Hulu’s Alien: Earth is already a science fiction horror masterpiece, but it may also be gearing up to become the next Jurassic Park. Sci-fi and horror have long been genres that blend well together, and two of the most successful examples of that blend are Jurassic Park and Alien. Dinosaurs and Xenomorphs are, after all, bloodthirsty horror movie monsters at their core, even if the aesthetics of each are very different.
For decades, Alien and Jurassic Park have filled similar but very distinct niches. Now, they may have more overlap than ever before. The most recent Alien project, Alien: Earth, has a chance to make Alien even more like Jurassic Park than ever before, especially now that Alien: Earth season 2 has been renewed. If it takes that chance, Alien: Earth could become even more terrifying than before.
Alien: Earth Season 2 Is Shaping Up To Be Jurassic Park Meets Alien
Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh in front of a pod in Alien Earth
The ending of Alien: Earth season 1 set up a few possibilities for the next season that could make it very similar to Jurassic Park. Wendy (Sydney Chandler) and the Lost Boys had taken control of Neverland Island from Boy Kavalier and Prodigy, and they had set the Xenomorphs and Alien: Earth’s other alien species loose. That already sounds a lot like Jurassic Park.
Obviously, Jurassic Park follows dinosaurs who break free of their containment and take control of the remote tropical island Isla Nublar to terrorize everyone who goes there. Now, Alien: Earth has turned Neverland Island into its own Isla Nublar, complete with Xenomorphs and other hostile alien species ready to attack any human who sets foot there. It even has the same theme of science running amok and nature reclaiming the wild.
An Island Full Of Hybrids And Xenomorphs Is An Exciting Concept
Wendy (Sydney Chandler) petting a Xenomorph with blood on its maw in Alien: Earth season 1, episode 7
If Alien: Earth season 2 does continue down this Jurassic Park inspired path, it would be a really exciting concept. We got a glimpse of what an island full of hostile human-synthetic hybrids and deadly aliens was like at the end of Earth season 1, and it was already great. I can only imagine how terrifying, awesome, and entertaining it would be to see a Weyland-Yutani strike team find out Neverland Island has become a death trap.
That setup would also give Alien: Earth a chance to explore both the Xenomorphs and the other aliens in more depth. We’ve only seen these lifeforms in human-made, artificial environments so far. Surely Xenomorphs would display more wild, naturalistic behaviors in a jungle ecosystem, and there’s no telling what an alien like T. Ocellus could do with a huge island to run around in.
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The jungles of Neverland Island also provide the perfect play pen for Alien: Earth’s action scenes. We’ve already watched a Xenomorph turn trees into hunting blinds, and there are plenty of other ways Noah Hawley could use the island to create exciting hunting and fight scenes. Neverland Island may be exactly what Earth needs to get really creative with the classic Alien formula.
Alien: Earth Season 2 Might Not Be What We’re Expecting
The Maginot crew sitting at a table having a meeting in Alien: Earth episode 5Courtesy of FX
There is, however, a chance that Alien: Earth doesn’t actually follow in Jurassic Park’s footsteps. Earth is nothing if not surprising. For example, many fans thought Earth season 1 was going to revolve around the crash of the USCSS Maginot and the efforts to recapture a Xenomorph, but that concept was done away with after just a handful of episodes. The rest of season 1 was something entirely different from a spaceship crash, and not at all what many expected.
Noah Hawley, the creator of Alien: Earth, could easily have another surprise like that up his sleeve for season 2. It currently looks like Earth will become more like Jurassic Park, but there’s no guarantee Hawley will actually dedicate that much time to Neverland Island. He could just as easily move to another part of the planet, send the Lost Boys to space, or anything else he can think up to keep viewers on their toes.
Alien Movies & TV Shows In Timeline Order
Title
Year Set
Prometheus (2012)
2093
Alien: Covenant (2017)
2104
Alien: Earth (2025)
2120
Alien (1979)
2122
Alien: Romulus (2024)
2142
Aliens (1986)
2179
Alien 3 (1992)
2180
Alien Resurrection (1997)
2379
That’s one of the inherent problems with speculating about Hawley and Alien in general: this franchise is built around being surprising. The Alien movies vary wildly in tone and subject, there are constant retcons and new timelines, and fan theories constantly fall apart with the release of new projects. The only thing we can say for certain about Alien: Earth season 2 is that we don’t know what it has in store.
Release Date
August 12, 2025
Directors
Dana Gonzales, Ugla Hauksdóttir, Noah Hawley
