FX has unveiled the release dates for Noah Hawley’s “Alien: Earth,” as well as “The Bear” Season 4 and the drama series “The Lowdown” starring Ethan Hawke.
The first two episodes of “Alien: Earth,” based on the iconic sci-fi film franchise, will be available Aug. 12 on Hulu at 8 p.m. ET and on FX and Disney+ internationally at 8 p.m. PT/ET. New episodes of the eight-episode season will debut each following Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on Hulu and 8 p.m. PT/ET on FX.
The official logline for “Alien: Earth” reads, “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.”
Cast members include Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, Alex Lawther as Hermit, Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, Babou Ceesay as Morrow, Adrian Edmondson as Atom Eins, David Rysdahl as Arthur Sylvia, Essie Davis as Dame Sylvia, Lily Newmark as Nibs, Erana James as Curly, Adarsh Gourav as Slightly, Jonathan Ajayi as Smee, Kit Young as Tootles, Diêm Camille as Siberian, Moe Bar-El as Rashidi and Sandra Yi Sencindiver as Yutani.
Executive producers include Hawley, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Joseph Iberti, Dana Gonzales and Clayton Krueger. “Alien: Earth” is produced by FX Productions.
Meanwhile, the fourth season of the Emmy-winning culinary dramedy “The Bear” hits Hulu June 25, with all 10 episodes available at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. Season 4 will also be available at the same time internationally on Disney+.
All 10 episodes of Season 3 of “The Bear” dropped on Hulu on June 26, 2024. It followed Jeremy Allen White’s Carmy Berzatto after he reopened his restaurant The Beef into the fine dining establishment The Bear. Finally fed up with Carmy’s kitchen’s dysfunction, Ayo Edebiri’s Sydney also debates leaving The Bear behind and joining a new restaurant.
“The Bear” cast includes Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richie Jerimovich, Lionel Boyce as Marcus Brooks, Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina Marrero, Abby Elliott as Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto and Matty Matheson as Neil Fak. The past two seasons included an A-list cadre of cameo stars, including Jon Bernthal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Will Poulter, Olivia Colman, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, John Mulaney, John Cena, Josh Hartnett and more.
Series creator Christopher Storer serves as executive producer with Josh Senior, Joanna Calo, Cooper Wehde, Tyson Bidner, Matheson, Hiro Murai and Rene Gube. “The Bear” is produced by FX Productions.
“The Lowdown” premieres with a double-episode debut on Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. PT/ET on FX. New episodes of the 8-episode noir air every following Tuesday at 9 p.m. PT/ET and will be available the next day to stream on Hulu.
According to the series description, “The Lowdown” follows “the gritty exploits of citizen journalist ‘Lee Raybon’ (Hawke), a self-proclaimed Tulsa ‘truthstorian’ whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble.”
Other cast members include Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kaniehtiio Horn, Tim Blake Nelson, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Kyle MacLachlan.
Series creator Sterlin Harjo, who also wrote and directed the pilot, serves as executive producer alongside Ethan Hawke and Ryan Hawke. “The Lowdown” is produced by FX Productions.