Alien: Earth's second season risks overcomplicating the already convoluted Alien franchise timeline by introducing new lore and events too close to the original film's setting.

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 ...

FX’s new sci-fi series Alien: Earth, created by Noah Hawley, finally answers one of the biggest questions fans ask whenever a new Alien project arrives — where does it fit into the franchise’s ...

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 ...

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 ...