It took crotchety British director Ridley Scott to create the serene but chilling atmosphere that propelled Alien's slasher-in-space into an enduring franchise. Here are some of the other Brits in space you can't hear screaming.
Our first look at Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein looks...well, exactly like you'd expect a del Toro take on Frankenstein to look.
Netflix's new adaptation of Frankenstein may have cast American actor Oscar Isaac as the good Doctor Victor, but the rest of the cast is appropriately British and Austrian. And, in the case of the monster, tall.
Rumours lampoons the po-faced affirmations of progress and unity that fill our airwaves (while the planet burns) by asking respectable, commanding actors to make world leaders look incredibly silly as they scramble to respond to a global threat.
Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) is on the run from Lashana Lynch (The Marvels) in the trailer for Peacock's high octane assassin thriller The Day of the Jackal.
