Alien (franchise)

Alien
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Created by	Dan O'Bannon Ronald Shusett
Original work	Alien (1979)
Owner	20th Century Studios
Years	1979–present
Print publications
Novel(s)	List of novels
Comics	List of comics
Films and television
Film(s)	Original series: Alien (1979) Aliens (1986) Alien 3 (1992) Alien Resurrection (1997) Alien vs. Predator films: Alien vs. Predator (2004) Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) Prometheus films: Prometheus (2012) Alien: Covenant (2017) Alien: Romulus (2024)
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)
Web series	Alien: Isolation (2019)
Theatrical presentations
Play(s)	Alien: The Play (2019)
Games
Video game(s)	List of video games
Audio
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)
Miscellaneous
Character(s)	List of characters

Alien is a science fiction horror and action media franchise centered on the original film series which depicts warrant officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as the Alien ("Xenomorph"), and the prequel series following the exploits of the David 8 android (Michael Fassbender) and the aliens referred to as the "Engineers".

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 the prequel series films Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017). This was followed by Alien: Romulus (2024), which is set between the first two films and was directed by Fede Álvarez.

The series has led to numerous novels, comics, video games and an upcoming television series also titled Alien: Earth, developed by Scott for FX on Hulu, with Noah Hawley. It has inspired a number of spin-offs – most notably the Alien vs. Predator series, which combines the continuities of the Alien franchise with the Predator franchise and consists of two films as well as various series of comics, books, and video games.