We’re just days away from the highly anticipated two-episode premiere of FX’s ‘Alien: Earth,’ arriving August 13th, and Disney+ is marking the occasion with an unmissable real-world event for fans.
From August 9th, the streaming platform will host a two-week exclusive installation at London’s Natural History Museum, giving visitors a rare chance to see an iconic specimen from the world of ‘Alien’ up close. Visitors to London’s Natural History Museum can get up close to the Xenomorph egg from FX’s highly anticipated upcoming series, ‘Alien: Earth.’ The display is situated opposite the entrance to the Museum’s blockbuster exhibition, Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth? where visitors can touch real pieces of the solar system. Visitors and fans alike can bear witness to the first stage in the life cycle of the Xenomorph in this special display.
Handled with great care and trepidation, the Xenomorph egg sits in pride of place at the Natural History Museum, one of the world’s leading scientific research centres with over 400 scientists working to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. The Museum has a vast collection of 80 million objects, spanning 4.5 billion years of life on Earth, from the formation of the solar system to the present day. Nestled amongst thousands of items on display in the Museum’s South Kensington galleries, this ‘specimen’ is very much not of our world.
Prof Caroline Smith, planetary scientist at the NHM, says “Extraterrestrial life and the secrets of the solar system have forever fascinated humans. It’s a treat to have one of the most iconic depictions of alien life opposite our fantastic exhibition, which reveals the very latest scientific discoveries as it explores the age-old question – are we alone in the universe?”
Series Synopsis
When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, “Wendy” (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat in FX’s Alien: Earth.
In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations—Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic, and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans. But everything changes when the visionary Founder and CEO of Prodigy Corporation pioneers a groundbreaking new technology: hybrids—humanoid robots infused with human consciousness.
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The first prototype, “Wendy,” marks a new dawn in the race for immortality. But after a Weyland-Yutani spaceship collides into Prodigy City, Wendy and her fellow hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined.
The two-episode premiere will stream exclusively on Disney+ in the UK and Hulu in the US from August 13th.
One of the biggest questions asked of science is, are we alone in the universe? More than ever before, scientists believe that life could exist beyond Earth. The Museum’s first-ever exhibition dedicated to space, Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth? explores what we know so far. Visitors can smell planets, touch real pieces of the Moon and Mars, design their own space mission and see what scientists believe could be out there in this out-of-this-world exhibition.
FX’s ‘Alien: Earth’ premieres Wednesday, August 13 with the first two episodes available to stream on Disney+ In The Uk.
A new episode of the 8-episode season will premiere each following Wednesday on Disney+.
