Jean-Pierre Jeunet instead directed the 1997 franchise installment. Half a decade before launching his own franchise with “28 Days Later,” Danny Boyle rejected the chance to take on one of the biggest ...

Legendary director Ridley Scott has indicated he has moved on from the Alien franchise, declaring: “I think I’ve done enough.” The 87-year-old English film director and producer, who directed 1979’s ...

With Alien: Earth, a new FX series from creator Noah Hawley, comes the perfect excuse to watch all of the movies from the series that brought us Ellen Ripley, the Xenomorph, David the android, and a ...

Could Sigourney Weaver take to space as Alien's Ellen Ripley once more? Weaver, 76, said during a New York Comic Con panel on Friday, Oct. 10 that she recently had a meeting with Disney, which owns ...

That is where the story of Ripley should have ended, but we got Alien: Resurrection anyway. And that might have been okay if the film stuck its ambitious landing…but it didn’t. Alien: Resurrection ...

This article contains spoilers for Alien: Earth through Episode 6, as well as the rest of the Alien movie series. Alien: Resurrection, the fourth movie in the Alien franchise, is a mixed bag. Written ...

Earth has always played an important role in the Alien franchise, if even by its notable absence. Outside of a brief glimpse at the end of 1997's Alien: Resurrection, and a less brief glimpse in the ...

(CNN) — In space, no one can hear you scream, but they can sure hear you scratching your head as you try to make sense of the sprawling “Alien” universe. While Ridley Scott’s 1979 haunted-house-in-the ...

Watch the Alien franchise in order with our comprehensive list, from the 1979 original to Alien: Earth, and including the Alien vs. Predator crossovers. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...