Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley wasn't even supposed to be Alien's final survivor, with early drafts giving her a smaller role. The focus shifted toward Ripley as the screenplay developed, ultimately ...

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, ...

Sigourney Weaver recently shared her thoughts on Alien: Earth, the first live-action TV project in the Alien franchise. Weaver gained recognition as an actress with her performance as Ellen Ripley in ...

Alien 3 was one of the wildest and bleakest chapters in the franchise, as it strips away hope almost immediately. Set in the prison world of Fiorina 161, the film isolates Ellen Ripley among violent ...

Alien fans have one love above all others, and it is Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley. The hero of the franchise, often imitated but never duplicated, was last seen in the terrible Alien: Resurrection ...

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 ...

In the nearly five decades that have passed since the 1979 release of "Alien," the terrifying galaxy encompassing Ridley Scott's original film has expanded into a force more formidable than first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For nearly 50 years, the "Alien" franchise has terrified, thrilled, and fascinated audiences. It all began in 1979 with Ridley ...

The actress expressed her interest in a script penned by Walter Hill, calling it "a very different kind of 'Alien.'" Emlyn Travis is a news writer at Entertainment Weekly. She has been working at EW ...