The first thing you notice about Lt Ellen Ripley is that no one likes her very much. As the crew of the Nostromo try to figure out why and where their ship’s computer has woken them from hypersleep, ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sigourney Weaver was an unknown 28-year-old stage actress when she landed the role of Ripley in director Ridley Scott's now classic sci-fi horror movie "Alien." Ripley, the ...

Sir Ridley Scott will helm the third prequel in the Alien film franchise - 40 years on from his 1979 original. The 81-year-old director's return to the franchise follows two former prequels, ...

Sigourney Weaver has read a 50-page treatment for an Alien sequel that would see the return of her iconic hero Ellen Ripley. Weaver had been due to reprise the role in a sequel helmed by District 9 ...

With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about gender and how depictions of female action heroes have evolved over ...

CITY Screen, York, will mark the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott's Alien with a special 8.30pm screening on Monday. Released in 1979, in the wake of Star Wars (there was a glut of science fiction ...

To mark the release of Alien 40th Anniversary edition, out now, we’ve been given 1 copy of the Blu-ray Steelbook to give away. In the film that birthed the wildly successful ALIEN franchise, the crew ...

Sigourney Weaver’s “Alien” journey might not be over. During a New York Comic Con panel, the actress let slip that Walter Hill, one of the producers on the original film and a series mainstay, has ...

For reasons too convoluted to go into* April 26 is officially Alien Day. But whatever the reason, we’ll take any excuse to rave about Ellen Ripley, the hero of Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi masterpiece ...

This article comes courtesy of Den of Geek UK. It contains spoilers for Alien: Isolation and Star Wars: Rogue One. Now that Neill Blomkamp’s much-talked-about Alien 5 idea – which would have brought ...

Charlize Theron wants her Mad Max: Fury Road character Furiosa to match the impact of Alien’s Ripley, who was iconically portrayed by Sigourney Weaver. Theron made this admission during her recent ...