Cinemaqual is the chronological order of the ‘Alien’ franchise? With seven films released, two crossovers, and now a series, the timeline may seem confusing to beginners; Rolling Stone Brasil helps you! By newsroom

With the debut of Alien: Earthprequel of the classic horror franchise started by Ridley Scott (Gladiator) with Alien – The 8th Passenger In 1979, another chapter was added to the Alien.

With seven films released, two crossovers and now a series, the timeline may seem confusing to those who want to watch the productions in the order of events, not just for the launch order.

For longtime fans, this is a new way to revisit the story; For beginners, it is a way to plunge more linearly into one of the scariest and fascinating universes of science fiction. Next, we organized the films in the chronological order of history. Check it out:

1. Prometheus (2012)-Year 2089-2093

The Mission of the Prometheus Nave seeks the “engineers”, creators of humanity, and ends up revealing the first forms of the Xenomorfa threat.

2. Alien: Covenant (2017) – Year 2104

The Covenant ship goes towards a habitable planet, but finds the horrors left after the events of Prometheus. Here, experiments are increasingly closer to the creation of classic xenomorphs.

3. Alien: Earth (2025) – Year 2120

First series of the franchise, Alien: Earth It takes place two years before the events that marked the arrival of the dreaded Xenomorfo. The plot follows a hybrid – a synthetic being with human consciousness – who leads a team of soldiers on a crucial mission to investigate the fall of an alien ship on Earth.

4. Alien, the eighth passenger (1979) – Year 2122

The Nostromo crew, led by Lieutenant Ripley (Sigourney Weaver, Avatar), responds to a relief call on planet LV-426 and first releases the creature that would mark the saga.

5. Alien: Romulus (2024) – About 2142

The story takes place between the events of the first and second film, following a group of young colonizers in a space station.

6. Aliens, the rescue (1986) – Year 2179

Ripley awakens after 57 years in hypersono and returns to the now colonized LV-426 to face a large-scale xenomorph infestation.

7. Alien³ (1992)-Year 2179-2180

Shortly after the events of AliensRipley falls into Fiorina 161, a private colony, and again faces an alien in a claustrophobic environment.

8. Alien: The Resurrection (1997) – Year 2381

More than 200 years after Ripley’s death, scientists clanten her DNA to bring back both her and the alien threat – now in a hybrid version.

And the crossovers with the franchise Predator?

In addition to the main line, the franchise also has two crossovers that unite the xenomorphs with predators:

• Alien vs. Predator(2004) – Year 2004 (History occurs in Antarctica in the present, outside the main timeline).

• Alien vs. PREDATOR 2 (2007) – Year 2004-2005 (continues shortly after the previous one in a small US town).

However, it is worth mentioning that these two films are not considered an official part of the main canon of the Alien franchise.

Also read:What the ‘Alien: Earth’ series shows for the first time in the history of the franchise

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