Andre Malerba

Photographer

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Alien: Earth for The New York Times

Clients: US Holocaust Memorial Museum, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Rest of World, The Washington Post

School: The International Center of Photography The University of Vermont

Star actress Sydney Chandler (c...akan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

Star actress Sydney Chandler (center, right), actor Jonothan Ajayi (center, left) and actress Lily Newmark (left) and supporting cast on the set of FX’s upcoming Alien television series at The Studio Park Thailand in Samut Prakan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

Actress Lily Newmark (center) a...akan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

Actress Lily Newmark (center) and crew on the set of FX’s upcoming Alien television series at The Studio Park Thailand in Samut Prakan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

A screen prop on the set of FX&...akan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

A screen prop on the set of FX’s upcoming Alien television series at The Studio Park Thailand in Samut Prakan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

Actor Jonothan Ajayi on the set...akan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

Actor Jonothan Ajayi on the set of FX’s upcoming Alien television series at The Studio Park Thailand in Samut Prakan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

Director Noah Hawley (center) w...akan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

Director Noah Hawley (center) works with cast and crew on the set of FX’s upcoming Alien television series at The Studio Park Thailand in Samut Prakan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

Cast and crew on the set of FX&...akan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

Cast and crew on the set of FX’s upcoming Alien television series at The Studio Park Thailand in Samut Prakan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

Director Noah Hawley observes a...akan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

Director Noah Hawley observes a monitor on the set of FX’s upcoming Alien television series at The Studio Park Thailand in Samut Prakan, Thailand, April 12, 2024.

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Alien: Earth for The New York Times

Copyright Andre Malerba 2025

Updated Sep 2025

Topics Media, Spotlight

"For “Alien: Earth,” the extreme conditions were both a challenge and a feature. The show was drawn to Thailand by the up-do-date facilities and skilled workforce, and by proximity to dramatic coastal and mountain locations. But its vision of Earth in 2120, when corporations have replaced governments and climate change has made the planet hospitable for all sorts of alien parasites, was also a good fit for the local natural environment.

“Look, it’s a story that’s set on Earth in the future,” Noah Hawley, the show’s creator and principal writer, said. “Part of the reason we’re in Bangkok filming is, it’s going to be a hotter, wetter planet."

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