Optional: Firefly (2002 to 2003) and Serenity (2005)Īgain, this is a version of the guide above, but free of spoilers and also in the order of which they premiered in theatres or on TV.

This is a version of the guide above, complete with bonus/optional Alien Universe timeline movies, but free of spoilers. During a space dogfight, you get a view of the hud of one of the weapons aboard the spaceship Serenity, where you can see the Weyland-Yutani corporation logo from Alien. There’s no need to look further than the first episode for the connection to the Alien Universe. The series is set in the year 2517, which would be 138 years after Alien Resurrection and another 200 years after the rest of the events in the universe.

This Joss Whedon TV series and its feature film are also theorised to be part of the Alien Universe, although we wouldn’t exactly call it canon.

The small town of Gunnison, Colorado becomes a war zone between two of the deadliest extra-terrestrial life formsthe Alien and the Predator. At the bottom of this article, you'll find a spoiler-free, bulleted-list version of this guide, plus additional watch orders with no spoilers.Ģ0th Century Fox Firefly (2002 to 2003) and Serenity (2005) The iconic creatures from two of the scariest film franchises in movie history wage their most brutal battle everin our own backyard. Alien vs Predator chronological movie orderįollow our guide below, and you will watch the events in the Alien Universe as they happened. We will update this guide when it releases. 'Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth', Disney teased. It'll be the first TV series based on the classic film series. An environmental technician partners with a doomed predator. (It shares the same director as Alien, Ridley Scott.) To help you make sense of the Alien-Predator timeline, we put all the films in chronological order, with Blade Runner as a bonus.Īlso, don't forget Disney recently announced the first Alien TV show is currently in development at FX.

Coupled with online theories, this has resulted in the inclusion of Blade Runner into the Alien Universe. To make things even more complicated, these films' creators have planted easter eggs in other movies. However, the earliest film, chronologically, is the first Predator, set the year it premiered: 1987. Now, there are 12 movies in total to watch - if you feel like revisiting what's known as the Alien Universe - the oldest of which is Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien, set in 2122. Thanks to the Alien vs Predator films, the Alien and Predator franchises converged to take place in the same timeline. (Pocket-lint) - It's pretty cool that two of the most iconic movie monsters share the same cinematic universe.

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