Director Neill Blomkamp came close to making an Alien movie that would ignore continuity, but it never happened. Here's why, according to Sigourney Weaver.

As Sigourney Weaver hints that Ripley might return for a new Alien sequel, we look at the conception, death and possible rebirth of Alien 5… NB: The following contains spoilers for Alien 3 and Alien: ...

Thanks to the success of Alien: Romulus and Alien: Earth, the Alien franchise is hotter than ever before, burning through the competition like acid burning through the hull. This has only intensified ...

For years, there was chatter online about District 9 director Neill Blomkamp's plans for Alien 5. The plan was for Ripley and Newt to return, making up for the missteps made with the characters in ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

At the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, Weaver hosted a masterclass following a screening of Alien. During that, she talked about unrealized projects in the Alien universe. First was Neill Blomkamp’s ...

FX's Alien: Earth episode 5 functions as its own Alien movie, shedding light on the final, terrible day aboard the USCSS Maginot before it crash-landed on Earth in the very first episode. It's an ...

So, Alien: Earth turned out not to be that great (despite being popular). Fortunately, you’ve still got the best Alien movies to watch. The franchise pioneered space horror and made the xenomorph a ...

Sean is an Upstate NY-based TV Features writer for Collider. He studied Graphic Design at MVCC and has been a graphic designer in the music industry and beyond since 2010. He combines his love of ...