Director Neill Blomkamp came close to making an Alien movie that would ignore continuity, but it never happened. Here's why, according to Sigourney Weaver.

Sigourney Weaver has shared some new thoughts about why Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 never happened. Weaver played Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott’s Alien, which was released in 1979. She then went on to ...

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 ...

Looking for the definitive ranking of the Alien movies? We've got you covered. It's been 46 years since Ridley Scott's original flick introduced audiences to a slick, acid-blooded creature with a ...

Michael Fassbender in a scene from the motion picture "Prometheus." Photo by 20th Century Fox [Via MerlinFTP Drop] This movie is awful. Within 30 seconds it undoes essentially everything they worked ...

Alien movies and shows have established a permanent place in science fiction history. Since 1979, the franchise has terrified viewers with its vision of survival against impossible odds. The Xenomorph ...

At the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, Weaver hosted a masterclass following a screening of Alien. During that, she talked about unrealized projects in the Alien universe. First was Neill Blomkamp’s ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The entire "Alien" franchise timeline stretches across hundreds of years, keeping fans figuring out the ins and outs of the lore and who's to ...

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: ...

Unlike the furthest reaches of the galaxy, the Alien films provide a safe space to scream. Across 45 years now, the chest-bursting series following those pesky xenomorphs and the stupid humans who ...