Weaver reveals much in the latest news on Alien 5, including that the instalment could see the death of beloved sci-fi heroine Ellen Ripley. The alien ass-kicking protagonist was a key to the success ...

From 1979 to 1997, Sigourney Weaver starred in four Alien movies as Ellen Ripley. Since then Neill Blomkamp had been attached to helm Alien 5 as a direct sequel to 1986’s Aliens, but the project was ...

Sigourney Weaver says that her action hero Ripley "deserves a rest". Starring in four of the six 'Alien' movies in the franchise, Sigourney Weaver as Ripley has cemented the actress as one of the ...

As Alien: Covenant arrives in cinemas, there are tidings good and bad for fans of the spacefaring franchise. On the one hand, eager acolytes have been getting a closer look at Ridley Scott's prequel, ...

The classic Alien franchise might have been complete altered if this alternate Ripley ending was released.

Amanda Ripley isn’t established until Aliens, but the star character of the beloved video game Alien: Isolation was 10 years old when Ripley left Earth on the Nostromo, and after searching for her ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sigourney Weaver set the bar high when she reprised her role of Ellen Ripley in 1986 sci-fi classic Aliens. As a female lead who was unsentimental but not unfeeling, she gave us a hero that has since ...