The timeline of the Alien film franchise is, to put it mildly, a bit wild. And a lot of it is contradictory. (Although we must say, it’s still not as all over the place as the Halloween franchise.) ...

In 1979 when director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Dan O'Bannon introduced audiences to their space-set, haunted house film, Alien, creating a franchise wasn't even on their minds. An original story, ...

(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 ...

Unlike Star Wars, which takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far away, the Alien movies have always been a glimpse into humanity's distant-but-imaginable future. Putting aside the non-canon Alien ...

The “Alien” franchise gets an exciting new entry in its first TV series, “Alien: Earth,” which explores life on our planet in the context of the hunt for xenomorphs to study and weaponize. The ...

The newest trailer for FX and Hulu’s Alien: Earth revealed a lot more than we’d seen before. Including new alien species besides the Xenomorph, and a good look at Earth during this era. We also got an ...

At seven feature-length films in total (without counting the Predator offshoots), the Alien franchise has chapters upon chapters of canon. What started with the characters introduced in Ridley Scott’s ...

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(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. (CNN) — In space, no one can hear you scream, ...

As a franchise with a mixed history of huge highs and frustrating lows, any new Alien project is met with caution from fans. However, it seems the latest installment in the franchise, the first ...

The Alien franchise timeline (listed below) consists of movies, books, comics, and games. For those looking for strict canon most look to the movies, of course, but the books, comics, and games are ...