Noah Hawley’s next movie Alien: Earth is expected to feature at least one Xenomorph on planet Earth, which will rewrite Prometheus‘ in the franchise’s timeline or confirm a long-standing fan theory about David. Foreigner bringing its titular monster to Earth has been done before, from the comics to Alien vs. Predator. However, if there were “canon levels” in Foreigner as has already happened Star Warsnone AvP Not even the comics are as canonical as the films. That’s why Alien: EarthThe premise of is a big deal.
So far, it is unclear how much of the Foreigner timeline, the next show will be retconned, if that’s the case. Still, considering that Ripley’s entire mission for most of the Foreigner movies was to stop the Alien creature from approaching Earth, the FX series will have to find a clever way to explain how a Xenomorph existed on Earth before. Although the exact schedule of the show has not yet been confirmed, Alien: Earth will occur before the events of the first Foreigner filmprobably around the same time as Prometheus.
Alien: Earth Timeline Means David Couldn’t Have Created the Xenomorph
One popular theory is that David just reverse engineered what already existed
It was reported that Alien: Earth will be set around 70 years before Foreigner (1979), which would place the show a year before the main events of the Prometheus. The corollary to this is that David could not have created the Xenomorph if there had already been an Alien on Earth before the Prometheus mission found the Engineers. Since Ridley Scott Foreigner prequels were released, it has been widely discussed whether or not David is the creator of the Xenomorph. Alien: Earth is almost certain to confirm that the Xenomorph existed before Davidexperiments.
The events of Prometheus and Covenant can be interpreted in two ways. Or David created the Xenomorph species we know in 1979 Foreigner or he reverse engineered something that already existed. Both options have pros and cons when it comes to the Foreigner canon, but It is becoming increasingly obvious that David could not have created the Xenomorph species. Any other option would make the Foreigner much more complicated franchise, especially with the arrival of Alien: Earth.
David creating “A” Xenomorph in Covenant fits better into the alien timeline
Not all mysteries about xenomorph species must be answered
THE Foreigner the franchise has never cared much about canon and consistency, from deleted scenes that would have changed everything to dozens of comic books and video games. It’s hard to keep track of everything Foreigner universe, but even just looking at the movies, things were never consistent. Still, from a thematic point of view, It would be much more interesting if David just recreated or improved on something that already existed.
THE Foreigner in the first film it is described as the perfect organism, which may have been achieved not only after the natural evolution of that species, but also after “human” interference – the human in question being a robot. David may have been responsible for making the Xenomorphs more vicious killing machines with enhanced features, but these creatures likely already existed. Even though Alien: Earth ignore Prometheus Overall, it’s best to perceive David’s creation as just one small piece of the Xenomorph puzzle.