Noah Hawley‘s “Alien” series at FX has filled out its main cast with six new additions, Variety has learned exclusively.
Babou Ceesay (“Guerrilla,” “Damilola”), Jonathan Ajayi (“Wonder Woman 1984,” “Noughts and Crosses”), Erana James (“Uproar,” “The Wilds”), Lily Newmark (“Pin Cushion,” “Sex Education”), Diêm Camille (“Washington Black,” “Alex Rider 3”), and Adrian Edmondson (“War & Peace,” “A Spy Among Friends”) have all been cast in the series.
They join previously announced cast members Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, David Rysdahl, Samuel Blenkin, and Adarsh Gourav.
Plot and character details are being kept under tight wraps on the project, which was first announced in December 2020. The only detail that has been confirmed is that the show will take place on Earth in the not-too-distant future.
Scripts for the series were completed ahead of the recent writers’ strike, and production began on the show in Thailand in July after the onset of the SAG-AFTRA strike with the British cast members who were members of Equity, the British entertainment union. Production was eventually placed on hold, but is expected to resume in the beginning of 2024.
Ceesay is repped by The Artists Partnership, Entertainment 360, and Granderson Des Rochers, LLP. Ajayi repped by The Artists Partnership, Range Media Partners, and Felker Toczek. James is repped by RGM Artists, Anonymous Content, and Sloane Offer. Newmark is repped by Insight Management & Production, Stride Management, and Yorn Levine Barnes Krintzman. Camille is repped by Thrive Talent, Team Players and Myman Greenspan. Edmondson is repped by United Agents and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
(Pictured, left to right: Adrian Edmondson, Erana James, Jonathan Ajayi, Diêm Camille, Babou Ceesay, Lily Newmark)
