This $6M TV pilot accidentally created a sci-fi franchise that lasted nearly 30 years

Stargate SG-1 sunk $6 million into its pilot episode, and the result was a 30 year franchise spanning different shows and movies.
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Alien: Isolation's Xenomorph doesn’t need to resort to try-hard jumpscares

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...
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Alien (1979) breakdown! Final scene mystery finally solved! | The Deep Dive

Ridley Scott's ALIEN (1979) gets a full movie breakdown and analysis by Erik Voss on The Deep Dive! Sign up to Milanote for free with no time-limit: Alien is one of the best films of all time, a true ...
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Sigourney Weaver "wasn't thinking about" the Aliens Power Loader scene during her Avatar: Fire and Ash showdown with Varang, but she can see the parallel

Sci-Fi Movies Avatar: Fire and Ash review: "Still a technical marvel, with some of the year's best action filmmaking" Sci-Fi Movies Predator: Badlands director reveals that there was a Xenomorph cameo ...
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This One Key Aliens Scene Has Been Turned Into a Lie by Romulus & Alien: Earth

Case in point: James Cameron’s Aliens took a sharp turn from Ridley Scott’s original film, changing the tone from a sci-fi/horror nightmare to an action-horror thrill ride. Cameron was clearly ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Spots Swirling Cradle for Exomoons

For the first time, scientists have directly detected molecules in a Frisbee of gas and dust swirling around an alien gas-giant planet. “I didn’t think this was possible,” says astronomer Sierra Grant ...
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Black Widow’s Death Scene In Avengers: Endgame Had ‘Way More Aliens’ Originally. Why Jeremy Renner’s Glad It Changed

I’m team Renner on this one. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Renner shared the behind-the-scenes nugget during a Space Con 2025 ...
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What happens to the teens in ‘Welcome to Derry’

The series opens with Matty (Miles Ekhardt) sneaking into a movie theater to see The Music Man. When he’s chased out, Matty decides to hitchhike, grabbing a ride with what at first appears to be a ...
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Alien Star Says She ‘Backhanded’ Sigourney Weaver in Deleted Scene

Veronica Cartwright, who played Lambert in the 1979 sci-fi horror film Alien, recently discussed a deleted scene with co-star Sigourney Weaver. During a recent New York Comic Con reunion panel, the ...
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Alien: Earth prosthetics artist says he was most nervous to take on the chestbursters after being asked to take inspiration from the John Hurt scene in the original movie: "It ...

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'Alien: Earth' Scene-Stealer Babou Ceesay Dissects His Bloody Finale Fight: "I Don't Think Morrow Is Ever Down and Out"

Carly Lane is an Atlanta-based writer and critic who has been with Collider in some form or fashion since 2021. She considers herself a television nerd, diehard romance/sci-fi/fantasy reader, and ...