Alien: Earth's second season risks overcomplicating the already convoluted Alien franchise timeline by introducing new lore and events too close to the original film's setting.

FX’s new sci-fi series Alien: Earth, created by Noah Hawley, finally answers one of the biggest questions fans ask whenever a new Alien project arrives — where does it fit into the franchise’s ...

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.) ...

(CNN) — In space, no one can hear you scream, but they can sure hear you scratching your head as you try to make sense of the sprawling “Alien” universe. While Ridley Scott’s 1979 haunted-house-in-the ...

Because Alien: Earth takes place just two years before the events of the 1979 Alien, you’d think the show would be in a tricky spot, at least in terms of continuity with the original film. But, ...

"Alien: Earth" follows a group of soldiers as a ship carrying a Xenomorph crash-lands on Earth. The FX TV series is set in the same universe as the "Alien" movies. Here's when "Alien: Earth" takes ...

The “Alien” franchise gets an exciting new entry in its first TV series, “Alien: Earth,” which explores life on our planet in the context of the hunt for xenomorphs to study and weaponize. The ...

The Alien franchise timeline (listed below) consists of movies, books, comics, and games. For those looking for strict canon most look to the movies, of course, but the books, comics, and games are ...