'Alien: Earth 2': Tracey Ullman, Sam Spruell and Jerome Flynn join the second season

Actors Tracey Ullman, Sam Spruell and Jerome Flynn turned in the latest additions to the second season of the FX series "Alien: Earth".Ullman is known for her roles in projects such as "Plenty" and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights", among others.Spruell has been a part of "Snow White & the Huntsman", "Taken 3" and "The Hurt Locker". Flynn is best known for his role as Bronn in Game of Thrones. He has also featured alongside Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren in the "Yellowstone" prequel "1923" at Paramount+.The newly added actors are joining Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, and Timothy Olyphant, who are set to reprise the roles as Wendy, Hermit and Kirsh, respectively, according to the entertainment news outlet Variety.The series also features actors Essie Davis, Babou Ceesay, Samuel Blenkin, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Adrian Edmondson, David Rysdahl, Moe Bar-El, and Sandra Yi Sencindiver, among others.Created by

Noah Hawley

, the first season released in 2025 and comprised eight episodes. It is a prequel based on the original "Alien" sci-fi horror film franchise. The series explored a dystopian corporate era set on Earth, where five mega-corporations vie for immortality through cyborgs, androids, and "hybrids"-human consciousness uploaded into synthetic bodies.

The next season, which is currently in production in London, will pick up as Weyland-Yutani corporate forces close in on Prodigy Island to reclaim their aliens.The release date hasn't been announced, but the project is expected to release in 2027 on FX and Hulu.