In 2012, Ridley Scott returned to the franchise that he created in 1979 when he directed Prometheus, a prequel to Alien. With this movie, he made some major changes, retconning what some of the ...

The Alien franchise has been a fascinating way to look at the past 45 years of Hollywood blockbusters. The first film was directed by an up-and-coming auteur who remains a prolific filmmaker decades ...

When the universe as we know it collapses, the only creatures with a chance of surviving to see the next age would be akin to Ridley Scott’s xenomorphs. Like the “Alien” franchise itself, they’re ...

Brad LaCour is a Senior List Writer for Collider. Based out of Los Angeles, California, Brad lives close enough to the stars but is too busy to find out where exactly they live. Brad is fairly certain ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the Alien franchise heads into new territory -- both thematically and format..ily -- with the TV series Alien: Earth, we're ...

The timeline of the Alien franchise has been explored out of chronological order, so it could do with being cleared up. The Alien franchise kicked off in 1979 with Ridley Scott’s titular original ...

Sam Barsanti has written about pop-culture for 10 years, and his work has appeared at The A.V. Club, Primetimer, IGN, and Collider. He has also contributed to the popular daily Hustle newsletter, ...