Brian Johnson, who has died aged 86, was an Oscar-winning visual effects maestro and modelling specialist who contributed ...

Brian Johnson, the special effects pioneer behind Space: 1999, Alien, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Aliens, has ...

Early reports suggest the new film "Alien: Romulus" is something of a return to the roots of the science fiction-horror "Alien" franchise — and Alec Gillis is quick to agree. "Absolutely," says the ...

Science fiction aficionados and fans of practical effects will want to pour one out today: Brian Johnson, a man responsible ...

There’s a moment midway through Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus when two unlucky passengers witness the cocoon birth of a fully grown Xenomorph. Its bony claws tear a path out of a wasp-like nest on a ...

Carlo Rambaldi, the late mechatronics maestro best known for bringing Ridley Scott’s Alien and Steven Spielberg’s E.T. to life, would have turned 100 this autumn. To celebrate, his daughter Daniela co ...

20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox) birthed two of the biggest sci-fi horror franchises in history: "Alien" and "Predator." Both were birthed in an age where practical and optical special ...

Noah Wyle has praised the use of special effects to create the aliens on Falling Skies. The 40-year-old stated that he is impressed with the way the aliens appear on the TNT television series. "[The ...