Peter Dinklage To Star In Alien: Earth Season Two

Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage has been cast in the second season of the Hulu sci-fi series Alien: Earth by Emmy-award-winning showrunner Noah Hawley.

The original cast of Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav, and Timothy Olyphant. The show is part of the Alien media franchise (seven films, two crossover films and several comics, video and books), taking place two years before the first Alien film released in 1979 and centres on the team of the research vessel USCSS Maginot crossing paths with the vicious xenomorph species while humankind searches for immortality.

Hawley’s show sits on a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94%, as awarded by 198 critics, as well as a Metacritic score of 85 out of 100 from 41 critics. It also went on to receive five award nominations. These include two at the Film Independent Spirit Awards for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series for Chandler, and Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series for Ceesay, and another three at the Saturn Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series, Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series and Best New Genre Television Series.

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“It has been our great privilege to work with Noah for more than a decade on some of FX’s best and biggest shows, and we are thrilled to extend our partnership well into the future,” FX Chairman John Landgraf shared with Deadline, along with news of a renewed season.  “Noah never stops surprising us with truly original stories— and his unique ability to bring them to vibrant life as a director and producer as well as writer makes him extraordinary. We can’t wait to get to work on the next season of Alien: Earth, as well as some equally exciting future projects in advanced development.”

Alien: Earth season one ended on a cliffhanger with all the remaining characters trapped with a hybrid (synthetic body combined with a human consciousness), which the next season is expected to immediately pick up on. Filming is scheduled to begin next month in London’s Pinewoods Studios.

There are yet to be reports on which cast members from the first season are returning to join Dinklage.

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