The Alien franchise, over the years, has come out to be associated with sci-fi, horror, and action. The franchise has captivated audience for decades and the latest addition to this, Alien: Romulus, was no disappointment.
The 9th part of the franchise is available for streaming on platforms like Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+. The film made its debut in theaters on August 18, 2024. The horror and suspense film's plot reads as below:
"While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe."
This new chapter raises an essential question for fans: where does Romulus fit within the complex franchise timeline?
Alien franchise timeline: The key events
The Alien franchise spans over 200 years of narrative history. It all started with Ridley Scott’s original film in 1979. The OG Alien is set in the year 2122. However, the story extends both before and after this iconic film. The franchise follows on humanity's interactions with the deadly Xenomorphs and the mysterious Engineers who played a role in their creation.
Where Alien: Romulus fits in
Romulus is set around 20 years after the original film (2122) and reveals that the iconic Xenomorph from the Nostromo, nicknamed "Big Chap," actually survived being ejected into space by Ellen Ripley.
The main story of Romulus follows Rain Carradine (Cailee Spaeny) and her android brother Andy (David Jonsson), part of a group of space colonists seeking to escape the oppressive Weyland-Yutani-controlled Jackson's Star mining settlement.
The black goo from Prometheus reappears as a crucial plot point in Romulus. The scientists onboard the Romulus research station extract this goo from the Xenomorph, hoping to transform it into a "miracle cure" for upgrading humans, but the experiment goes catastrophically wrong.
This black goo is the same mutagen that android David (Michael Fassbender) experiments with to create the Xenomorph species in Covenant.
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Similar to previous films, Romulus focuses on the horrifying consequences of tampering with Xenomorph biology. The Romulus station turns into a Xenomorph hive, and a grotesque hybrid creature emerges after Rain's friend Kay uses the black goo in an attempt to heal herself, only to suffer a terrifying mutation.
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