Fans of the Alien franchise almost got an explanation for where the Xenomorph came from in the first sequel, 1986's Aliens. James Cameron, of course, went in a different direction when he signed on as ...

Alien: Earth is set in the year 2120 CE, when a spaceship called the Maginot returns from a 65-year mission with a hold full of extra-terrestrial specimens to study. A lot has happened in its 65 years ...

With any fandom, there are always specific ideas about how and why things can and should work. That can be true on an individual basis, or a global basis as the fanbase argues about “canon” – what is, ...

But how did Weyland-Yutani even know that the derelict ship with the Xenomorph eggs was out there? And how did they know so much about the Xenomorphs, enough to send a ship out to retrieve it, at the ...

Watching the movies and show in chronological order isn't the same as watching them in order of their release date Nothing is as it seems in the Alien universe — including its fictional timeline. For ...

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HBO Max is no longer the place to watch the unfairly overlooked and over-hated Alien: Covenant, which is one of Ridley ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

Reproduced in J.W. Rinzler's 2020 book The Making of Aliens, the mini-treatment laid out a number of general story beats that would make it into the eventual screenplay written by director James ...

The timeline of the Alien franchise is a bit confusing, and even contradictory. So where does Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth series fit in? The timeline of the Alien film franchise is, to put it mildly, a ...