Donaldson, the filmmaker behind everything from Cocktail and The Recruit to Dante’s Peak and Thirteen Days, helmed Species, with a surprising ensemble cast that includes Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Alien: Earth concluded its first season with its eighth episode on Sept. 23 and seven weeks ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

Sydney Chandler in "Alien: Earth" and Noah Hawley (FX/Marshall Tidrick) “Alien: Earth” has been greenlit for a second season as Noah Hawley sets a new overall deal at FX and Disney. Hawley, the ...

With everything going on in the Alien universe, one character we all assumed to be safely retired was Ellen Ripley. Sigourney Weaver’s iconic character and star of the franchise’s first four movies ...

The hybrid kids have an important revelation about who should be afraid of whom. Just deserts will be served. By Sean T. Collins A few weeks ago, I was talking to a friend about where “Alien: Earth” ...

Wendy finally had her fill of the Neverland adults controlling her and shifted the power dynamic thanks to her xenomorph friend in the “Alien: Earth” finale. After trying to pull off an escape with ...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Alien: Earth” Season 1, Episode 8. Wendy finally had her fill of the Neverland adults controlling her and shifted the power dynamic thanks to her xenomorph ...

In its penultimate episode, Alien: Earth does something that only a show set on Earth could do: take the Xenomorph outside into the sun. While the movies all take place on dimly lit spaceships or dark ...

If you thought Alien: Earth would slow down heading into the finale, think again. Alien: Earth Season 1 Episode 7 was chaos-heavy, but it also felt like the calm before the storm. The aftermath of the ...

Noah Hawley recently explained a key character’s shocking death in Alien: Earth Episode 6 and how it sets up the larger role of a pivotal entity. In the episode, Isaac ignores Curly’s warning and ...