The crew gets pulled out of stasis years early and heads to a different target planet, a possible 'utopia,' to track down a distress signal. Still in prequel mode here, as Alien: Covenant is a sequel to Prometheus, the story picks up 11 years later and follows a colonization ship. Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video to rent Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, and Charlize Theron star. Sadly, the crew also stumbles across these creators' bio-weapon - the Xenomorph.

Here, in the late 21st Century, Peter Weyland (presumedly a descendant of AVP's Charles Weyland) funds a cosmic trip into the unknown, following a star map left on Earth that might lead the crew of the Prometheus to the beings who created humankind.

Oscar-winning director Ridley Scott returned to the franchise he created in 1979 with the star-studded prequel film, Prometheus. Where to Watch: Hulu to stream, Amazon Prime Video to rent This would be the final crossover film of the Alien franchise.

A skilled, veteran Predator arrives to help clean up the mess and an ample amount of carnage ensues. An Alien-Predator hybrid - the 'Predalien' - is now on the loose in a small Colorado town. Still set in our modern times, and therefore still happening before everything else in the Alien franchise, crossover sequel Aliens vs Predator: Requiem picks up right where AVP left off. Old cults worshipping them would sacrifice themselves to a Xenomorph Queen's brood - the facehuggers - producing adult Xenomorphs, so the Predators could hunt the 'ultimate prey.' Sufficed to say, things go badly during the Predators' 2004 hunting trip. In the film, humans discover that Predators (aka the 'Yautja') have been coming to Earth for thousands of years. Anderson, brought to life a 'battle of the titans' concept that first originated in a 1989 comic. Predator, from Resident Evil/Event Horizon's Paul W. The story of the Xenomorphs begins, time-wise, in the first of the two crossover films for the franchise, AVP. Where to Watch: Starz to stream, Amazon Prime Video to rent It's set to begin filming in 2023 under the current title of Alien: Romulus. There is a ninth film currently in development from Don't Breathe filmmaker Fede Alvarez, with Ridley Scott on board as a producer. There are a total of eight movies in the Alien franchise - four in the mainline series of films, two Predator crossovers, and two prequels.

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