"Though technology has always played an important role in the Alien franchise, FX's Alien: Earth series is the first chapter to really dig into the inner workings of the tech companies responsible for unleashing xenomorphs onto humanity. To corporations like Weyland-Yutani and its competitors, the show's aliens present an opportunity to develop products that could boost their stock valuations to astronomical new heights. But to show us how powerful these companies already are, Alien: Earth spends a lot of time focusing on the tech that made them rich - things like futuristic guns, space ships, androids, and tablets."
"Because Alien: Earth focuses on parts of the franchise's universe that have never really been explored before, production designer Andy Nicholson needed to dream up a host of new ideas to make the series' world feel real. With projects like Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Gravity under his belt, Nicholson came to Alien: Earth with a deep understanding of how small artistic details can be a big part of what brings fantastical realities to life."
Alien: Earth foregrounds corporate technology by showing how companies like Weyland-Yutani view xenomorphs as products that could skyrocket stock value. The series spends substantial screen time on the familiar hardware that enabled corporate power, including futuristic guns, spaceships, androids, and tablets. Production designer Andy Nicholson developed many new visual ideas to make the franchise's previously unexplored corners feel lived-in and believable. Nicholson's prior work on projects such as Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Gravity informed his approach to meticulous, small artistic details. Nicholson deliberately interpreted the future through a late-1970s aesthetic to keep the world both fresh and resonant.
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