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''Alien'' is a science-fiction horror and action media franchise centered on the film series which depicts warrant officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as "the Alien" or Xenomorph. Produced and distributed by 20th Century Studios, the series began with ''Alien'' (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, and was followed by three sequels: ''Aliens'' (1986), directed by James Cameron; ''Alien 3'' (1992), directed by David Fincher, and ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Scott also directed a prequel series, composed of ''Prometheus'' (2012) and '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017), which follows the exploits of the David 8 android and the creators of the eponymous creatures referred to as the "Engineers". The series has led to numerous novels, comics, video games and an upcoming television series developed by Scott for FX on Hulu, with Noah Hawley. It has inspired a number of spin-offs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Alien (film Series) Characters
''Alien'', a science-fiction action horror franchise, tells the story of humanity's ongoing encounters with Aliens (xenomorphs): a hostile, endoparasitoid, extraterrestrial species. Set between the 21st and 24th centuries over several generations, the film series revolves around a character ensemble's struggle for survival against the Aliens and against the greedy, unscrupulous megacorporation Weyland-Yutani. The original series consists of four films, ''Alien'' (1979), '' Aliens'' (1986), ''Alien 3'' (1992) and ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), and revolves around Ellen Ripley's fight against the aliens. Ripley is the sole survivor of an alien rampage on the space freighter ''Nostromo'', which leads her to a series of conflicts with the species and Weyland-Yutani. Ripley's struggle is the plot of the original series. The prequel series, ''Prometheus'' (2012) and '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017), depicts humanity's genesis at the hands of an ancient extraterrestrial race known as the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
