Four-time Emmy-winning actor Peter Dinklage He has joined the cast of ‘Alien: Earth’ Season 2.Game of Thrones‘ star creator and showrunner is one of the first main actors of the series Noah Hawley. Details about Peter’s character are still under wraps.
Production will begin in May
According to Deadline, Peter will be a regular on the sci-fi drama series. Production on Season 2 is expected to begin in May at Pinewood Studios in London, after the original 1979 film, Alien 3 and the Prometheus prequel, followed Season 1 filming in Thailand.
‘Alien: Earth’ Season 1 ended on a cliffhanger
The show’s first season ended on a cliffhanger of sorts, with the show’s surviving characters in a room and hybrid Wendy (Sydney Chandler) saying “We rule now.” Showrunner Hawley told The Hollywood Reporter , “This chapter is closed, but the Yutani troops are landing. The balance of power has shifted. These kids don’t know what’s coming.” He added that the last line of “Now We Rule” is triumphant and uplifting. But cut to 10 minutes later… What will happen? So I like that it has that real-time urgency.”
More information about the ‘Alien: Earth’ franchise
Inspired by Ridley Scott’s 1979 blockbuster, and set two years before the events of the original film, ‘Alien: Earth’ is the first TV series in the ‘Alien’ franchise. Sydney Chandler stars as the humanoid robot Wendy, and the cast includes Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav and Timothy Olyphant.
The latest works of Peter Dinklage
Dinklage, who won four Emmys for his portrayal of Tyrion Lannister in the HBO fantasy hit ‘Game of Thrones’, recently appeared in ‘Roofman’ opposite Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst, as well as ‘Wicked’ alongside Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. He also starred in ‘Dexter: Resurrection’.
