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Sci-fi icon Sigourney Weaver delivers her verdict on Alien: Earth

Alien: Earth trailer
  • Sigourney Weaver, known for her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien films, has revealed she is still scared of the sci-fi creatures.
  • She watches the new FX series Alien: Earth with her husband, explaining she doesn't want to view it by herself.
  • The series is set in the year 2120, chronologically placed before Ridley Scott's 1979 original film Alien but after Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
  • It depicts a future Earth governed by five major corporations, where a crashed spaceship introduces alien specimens and new humanoid robot technology.
  • Weaver praised creator Noah Hawley for expanding the franchise's themes beyond just aliens, focusing on humanity's future, greed, and societal issues.
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