This article contains spoilers for Alien: Earth through Episode 6, as well as the rest of the Alien movie series. Alien: Resurrection, the fourth movie in the Alien franchise, is a mixed bag. Written ...

That had a young strong female character which is the direction they wanted for the series. Initially they wanted to clone Newt and have her be the films protagonist. Alien 3 released before Jurassic ...

Jean-Pierre Jeunet instead directed the 1997 franchise installment. Half a decade before launching his own franchise with “28 Days Later,” Danny Boyle rejected the chance to take on one of the biggest ...

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: ...