Meet Walter, a short film by 20th Century Fox featuring an artificial intelligence-based “companion”, played by Fassbender, is a fitting short to help promote the new Ridley Scott movie Alien: ...

Though it draws its name from an extraterrestrial species, the "Alien" franchise is often just as interested in synthetic life as it is in the biological world. This goes all the way back to the very ...

For sci-fans of a certain age, it was the surprise of the summer. That would be the reappearance of Ian Holm as a “synthetic” android in Alien: Romulus, a secret held back from the film’s marketing ...

Kelcie Mattson is a Senior Features author at Collider. Based in the Midwest, she also contributes Lists, reviews, and television recaps. A lifelong fan of niche sci-fi, epic fantasy, Final Girl ...

Though Alien: Romulus received a mostly positive response from critics and fans, one aspect of the movie that was met with almost universal backlash was the likeness of a deceased actor being used for ...

Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness. She is a member of the ...

Like it or not (and I’m largely in the “not” category), we live in an age of “legacy” sequel/prequels. Those are pseudo-remakes of beloved but rather old franchise movies, feasting on the nostalgia ...