LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Before Steven Spielberg made extraterrestrials cute and cuddly, Ridley Scott made them slimy and savage. One of Hollywood's all-time fear-jerkers, "Alien" returns to theaters in an ...

``Alien'' screenwriter Dan O'Bannon had written the characters as gender-neutral, including Weaver's, so the filmmakers could cast either sex in the roles. But he felt strongly that the character ...

Before Steven Spielberg made extraterrestrials cute and cuddly, Ridley Scott made them slimy and savage. One of Hollywood's all-time fear-jerkers, "Alien" returns to theaters in an updated version ...