Alien (franchise) "everything wrong" with his script. On its way back to Earth, the U.S. commercial spaceship "Nostromo" is diverted to a desolate planetoid by a cryptic signal from a derelict alien spacecraft. While exploring the alien ship, one of the "Nostromo"s crewmen discovers the remains of the ship's pilot and also a large chamber that contains thousands of egg-like objects. One of the eggs releases a creature that attaches itself to his face and renders him unconscious. The others break quarantine to bring him back aboard the ship. The parasite dies and the crewman wakes up, seemingly fine. Soon afterwards, an
Alien (film) Scott created detailed storyboards for the film in London, which impressed 20th Century Fox enough to double the film's budget. His storyboards included designs for the spaceship and space suits, drawing on such films as "" and "Star Wars". However, he was keen on emphasizing horror in "Alien" rather than fantasy, describing the film as ""The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" of science fiction". Casting calls and auditions for "Alien" were held in both New York and London. With only seven human characters in the story, Scott sought to hire strong actors so he could focus most of his energy on