With an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score and a very divisive cameo, Fede Álvarez's "Alien: Romulus" turned heads and burst chests in 2024 as the latest big-screen addition to the "Alien" franchise.

Last year, Fargo writer Noah Hawley added to the ever-expanding lore of the Alien franchise with Alien: Earth, a sci-fi show that proved hugely popular with critics. Perhaps due to some mixed reviews ...