Alien: Earth timeline confusion: Noah Hawley talks connecting the series to ALIENS as well!

Alien: Earth Showrunner and creator Noah Hawley has spoken officially on the series timeline and how it links to the Alien film chronology. Despite previous remarks suggesting the show exists in its own parallel timeline separate to the film's series of canonical events, a more recent interview has Hawley confirming the contrary – the show and film's exist in the same timeline and not only that, Noah has plans of potentially linking to James Cameron's sequel ALIENS at some point as well!

The quote which I've transcribed from this interview clearly states Hawley's intentions with Alien: Earth, after being asked "Where in the Alien universe timeline does the series exist":

We start a couple years before they wake up, on the Nostromo, before Ridley's film, so we're contemperanius with the original film and depending on how long the show runs, you know, we might head toward the second film. But there's a lot of negative space in the Alien franchise because they're asleep for majority of the years that go by...

Wording matters and Noah Hawley is selectively calculated with his wording. To say the series is contemperanius with the original film means it exists together in the same period of time. To further suggest the series might connect in a way to the second film also suggests a clear indication that the does NOT in fact exist in its own lane, so to speak.

Alien: Earth – Hadley’s Hope Season?

Where could future seasons of Alien: Earth go? Well, it goes without saying that the series could tackle the construction of Hadley’s Hope – the Weyland-Yutani colony established on LV-426, the same location as Ridley's original Alien and James Cameron's Aliens. The season could dive deeper into the conspiracy surrounding Weyland-Yutani's interests there, the Derelict spacecraft itself and much more. There's plenty to draw from within that timeframe from the creation of Hadley’s Hope to the moment Xenomorphs got loose and took over.

The series could easily narratively navigate itself to avoid run-ins with Newt's family, it being a massive colony with many story arcs and backstories available to choose from.

Alien: Earth season 1 will be coming to an end within 2 more weeks and FX have already secured a second season. It's unlikely season 2 will jump to events between the first and second Alien film, since much will be left to be explored from season 1 during its prequel time period. But, it sounds like a third or fourth season could very well explore a potential Hadley’s Hope or some other form of ALIENS tie-in. If so, I just hope they formulate the story in a coherent way that doesn't confuse things any further.

What do YOU think? Should the series explore locations and timeframes like Hadley’s Hope in a future season? Or should those periods remain omitted from prying eyes and preserve the mystery there? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!