The timeline of the Alien film franchise is, to put it mildly, a bit wild. And a lot of it is contradictory. (Although we must say, it’s still not as all over the place as the Halloween franchise .) There are the first four films. centering on Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, the two Ridley Scott prequel films, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant , and the Alien vs. Predator movies, which are definitely in their own little continuity bubble. And, of course, last year’s “in-between-quel,” Alien: Romulus . So, how does Noah Hawley’s new Alien: Earth series fit into it all? Or does it even really connect? Well, it definitely connects to the original 1979 Alien film and its three sequels, and therefore, Romulus. As for the rest? That’s where it gets tricky.
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