Alien: Isolation (TV series)

Alien: Isolation (marketed as Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series) is an American adult animated science fiction horror streaming television miniseries directed by Fabien Dubois, based on the Alien franchise created by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, and the 2014 video game of the same name by Creative Assembly, that premiered on February 28, 2019, on IGN. The series was created by Kinga Smith and Fabien Dubois and features most of the actors from the game reprising their roles. It takes place fifteen years after the events of Alien and follows Amanda Ripley, daughter of Alien protagonist Ellen Ripley, as she investigates the disappearance of her mother aboard a decaying space station.

This article is about the streaming television miniseries. For the source material video game, see Alien: Isolation.
Alien: Isolation
GenreScience fiction horror
Based onAlien franchise
by Dan O'Bannon and
Ronald Shusett,
Alien: Isolation
by Creative Assembly
Written byJeff Juhasz
Story by
Directed byFabien Dubois
Starring
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • George Goldman
  • Julien Mokrani
Producers
EditorRomain Rioult
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time8–14 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkIGN
Original releaseFebruary 28, 2019 (February 28, 2019)

Premise

Alien: Isolation takes place fifteen years after the original film and follows Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley, as she accompanies a Weyland-Yutani team being sent to retrieve the flight recorder of the Nostromo (recently located by the crew of salvage vessel Anesidora and being held aboard the Seegson Corporation's remote Sevastopol space station in orbit around the KG-348 gas giant) at the request of Christopher Samuels, an android working for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, so that Ripley can have closure regarding the fate of her missing mother. Ripley, Samuels, and Weyland-Yutani corporate counsel Nina Taylor travel to Sevastopol aboard the Torrens, a courier ship, only to find the station damaged and its communications offline. After attempting to spacewalk over to the station to investigate, their EVA line is severed by debris, and Ripley is separated from the others and forced to enter the station on her own, encountering hostile worker androids, violent human survivors, and an unknown alien organism that stalks her throughout the station.[1]

Cast and characters
Main article: List of Alien characters

Main
  • Andrea Deck as Amanda Ripley, a freelance ship's engineer determined to learn the fate of her missing mother, Ellen. Deck also voices Ellen Ripley in episodes 6 and 7.
  • Anthony Howell as Christopher Samuels, an android and senior employee of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation assigned to lead the team sent to collect Nostromo's flight recorder.
  • Emerald O'Hanrahan as Nina Taylor, and up-and-coming lawyer in Weyland-Yutani's legal division tasked with ensuring that the company is absolved of responsibility for the loss of Nostromo.
  • Sean Gilder as Henry Marlow, captain of Anesidora and a survivor trapped aboard Sevastopol.

Recurring
  • Richie Campbell as Ricardo
    • Syrus Lowe provided the motion capture and likeness for Ricardo.
  • William Hope as Colonial Marshal Waits, Sevastopol's chief law enforcement officer.

Guest
  • Jane Perry as Diane Verlaine, captain of the Torrens (episode 1).
  • George Anton as Axel, a survivor and employee of the Sevastopol's maintenance department who teaches Amanda survival skills (episode 2).
  • Melanie Gutteridge as Catherine Foster (episode 4)

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Episode 1"Fabien DuboisJeff JuhaszFebruary 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)
Fifteen years after her mother disappeared on the deep space towing ship Nostromo, Amanda Ripley travels to a remote space station that may hold clues to her mother's fate. But disaster strikes as she arrives at her destination.
2"Episode 2"Fabien DuboisJeff JuhaszFebruary 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)
Amanda discovers that the space station Sevastopol is anything but a safe haven. And mechanical failures and violent colonists aren't the only dangers on the facility.
3"Episode 3"Fabien DuboisJeff JuhaszFebruary 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)
Sevastopol's mystery killer hunts Amanda as she searches for her missing companions.
4"Episode 4"Fabien DuboisJeff JuhaszFebruary 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)
Marlow reveals how the alien came to Sevastopol, and Amanda partners with Colonial Marshal Waits to hunt the creature.
5"Episode 5"Fabien DuboisJeff JuhaszFebruary 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)
Amanda discovers that Sevastopol's android caretakers have an agenda of their own, and powerful outside forces have put everyone's lives in danger.
6"Episode 6"Fabien DuboisJeff JuhaszFebruary 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)
With the alien threat multiplying, Amanda pursues Marlow back to his ship, where the salvager reveals one last secret.
7"Episode 7"Fabien DuboisJeff JuhaszFebruary 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)
Amanda discovers that the alien infestation has grown beyond her worst fears. Her only hope of survival is a shot in the dark.

Production

Development

On February 13, 2019, Bloody Disgusting reported that two Alien television series were in development, one animated, one live-action.[2] On February 20, 2019, Axis Animation reported that a seven-episode animated adaptation of the 2014 video game Alien: Isolation was in development.[3] On February 27, 2019, it was announced that IGN had given the production of an Alien: Isolation miniseries a series order to consist of seven quarter-hour episodes, each consisting of a combination of cut scenes from the game, newly rendered scenes, and first-person segments in the game that were re-shot and edited for the purposes of the streaming television series, to be exclusively released on IGN the following day. The series was set to be written by Jeff Juhasz and produced by Reverse Engineering Studios (RES) and DVgroup.[4]

Casting

Alongside the initial series announcement, it was reported that the cast of the original Alien: Isolation game would reprise their characters for the series, including Andrea Deck as Amanda and Ellen Ripley.

Release

Marketing

On February 27, 2019, the official trailer was released which included the announcement that the show would premiere on February 28, 2019.[4]

References
  1. Griffin, David (February 28, 2019). "How Alien: Isolation Digital Series expands Amanda Ripley's story from the 2014 game". IGN. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  2. Squires, John (February 13, 2019). "[Rumor] Two 'Alien' Franchise TV Shows in the Works, One from Ridley Scott and Hulu?".
  3. Squires, John (February 20, 2019). ""R" Rated 'Alien: Isolation' Animated Series is Reportedly On the Way!".
  4. Schwartz, Terri (February 27, 2019). "Exclusive Alien: Isolation Trailer announces Digital Series Debut on IGN". IGN. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
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