Alien

Back in the day, if you accidentally created a giant plot hole in your science fiction saga, you were done, your goose droid cooked, with nothing to look forward to but the prospect of future generations looking back scornfully at your ever-sullied work of cinema.But then along came Star Wars: Rogue One, a movie that somehow made sense of all the really silly bits in 1977’s Star Wars, such as the climactic sequence in which Luke Skywalker managed to blow up the Death Star in his tiny little star fighter. It turned out…

This week we saw the first Alien: Romulus trailer and the new film from director Fede Alverez looks to be exactly what fans of the original sci-fi horror classic are hoping for. While the movie is set after the original Alien, before Aliens, the director promises the new movie won’t mess with the franchise, as he says he took great care to make sure the new movie didn't upset the series.Alien and Aliens are two of the best science fiction movies of all time, and that means there are a lot of fans who are both excited and…

Considering its eye-catching lineup of deeply unsettling yet oddly satisfying installments, it hardly comes as a surprise that the Alien franchise is as fruitful now as it’s ever been. And with Alien: Romulus hitting theaters in summer 2024, it’s clear that the film series is back to increase its longevity. Kickstarting all the way back in 1979 with Ridley Scott’s Alien, it certainly didn’t take long before the spine-tingling horror achieved triumphant success and built a passionate following of fans — especially in…

Alien is not only one of the longest-running horror franchises in film history ⏤ it’s also one of the most divisive. The first film is lauded as a feminist horror film, and the sequel, Aliens, was similarly celebrated. However, as the franchise stretched on, there were admitted missteps. 2017’s Alien: Covenant is generally regarded as one of the worst entries to the series despite being helmed by the franchise’s grumpy architect, Ridley Scott. Whether you love it or hate it, Prometheus also garners heated…

For years, we knew a Fede Álvarez-helmed Alien movie was coming, but had no idea what it would look like or be about. That changes right now.Disney, yes Disney, just dropped the first trailer for Alien: Romulus, which hits theaters August 16. Directed by Álvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe), the film stars Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla, Civil War) and Isabela Merced (Madame Web) as the latest badass ladies to fight the acid-blooded xenomorphs, joining the ranks of Sigourney Weaver and Noomi Rapace. But what’s it all about? We’ve…

Fede Álvarez started making an Alien movie without realizing he was making an Alien movie. He was in a meeting with Ridley Scott’s company right before Scott made Alien: Covenant, and he mentioned some things he would like to see. “I was like, ‘I think you guys should do this and approach it this way, and maybe it’s about that,’” he told the Hollywood Reporter. “And suddenly, I was pitching, but I was not really being asked to do it. So that stayed in the air there somehow, and then a couple of years later, Ridley…

Fede Alvarez writes and directs standalone franchise film out August 16 that takes place between Alien and Aliens The Alien saga returns to its extraterrestrial roots with the franchise’s upcoming Alien: Romulus, a standalone installment hitting movie theaters this August. The latest chapter takes place between the events of the franchise’s first two installments — 1979’s Alien and 1986’s Aliens — and judging by the teaser released Wednesday, writer/director Fede Alvarez brings Romulus back to…

The first trailer for franchise relaunch Alien: Romulus promises a return to the roots of the iconic sci-fi horror series.The film comes from the director of Don’t Breathe and Evil Dead, Fede Álvarez, yet has retained the director of the original, Ridley Scott, as producer and the Aliens director, James Cameron, as unofficial consultant.Originally intended to go straight to Hulu, in the footsteps of the Predator prequel, Prey, Alien: Romulus is now heading to cinemas this summer with Priscilla’s Cailee Spaeny leading a…

How to Make Alien IceTricks to produce strange “ordered” ice could reveal new ice formsBy Elise Cutts Most solids owe their solidity to the regular, latticelike arrangements of their molecules and atoms. But in the water ice that falls as snow or crusts over windows on frosty mornings, only the oxygen atoms are orderly; H2O’s two Hs can orient any which way.Ordered ices, whose hydrogen atoms are neatly organized instead, most likely exist elsewhere in the universe, such as within the high-pressure hearts of gas giants and…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified key chemical ingredients for life around two young protostars, hinting at the processes that may lead to habitable worlds. Credit: SciTechDaily.comAstronomers identified icy compounds made of complex organic molecules like alcohol and likely acetic acid, using Webb’s MIRI instrument, which was managed through launch by JPL.What do margaritas, vinegar, and ant stings have in common? They contain chemical ingredients that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified…