Umqondo we khulula i-franchise komunye wemidlalo yangaphandle esabekayo kakhulu eye yanikezwa yi-cinema, liyakhula. Ezindabeni eziqinisekisa ukuthi iphrojekthi izoba yisibonelo sokuqala kweyodwa kwezi-4 eseziqoshwe kakade, kulezi zinsuku ukuqasha kwenziwa ngokusemthethweni de u-car rinsch, umqondisi owaziwayo emhlabeni wamavidiyo omculo.
Esitatimendeni kwabezindaba, umqondisi kanye nomdidiyeli UTony Scott (Umfowabo kaRidley Scott, umqondisi we-Alien I) ukuqinisekisile obekunamahemuhemu kunethiwekhi: Yebo, uCarl Rinsch uzobe ephethe ukwenza i-prequel ku-Alien. Ngijabule kakhulu ngoba u-Ridley udale okwangempela kanti u-Carl Rinsch uyingxenye yomndeni.«, Wayenomdlandla Scott.
Njengeminye imikhiqizo eminingi yaseHollywood enezifiso, inhloso yesitudiyo ukukhipha le nkondlo elandelanayo futhi, uma isebenza ehhovisi lebhokisi, qhubeka nokwandisa i-saga, ikunikeza ukuqalisa kabusha okuphelele ngezinhlamvu ezintsha nabalingisi.
Khumbula lokho Alien ingenye yama-franchise we isayensi yeqiniso ngezidalwa zangaphandle ezibe yimpumelelo kakhulu emhlabeni. Ithoni yengxenye yokuqala, ukusebenza kwe Sigourney Weaver kanye nesilo esesabekayo, kwakusho ukuchuma okukhulu ehhovisi lebhokisi kanye nokudayiswa okukhulu kwazo zonke izinhlobo zokuthengiswayo, kusukela kwamahlaya kuye konodoli kanye nezibalo.