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Main cast of 1979's Alien (left to right: Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Sigourney Weaver, Yaphet Kotto, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright and John Hurt). Alien, a science-fiction action horror franchise, tells the story of humanity's ongoing encounters with Aliens (xenomorphs): a hostile, endoparasitoid, extraterrestrial species.
Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film written and directed by James Cameron. It is the sequel to the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien, and the second film in the Alien franchise. Set in the far future, it stars Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of an alien attack on her ship. When communications are lost with a ...
Alien 2: On Earth, also known as Alien Terror, is a 1980 Italian science fiction horror film, written and directed by Ciro Ippolito before the trademark Alien was registered. It was released following the success of the 1979 film Alien as an unofficial sequel , albeit having no connection to the film.
The "Alien" franchise is one of the most beloved in the sci-fi genre. Here are all nine movies in the franchise, ranked. See where the latest one, "Alien: Romulus," lands on the list.
Also set in 2179, Alien 3 picks up with Ridley right after the events of Aliens.The movie was helmed by David Fincher—his first feature film, though he was not happy with the finished product ...
FLASHBACKS: A director with few credits to his name. A leading lady the studio didn’t want to pay. A mutiny by the British crew. As new sequel ‘Alien: Romulus’ hits cinemas, Tom Fordy looks ...
Alien is a science fiction horror and action media franchise centered on the original film series which depicts warrant officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as the Alien ("Xenomorph"), and the prequel series following the exploits of the David 8 android (Michael Fassbender) and the aliens referred to as the "Engineers".
The movie—which stars Cailee Spaeny David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu—acts as a stand-alone that takes place between the events of the Alien (1979) and ...