One thing that makes Alien: Isolation such a uniquely tense experience is that it feels so personal thanks to its protagonist, Amanda Ripley, being the daughter of Ellen Ripley, the beloved hero of ...

As for the second, Ripley also had a daughter who died while she was in space. Amanda Ripley isn’t established until Aliens, but the star character of the beloved video game Alien: Isolation was 10 ...

With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about gender and how depictions of female action heroes have evolved over ...

FX’s new series Alien: Earth centers on a female character taking on a horde of killer aliens — and so of course, any fan can’t help but be reminded of Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in the Alien films.

With everything going on in the Alien universe, one character we all assumed to be safely retired was Ellen Ripley. Sigourney Weaver’s iconic character and star of the franchise’s first four movies ...

Sigourney Weaver has given an update regarding her return to the Alien franchise. Weaver is known for playing Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, with the character having appeared in 1979’s Alien, ...

"It would not be running around airshafts, it would be a very different kind of 'Alien,' " Sigourney Weaver said of a potential 'Alien' sequel Jason Mendez/Getty; Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty ...