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 ...

At seven feature-length films in total (without counting the Predator offshoots), the Alien franchise has chapters upon chapters of canon. What started with the characters introduced in Ridley Scott’s ...

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 ...

(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 ...