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“What I can say is we start shooting this summer. We’re getting close,” he told me. “I did a stage walk today past the props and costumes. Things are being built. It’s always exciting to see it. We had a great experience in Thailand, but for a couple of reasons London is a better home for us long-term.”

The production moved from Thailand, where Season 1 was filmed, to the UK’s Pinewood Studios, where the original Alien, Alien 2, Alien 3 and Prometheus were primarily shot, and that history isn’t lost on the showrunner. He cited one full circle moment that felt like coming home.

Alien: Earth production designer Neil Lamont is the son of Peter Lamont, who was worked in production design on the original film and was Oscar-nominated for Aliens. “Neil did some work on it when he was a teen,” said Hawley. “I love those connections, and how personal this franchise is to people. The British art department is legendary: You know however difficult the concept, it will executed the first time to the highest degree.”

Now that Alien is back in Buckinghamshire, Hawley is hoping the TV show goes the distance, noting that the first run is always “proof of concept” before “you have to come up with a sustainable model” for production.

Hawley said the second season “certainly expands on the promise of the first,” which followed a group of prototype hybrids who are forced to come face-to-face with the sinister xenomorphs after a deep space research vessel crash lands on Earth. “It’s a bigger show, more world building, and I can’t think of a better place for taking on that bigger challenge.”

As for further seasons, Hawley confirmed: “It’s my hope – I have a place that I’m going, but I don’t know how long it will take me to get there. Assuming that the price of execution and the audience stays commensurate, we could go for as long as we want. If we nurture them, these franchises can give back for a very long time.”

Deadline recently broke the news Peter Dinklage will have a role in Season 2, and while Hawley remained tight-lipped on other castings, he shed some light on the part the Game of Thrones star will play. “Obviously, this franchise has a lot of iconic roles in it,” he said. “I am, for better or worse, an ensemble writer who has never met a character I didn’t like, but he’s got a major role, and people are going to feel it’s a worthy role for him.”

Hawley said the season is “really about to start casting up,” and hoped an announcement would “come soon.”