SYFY has released the official trailer forResident Alien, a new sci-fi dramedy TV show starringAlanTudyk. The SYFY show is based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name. Previously, we shared thefirst seven minutes ofResident Alien. The opening footage was first shown at the New York Comic Con 2020 Metaverse panel. In those seven minutes, fans of the comic and potential viewers of the TV show were introduced to the titular resident alien, Harry Vanderspeigle (Tudyk), who maintains a human form while also serving as the doctor in a small Colorado community.
The officialResident Alientrailer offers tons of exciting teases about the story it plans to unravel over the course of the first season’s 10 episodes. We’re once again introduced to Harry both as a human doctor and as an alien. We also get to meet the cast of characters in the Colorado town where Harry now lives, including the colorful Sheriff Mike Thompson (Corey Reynolds). TheResident Alientrailer not only previews Harry’s new life on Earth but also teases a murder mystery that will allow Harry to put all of the knowledge he’s acquired watchingLaw & Orderto good use. Can Harry catch a small-town serial killer without his true identity being revealed?
SYFY’sResident Aliencomes from UCP, in association with Amblin TV and Dark Horse Entertainment.Resident Alienwas adapted to television by executive producerChrisSheridan(Family Guy).MikeRichardson(Hellboy) andKeithGoldberg(The Legend of Tarzan) of Dark Horse Entertainment, andJustinFalvey(The Americans) andDarrylFrank(The Americans) of Amblin TV serve as executive producers.DavidDobkin(Wedding Crashers)also executive produced and directed the pilot.
Resident Alienpremieres on SYFY on August 02, 2025, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Watch the official trailer for the new sci-fi comedy show below.
Here’s the official synopsis and poster forResident Alien:
Based on the Dark Horse comic, SYFY’s ‘Resident Alien’ follows Harry, an alien played by Alan Tudyk (‘Rogue One,’ ‘Firefly’) that crash lands on Earth and passes himself off as a small-town human doctor. Arriving with a secret mission to kill all humans, Harry starts off living a simple life… but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does so, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: ‘Are human beings worth saving?’ and ‘Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?’ Sara Tomko (‘Once Upon A Time’), Corey Reynolds (‘The Closer’), Alice Wetterlund (‘Silicon Valley’), and Levi Fiehler (‘Mars’) star as the big personalities of Patience, Colorado.
