“Alien: Romulus” is here.
The latest installment in the franchise that began with Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece and has now encompassed spin-offs, prequels and sequels, stars Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson and Isabela Merced, as a group of young people who are looking to get off their backwater planet by any means necessary. Of course, their scheme to find a better life results in them discovering something much, much worse.
But when does the film take place in the franchise’s increasingly knotty timeline? Read on to find out everything you need to know about the “Alien: Romulus” timeline but, beware of spoilers and, you know, terrifying space beasts with acid for blood.