Alien: Romulus Timeline – When It Happens Compared to Other Movies

Alien: Romulus serves as the ninth installment Alien franchise after the premiere of the original Alien In 1979, however the film's placement in the series' timeline can be a bit confusing. The sci-fi horror film, directed by Fede Alvarez and co-written by Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues, is billed as a return to form for the popular franchise. While the previous prequel films, directed by original creator Ridley Scott, explored the franchise's deeper lore and origins, Alien: Romulus focuses on character narrative and high-end monster horror.

the cast of Alien: Romulus Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu are included. Alien: Romulus is a return to the franchise's roots, as it contains many of the same features from the original film (like facehuggers and pulse guns). However, the 2024 movie takes place exactly decades after the original Alien timeline, that is, it diverges even further from Ridley Scott Alien prequel movies, Prometheus and Alien: The Covenant.

Alien: Romulus Among Aliens (1979) and Among Aliens (1986)

Alien: Romulus is both a prequel and a sequel, so it can be confusing

Alien: Romulus's story throws off the timeline Alien as it takes place between franchise events Alien and Foreigners. More specifically, 2024 takes place 20 years after the original 1979 film. according to the interview Diversity Conducted with Fede Alvarez. The director explained that “[Alien: Romulus] it takes 20 years after the first one and for me I don't see that as breaking canon.” 20 years separate the first and ninth parts and Alien: Romulus also takes place 37 years before the 1986 sequel. Foreigners.

Alien Romulus
's story will surely make others look at other series differently.

Timeline Alien films were confused even before their release Alien: Romulus. The order of movie releases once stopped being linear Alien vs. Predatorlived before the events AlienHe debuted in 2004. The prequels of the 2010s made matters even more complicated. Alien. On the bright side, the Alien The franchise has a fixed term and in chronological order to view all nine films, which can be seen in the table below:

Alien: Romulus' Timeline Placement Makes Connections to Other Movies

Alien: Romulus Ties Prequels to Original Movies

One of the inherent flaws of expanding its mythology Alien It was like that with the prequels Prometheus and Pact created new ideas that should hypothetically have been included in the original films. Alien: Romulus helps solve this problem by essentially bridging the gap between old and new. Definitely Fede Alvarez's movie leans more to his tone Alien and Foreignersbut incorporates details from the prequel filmsresulting in an end product that offers the best of both worlds.

For example, the black goo from Prometheus is a major plot element introduced in the prequel films and offers some scientific explanation for the creation material that resulted in the Xenomorph. In Alien: Romulushow viewers will see Weyland-Yutani Corp. attempted to use the black bud after the original Nostromo incident. Alien. The film directly incorporates this element from the prequels to reinforce its importance in the film's grand scheme and world-building. Alien universe.

How Alien: Romulus Changes the Timeline of the Alien Franchise

Alien: Romulus Changes the Fate of the Nostromo

Set between the first two installments of the sci-fi horror film from 2024 Alien franchise, its story makes viewers look at other series differently. Especially the movie shows what happened to the Nostromo after the original Alien the film reshapes its basic premise Foreigners. In the 1986 film, the Weyland-Yutani Corporation established a colony on the world where Ripley and company discovered the Xenomorph.

Ridley Scott, director
Alien
,
Prometheus
and
Alien: The Covenant
worked as a chief producer
Alien: Romulus
.

Then in this narration Foreigners Weyland-Yutani suggested that Ripley did not believe his claims about Xenomoprh and did not take him seriously. Now, with the new story details Alien: Romulussure that The evil corporation already knew about the Xenomorph from the Nostromo and chose to build a colony on top of a potential alien hive.. This changes their dynamic from ignorant to completely depraved and harmful, and it will be interesting to see how future movies and shows explore this further.

Source: Diversity