FX’s ‘Alien: Earth’ Season 2 Is a Go, and Peter Dinklage Has Joined the Cast!
FX’s Alien: Earth is officially returning for a second season, and today it was announced that Emmy winner Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, The Toxic Avenger) has been tapped as a new series regular on the sci-fi drama from Fargo creator Noah Hawley.
No information about Dinklage’s character is being revealed.
Inspired by Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller Alien, the series stars Sydney Chandler as humanoid robot Wendy. The cast also includes:
• Alex Lawther
• Timothy Olyphant
• Essie Davis
• Samuel Blenkin
• Babou Ceesay
• David Rysdahl
• Adrian Edmondson
• Adarsh Gourav
• Jonathan Ajayi
• Erana James
• Lily Newmark
• Diem Camille
• Moe Bar-El
• Peter Dinklage
In the first season, 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.
Production on Season 2 is expected to begin in May at London’s Pinewood Studios, home to the original 1979 movie, Alien 3, and prequel Prometheus, after Season 1 was filmed in Thailand. Interesting…
Deadline first reported the news.
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