The long-running franchise was set to meet an early end with this terrifying idea from Ridley Scott, as revealed by Noah Hawley.

What if Noah Hawley had gone ahead with Ridley Scott's ending idea in Alien, which stated Ripley's death? The pilot would've been different.

The series by creator Noah Hawley is described as a spin-off to the original Ridley Scott-directed film, " Alien ," from 1979. The film follows a space crew aboard the starship, Nostromo, who are on their journey back home when they receive a distress call from an alien vessel.