Featuring the good (Alien and Aliens), the bad (Alien: Resurrection), and the ugly (Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem)

2012's Prometheus is one of the most controversial sci-fi outings of the 21st century, but it is an essential piece of the Alien franchise today.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- More than 40 years after the first "Alien" movie hit theaters, the xenomorph is back, this time to terrorize audiences at home. The new FX series "Alien Earth" is the first television show from a franchise that features nine movies.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kerry Brown/Fox; Murray Close/ 20th Century Studios; Snap Stills/REX/Shutterstock Michael Fassbender as David in 'Prometheus', Cailee Spaeny as Rain Carradine in 'Alien: Romulus', and ...

There's nothing in Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror classic Alien to suggest the beginning of a sprawling intergalactic saga, but the Alien franchise has proven surprisingly consistent and rewarding over the past several decades. Never before has it been ...

(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-cosmos horror story “Alien” may have kicked ...

Nobody pleaded that "Fargo," that 1996 cinematic gem from Joel and Ethan Coen, should be made into a TV series. And yet writer and director Noah Hawley has (so far) delivered five seasons and an award-winning hit, against steep odds. Now, Hawley is looking ...

Sigourney Weaver, who famously stars as Ellen Ripley in the iconic sci-fi “Alien” franchise, applauded FX’s series “Alien: Earth” as a “beautifully done” prequel. “I can’t believe it’s television, frankly,” Weaver told Collider in an ...

When FX announced it was developing a TV series from the “Alien” franchise, fans might have expected its makers to have egg on their faces. But it turns out Emmy-winning screenwriter Noah Hawley was the right person to hatch something unexpected and ...

Alien: Earth creator’s genius 5-part crime series returns to the global streaming charts 12 years after airing.