2012's Prometheus is one of the most controversial sci-fi outings of the 21st century, but it is an essential piece of the ...

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

3I/ATLAS has passed its closest point to Earth, meaning we will soon lose sight of it for good. Some scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase down the alien comet — or the next interstellar ...

Case in point: James Cameron’s Aliens took a sharp turn from Ridley Scott’s original film, changing the tone from a sci-fi/horror nightmare to an action-horror thrill ride. Cameron was clearly ...

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, ...

Sigourney Weaver has shared some new thoughts about why Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 never happened. Weaver played Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott’s Alien, which was released in 1979. She then went on to ...

‘Alien: Earth’ will return for a second season. Creator Noah Hawley has signed a new deal with FX. The new season will start shooting next year. As one of the biggest, buzziest TV hits of the year, ...

Ridley Scott actually shot a roughly two-minute scene for Alien (later incorporated into the Director's Cut in truncated form) in which, during the climax aboard the Nostromo, Ripley discovers a dead ...

If I had a nickel for every film that fell through in Hollywood, I’d be as rich as those jerks at Weyland Yutani. Thus was the case for District 9 director Neill Blomkamp’s once highly anticipated ...

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Veronica Cartwright and Sigourney Weaver in a scene from the 1979 movie 'Alien' The actress, who played Nostromo navigator Lambert, revealed during a recent New York Comic Con reunion panel that she ...