Disney and FX's upcoming Alien TV series has added The Mandalorian's Timothy Olyphant to its cast.
Earlier this week, Deadline reported that Olyphant is joining the Noah Hawley Alien series in a major role, joining Don't Worry Darling's Sydney Chandler in the prequel show. Currently there's no word on what we can expect Olyphant's character to be like, though according to Deadline he'll be playing a character called Kirsh, a synth, who takes the role of a mentor towards Chandler's character Wendy, a "hybrid, a meta-human who has the brain and consciousness of a child but the body of an adult."
The series is set before the original Alien film, and is also set to be the first time the franchise has actually been set on earth, supposedly 70 years from our future. It started shooting earlier this year in July, though without any SAG-AFTRA members like Chandler. Deadline also reported that filming is likely to resume in early 2024, now that the SAG-AFTRA strike is over, with Hawley sharing that a January or February start date is being considered.
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