When Ridley Scott directed 2012’s Prometheus, returning to the Alien franchise that he began 33 years earlier, the results were rather underwhelming. Scott wanted to explore how these acid-blooded ...

The film critic, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, blamed the focus on backstory for the film’s arguably shoddy quality. “It’s absolutely confirmation for me that Ridley Scott is as good as the script ...

Ridley Scott directs and Katherine Waterston stars in “Alien: Covenant”. (Twentieth Century Fox) “Alien: Covenant” is a science fiction horror film that’s the sixth in the “Alien” franchise and the ...

Mercifully it didn’t come to that as Scott decided to start again five years ago with Prometheus, a prequel to the original Alien, set some 20 years before Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley confronted the ...

RIDLEY Scott had a big task: Make amends for the confusing mess that was Prometheus. His approach? Go back to what he knows works. It compellingly made a case for exploring the idea of creation — a ...