The Alien franchise ranks among the most iconic science fiction sagas in history, and deserves to be ranked alongside Star Wars, Star Trek, and Mad Max. What began as an edgy thriller pitched as “Jaws ...

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 ...

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, ...

LOS ANGELES, May 23 (Reuters) - Sigourney Weaver was an unknown 28-year-old stage actress when she landed the role of Ripley in director Ridley Scott's now classic sci-fi horror movie "Alien." Ripley, ...

There seem to be two types of "Alien" fans in the world. In one camp, there are people who like the slow, ineffable dread of Ridley Scott's 1979 film "Alien," and who appreciate the series as a ...

Sigourney Weaver shocked fans of the Alien franchise when, back in October 2025, she revealed that she had read a 50-page treatment by franchise producer Walter Hill for a new Alien movie. More than ...

As even the most casual fans of the franchise are sure to know, Alien and its immediate sequel Aliens remain undisputed classics in the larger annals of science fiction. Alien 3, on the other hand ...

At the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, Weaver hosted a masterclass following a screening of Alien. During that, she talked about unrealized projects in the Alien universe. First was Neill Blomkamp’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sigourney Weaver stars in the Alien franchise credit:Bang Showbiz Sigourney Weaver thinks the Alien franchise was "ahead of its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the midst of a global promotional tour for her new movie, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Sigourney Weaver made a brief detour to Saudi ...