Alien: Earth has barely begun, but is already breaking new ground in the Alien franchise — and retracing some older steps, too. The series premiere introduces a brave new world where five megacorporations have divided the Earth between them,

The series by creator Noah Hawley is described as a spin-off to the original Ridley Scott-directed film, " Alien ," from 1979. The film follows a space crew aboard the starship, Nostromo, who are on their journey back home when they receive a distress call from an alien vessel.

Earth teases Sydney Chandler’s character Wendy‘s mysterious power and her strange connection to the Xenomorphs. Alien: Earth, created by Noah Hawley, is the prequel to Ridley Scott’s original 1979 Alien movie.

Alien: Earth seems to have hit the ground running with the premiere episode raking in 9.2M views globally across FX, Hulu and Disney+ in its first six days, Disney revealed Tuesday.

Here is everything you need to know about the stars of "Alien: Earth" and the characters they play in the FX sci-fi series.

FX ‘s new gritty sci-fi thriller Alien: Earth is full of Xenomorphs, cyborgs, synthetics, hybrids, trillionaires, and high tech, but there’s one very human character anchoring the show’s deepest drama.