Aliens could have been developed into a TV miniseries by Legion show-runner Noah Hawley, but the pitch was declined by Fox.
Deadline (via Bloody Disgusting) reports that Hawley, creator and writer of Fargo and Legion, wanted to bring an Aliens miniseries to the now Disney-owned FX channel in the “recent past,” but the proposal was shut down by Fox’s Vice Chairman, Emma Watts.
According to the report, Watts has been thwarting numerous attempts to have Fox’s film properties ‘re-purposed’ for television. She similarly prevented Searchlight from doing “something” with The Omen franchise.
Source: IGN.com Alien TV Series: Noah Hawley Pitched an FX Miniseries That Fox Shot Down