Variety is reporting that Sydney Chandler has been cast as the lead for the upcoming series adaptation of Alien from Noah Hawley at FX.

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Currently, plot details as well as who Sydney Chandler will be playing are being kept under wraps. The only detail that has been presented to us so far is that the series will take place on Earth in the not-to-distant future.

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Sydney Chandler’s previous credits include feature film Don’t Worry Darling and the FX limited series Pistol.

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She marks the first significant bit of news about the Alien series project since it was announced to be in development by FX chief John Landgraf back in December 2020 at the Disney Investor Day presentation.