understand: people meet aliens, bad things happen.
Its a lot harder to keep track of when exactly these things occur.
Alientakes place in 2122,Aliens57 years later, and thenAlien 3happens shortly afterwards.
And thats not even going through theAlien vs Predatorflicks or the countless games, books, and comics.
That would put the new series in the 2090s.
Weyland-Yutani already has its fingers in lots of pies, but its particularly excited about pioneering android technology.
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Outside of that, Hawley has kept the plot of his show under wraps.
Wendy will be mentored by the synthetic Kirsch, played by Timothy Olyphant.
At this point, it seems likeAlienwill fit snugly within the rest of the franchises established continuity.
But lets hope Hawley has learned from those past missteps.
Alien comes to Hulu in 2025.
