The writer-director also discusses why adapting Ridley Scott’s franchise for TV became a passion project When Noah Hawley started working on what would become “Alien: Earth,” he knew it was vital to capture the shock and horror audiences first felt when they saw Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic. That’s a tall order considering the “Alien” franchise has gutted all of the Xenomorph’s surprises over the course of seven films and two crossover movies. “I’ve managed somehow to have this niche of