The Alien franchise has received a boost of new energy thanks to the work of Alien: Earth and Alien: Romulus, and when combined with what’s been happening in the Predator franchise, the future is looking pretty bright these days.

The director and actress look back on a partnership that began with "Aliens" and reached new levels of creativity with Weaver's role as a teenager in the "Avatar" sequels.

Fire and Ash’ in theaters, THR travels back across the director’s wildly influential career for a definitive ranking.

After nine films, including sequels, prequels and spinoffs, and now Hulu’s Alien: Earth, the Alien franchise continues to elicit both fear and obsession. Alien fans are nothing if not passionate, knowing the ins and outs of the decaying yet futuristic universe.

The visionary explorer and filmmaker has ventured to the deepest point on the planet, predicted the coming AI apocalypse, and conquered the record for ticket sales. (His own.) His latest film, Avatar: Fire and Ash,