Although the plot of Prometheus might seem confusing, it is relatively easy to understand where Ridley Scott’s 2012 prequel takes place in the Alien franchise timeline. The Alien movies have ...

(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 ...

Explorers go to a planet that they believe holds clues to the origins of mankind. While the 2025 TV show ignores the Prometheus arc, it remains the oldest, non-AVP installment in the franchise. It ...

The Alien franchise timeline (listed below) consists of movies, books, comics, and games. For those looking for strict canon most look to the movies, of course, but the books, comics, and games are ...

The “Alien” franchise gets an exciting new entry in its first TV series, “Alien: Earth,” which explores life on our planet in the context of the hunt for xenomorphs to study and weaponize. The ...

The timeline of the Alien film franchise is, to put it mildly, a bit wild. And a lot of it is contradictory. (Although we must say, it’s still not as all over the place as the Halloween franchise.) ...