The Man Who Fell to Earth

The American science fiction television series, created by Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman, is based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The novel has been previously made into a film in 1976, with the infamous David Bowie as the lead. The series stars Academy Award nominee and Emmy nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor as an alien who arrives on earth on a mission to learn to become human and find Justin Falls, played by Academy Award Nominee Naomie Harris, a woman who can help save his species. Together they work towards finding a way to save his world, which requires them to save Earth first as it is also on a trajectory to death. The cast includes Jimmi Simpson, Clarke Peters, Rob Delaney, Sonya Cassidy, Joana Ribeiro and Bill Nighy among others.