Outside of the movies, it’s hard to find something more beloved within the Alien franchise than the 2014 video game Alien: ...

The Alien franchise has been a cornerstone of the sci-fi genre since Ridley Scott unleashed the xenomorph on the world in 1979. Now, as the decades have passed, the franchise has had highs and lows ...

For years, there was chatter online about District 9 director Neill Blomkamp's plans for Alien 5. The plan was for Ripley and Newt to return, making up for the missteps made with the characters in ...

Sigourney Weaver shocked fans of the Alien franchise when, back in October 2025, she revealed that she had read a 50-page treatment by franchise producer Walter Hill for a new Alien movie. More than ...

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Russo joined IndieWire's roundtable of composers to discuss his work on the sci-fi series.

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Alien 3 was one of the wildest and bleakest chapters in the franchise, as it strips away hope almost immediately. Set in the prison world of Fiorina 161, the film isolates Ellen Ripley among violent ...