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Alien has added a big name to its cast. Timothy Olyphant is joining Noah Hawley’s sci-fi prequel series. The FX series will air on Hulu and also feature Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, Adarsh Gourav, and Kit Young.

Details about Olyphant’s character were not officially disclosed. Still, Deadline teased that he plays “Kirsh, a synth who acts as a mentor and trainer for Chandler’s Wendy, who is a hybrid, a meta-human who has the brain and consciousness of a child but the body of an adult.”

Production on the sci-fi series began in July, but it was stalled due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. All scripts for the FX show were completed before the WGA strike began in May. Production on the show is set to resume in early 2024.

The premiere date for Alien will be announced later.

What do you think? Are you excited to see this new series? Have you enjoyed the Aliens movie franchise?