Alien
Guy Pearce is hash out the hypothesis of come out in the newAlientelevision series as hisPrometheuscharacter , Peter Weyland . TheAlienfranchise , portraying the deadly encounters between blank - faring humans and the minacious extraterrestrial coinage love as Xenomorphs , began back in 1979 withRidley Scott ’s science - fable repulsion classic . In 2020 , it was announced that a tv set undertaking based on the picture series was being developed for FX on Hulu , with Noah Hawley serving as showrunner and Scott producing . The show is expected to debut in 2023 , and while the plot still remain heavily under wraps , besides that it will take place on Earth , it was recently unveil that Hawley completed all of the scripts for season 1 .
Pearce starred as Peter Weyland in 2012’sPrometheus , a prequel that followed archaeologist on an expedition to the removed moon , LV-223 , and bring out more about the Engineers . The aging CEO of Weyland - Yutani Corporation , a society at the cutting edge of technical advancements and space settlements , the character funded the trip and secretly bring together in an effort to prevent his imminent death , hoping the Engineers would help . Weyland prove to be asignificant frame in theAlienfranchise , one that audiences wanted to know even more about , but with the news that none of the doer from previous installments would be need in the FX series , it bet like his next potential appearance would have to be in another movie .
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Now , in speaking withComicBook.com , Pearce is discussing the possibility of returning to theAlienfranchise by way of its approaching television set series . Noting he has n’t been approach by anyone , Pearce expressed that Weyland ’s fate at the end ofPrometheuswould probably lead to his getting even solely being as a hologram . See what Pearce explained below :
" Well , I think if anything , it would be a holograph . I ’ve not been require about that , and I am looking more and more like the version of Peter Weyland who we saw in Prometheus , so there ’s less prosthetic work to be done than the five 60 minutes we had to do back in 2011 . It ’s been ten years now . "
Weyland’s Alien Franchise History Explained
Weyland has had a long chronicle within theAlienfranchise , despite the character not appearing in every installation , and with the series look atWeyland - Yutani Corporation ’s potential competitorsin the quest for immortality , there is still a lot that audiences can get a line . A billionaire financial support inquiry on space travel and artificial intelligence , he had motivation of his own for explore LV-223 . He believe the Engineers to be a generous airstream , but upon awakening one , he stop up give out at its paw . Weyland also in short come out in 2017’sAlien : Covenant , explain to David ( Michael Fassbender ) that there is more to the creation of mankind and appearing perturbed at the idea of his A.I. outliving him .
With a dedicated fanbase behind it , Alienhas a lot of room to expand its macrocosm , and it will be interesting to see how the FX series portrays it . The potential of having theXenomorph infiltrate an Earth settingwill certainly stir viewers , and should Pearce return as Peter Weyland , it could offer an intriguing tie - in to retiring event and plot line . fan eager to find out more about the upcomingAlientelevision series can look ahead to extra news as it come out .
reference : ComicBook.com
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