Spielberg and ET looking at each other - Aaron Rapoport/Getty Images Steven Spielberg might be best known for "Jaws" and "Jurassic Park", but it's aliens where Spielberg seems to keep returning.

The third entry in the horror sci-fi franchise almost went in a completely different direction.

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When director Ridley Scott introduced audiences to the Nostromo in 1979’s Alien, he created one of the most enduring horror and sci-fi franchises by merging the cold isolation of deep space with the ...