<P> Several novelizations of each of the six films and some comic books as well as original canonical novels based on the franchise have been released . The original novels include Alien : Out of the Shadows , Alien : Sea of Sorrows , Alien : River of Pain , marketed as the Canonical Alien Trilogy and the short story collection Aliens : Bug Hunt . Out of the Shadows and River of Pain were adapted into audio dramas in 2016 & 2017 respectively released on the Alien Day of the respective year . Alan Dean Foster published Alien : Covenant -- Origins , a novel set between the events of Prometheus and Alien : Covenant </P>
<P> Several novelizations of each of the six films and some comic books as well as original canonical novels based on the franchise have been released . The original novels include Alien : Out of the Shadows , Alien : Sea of Sorrows , Alien : River of Pain , marketed as the Canonical Alien Trilogy and the short story collection Aliens : Bug Hunt . Out of the Shadows and River of Pain were adapted into audio dramas in 2016 & 2017 respectively released on the Alien Day of the respective year . Alan Dean Foster published Alien : Covenant -- Origins , a novel set between the events of Prometheus and Alien : Covenant </P>
how many movies are in the aliens series
how many movies are in the aliens series
six
six