Produced by Scott Free Productions and Brandywine Productions, it is the seventh installment in the Alien franchise and serves as a standalone interquel set between the events of both Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986).

It stars Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu. The story concerns a group of young space colonists who, while scavenging a derelict space station, come face to face with a xenomorph.