Alien (franchise)
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Alien is an American science fiction horror and action media franchise created by screenwriters Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, which began as the 1979 film Alien. The series primarily follows deadly encounters between humans and the extraterrestrial Xenomorphs in the future.
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Key facts
- Created by
- Dan O'Bannon , Ronald Shusett
- Original work
- Alien (1979)
- Owner
- 20th Century Studios
- Years
- 1979–present
- Novel s
- List of novels
- Comics
- List of comics
- Film s
- Alien (1979) Aliens (1986) Alien 3 (1992) Alien Resurrection (1997) Prometheus (2012) Alien: Covenant (2017) Alien: Romulus (2024) Crossover films: Alien vs. Predator (2004) Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
- Short film s
- Prometheus films: TED 2023 (2012) Quiet Eye: Elizabeth Shaw (2012) Alien 40th anniversary films: Alien: Containment (2019) Alien: Specimen (2019) Alien: Night Shift (2019) Alien: Ore (2019) Alien: Harvest (2019) Alien: Alone (2019)
- Television series
- Alien: Earth (2025–present)
- Web series
- Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series (2019)
- Play s
- Alien: The Play (2019)
- Video game s
- List of video games
- Soundtrack s
- Alien (1979) Aliens (1987) Alien 3 (1992) Alien Resurrection (1997) Alien vs. Predator (2004) Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) Prometheus (2012) Alien: Covenant (2017) Alien: Romulus (2024)
- Character s
- List of characters
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Encyclopedic overview
Alien is an American science fiction horror and action media franchise created by screenwriters Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, which began as the 1979 film Alien. The series primarily follows deadly encounters between humans and the extraterrestrial Xenomorphs in the future.
Released as seven films distributed by 20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox) and produced by Brandywine Productions since 1979, the series has led to numerous novels, comics, and video games, and a 2025 television series created by Noah Hawley titled Alien: Earth. Sigourney Weaver starred as warrant officer Ellen Ripley in the first four films, Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien: Resurrection (1997). The other three films follow different characters, and include prequels Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), and Alien: Romulus (2024), which is set between the first two films. The films were directed by Ridley Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Fede Álvarez.
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