Set in 2120, it hinges on a batch of alien and various mutating specimens who crash-land on Earth in a research vessel that’s owned by one of five corporations that now rule during this Corporate Era — a chillingly plausible schematic.

Both new and familiar alien lifeforms lurk around in the Disney series “Alien: Earth,” based on the original 1979 Ridley Scott "Alien" movie.

This new spin-off series follows Wendy, a humanoid robot “hybrid” prototype who joins forces with an unlikely crew of tactical soldiers when a ship from deep space, the USCSS Maginot, hits Earth in a crash landing.