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Jun 8, 2012 · Confused about the connections between Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' and the 'Alien' movie universe? Here's an explanation of how the films are connected, as well as input from the director himself. Screen Rant
- Ben Kendrick
- Xenomorphs
- Suspicious Synthetics
- The Engineers
- Weyland-Yutani
- Colony Ships and Space Marines
- Poor Colonization Choices
- Ripley’s Mother?
Spanning every sequel, novelization, crossover and comic book, these gnarly acid-blooded critters are the true face of Alien franchise. From the shucking-your-head facehuggers to the body-horror of the chestbursters, each step in the titular creature’s gestation reads as a nightmare. Prometheus, however, stepped back a little ways on the xenomorphe...
If there’s one glue which holds the Alien franchise together, even tying it into Prometheus, it’s those milky-blooded, oft-treacherous androids. Michael Fassbender’s duplicitous droid David effectively kicked things off by experimenting on Dr. Charles Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green), who impregnated Dr. Shaw, creating the gnarly-looking trilobite a...
How much of the Engineers fans can expect in Alien: Covenant (or in the franchise entirely) is still somewhat unclear. First discovered during the Nostromo’s fateful mission to LV-426, the “Space Jockey” didn’t feature in any other film in the series, aside from the questionably-canon Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem. However, Prometheusbrought the gian...
Beginning life as two separate, multinational corporate competitors, the Weyland and Yutani Corporations both developed similar paths along the commercial spacing, weapons, tech, and bio-synthetic lines. Fans met an early variation of W-Y in Prometheus, where the aging corporate head Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce)and his daughter Meredith Vickers (Char...
As the modern branch of the franchise winds towards its progenitor, motifs appear scattered throughout that further establish the series’ connective tissues. Not merely in the mythological sense, either, as the mechanical elements of Alien has evolved much like the human and alien elements. For instance, the Engineer escape pods in Prometheus are n...
Admittedly, the planet which the colony ship Covenant lands on looks positively Eden-like compared to the hellish nightmare of LV-426 (aka Acheron) from Alien and its sequel. It’s also less eerily blue-tinted than LV-223 from Prometheus. The crew reportedly discovers the synthetic, David, during the course of Alien: Covenant, meaning the Earthly pa...
Disclaimer: due to the unconfirmed nature of this last connection, it's being included on a tenuous (if feasible) basis. After her character and role in the Alien: Covenant were revealed, a good deal of speculation centered on Katherine Waterston and the distinct possibility she’s playing Ellen Ripley’s mother. Although it might nothing more than a...
Jul 1, 2015 · Scott has said that while Prometheus isn't a prequel to Alien, and there may not necessarily be a causal link between the two, it does exist in that world, and the ties between the two...
Alien Covenant is a sequel to 2012's Prometheus but a prequel to the original Alien films starring Sigourney Weaver. Here's how it connects. The new movie is a 'Prometheus' sequel and...
Nov 11, 2015 · Ridley Scott bills Prometheus as a "loose" prequel to Alien. It's the first of three movies that eventually connect directly to the first Alien movie, explore the origins of the Alien...
May 19, 2017 · Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet ( Amélie ), it jumps centuries into the future and features a clone of Ripley, and people who want to use an alien queen from her body for military purposes. There...
May 19, 2017 · Ridley Scott's Alien prequel series is in full swing, with the esoteric Prometheus now followed up with the more expository and horror-tinged Alien: Covenant, and up to four more movies in the pipeline.