The seventh installment of the series centers on Rain (Cailee Spaeny), a contract worker in an outer-space mining colony, and her friend Andy (David Jonsson), an android.

Led by an empathetic Cailee Spaeny in action-hero mode, the new sequel owes more to Ridley Scott's 1979 original than to other installments — for good and ill.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 (UPI) --Alien: Romulus, in theaters Friday, is a relentless, thrilling entry in the saga. Like in most of the sequels, fans will debate some of its choices, but this entry ...

Hot on the heels of Alien: Romulus' success at the global box office, Disney and 20th Century Studios are fast-tracking a direct sequel. More aliens are coming. Earlier this week, reports surfaced ...