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The Last Duel Review: Why Men Need To Put Their Goddamn Swords Away
In this case, this is a metacommentary on the film itself, as director Ridley Scott and Executive Producers, Co-writers, and lead actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck need to simply learn to pass the mic. While they brought in co-writer and co-producer Nicole Holofcener, this film is far too male-driven in its narrative and choices to[...]
The Last Duel Review: All Men Are Trash As Execution Negates Intent
The Last Duel might have good intentions, but the execution of everything from the script to the multiple points of view to the duel of the title seems to contradict those good intentions. Director: Ridley Scott Summary: King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a[...]
Ridley Scott Can't Stop Teasing Us About Another Alien Movie
That it gets by on the reputation of the original film from Ridley Scott and Aliens from James Cameron and they released so long ago is a testament to how high a bar they set So high, that Scott recently was very blunt about what he thinks we should expect about the TV series to[...]
Gladiator 2: Ridley Scott on His Next Project, Working on Script
Ridley Scott has his eyes set on his next project with Gladiator 2 Speaking with Empire, the director provided the update while on the set of his latest film Kitbag, the Napoleon Bonaparte biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix and Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, Free Guy) "I'm already having [the next] 'Gladiator' written now," Scott said "So[...]
Ridley Scott Can't Stop Teasing Us About Another Alien Movie
I'm not in regular contact with Ridley Scott, but we do have semi-regular contact occasionally I'm sure if there is something, he would certainly let me know He was very generous to even put me in the films in the first place, and we've always talked about how pleased he was with what we came[...]
House of Gucci DP Describes the Film's Tone as a "High-End Soap"
Ridley Scott is currently hard at work with a biopic titled House of Gucci, surrounding the murder of fashion legend Maurizio Gucci, grandson of Guccio Gucci, the founder of the insanely successful label. Ridley Scott at the "All the Money in the World" Premiere at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on December 18, 2017, in Beverly Hills,[...]
Blade Runner: Sean Young Talks Ridley Scott Falling Out, '2049' Cameo
She recalled her falling out with director Ridley Scott, who worked with her on the 1982 sci-fi cult classic. Image Courtesy of Warner Bros "Well, honestly, Ridley [Scott] wanted me to date him," Young said "He tried very hard at the beginning of the show to date him, and I never would I was like, Nah[...]
Alien #1 by from Marvel in March
And now we see what they will be promoting ahead of its FOC date… Marvel's Alien #1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Salvador Larroca in March 2020   Writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Salvador Larroca launching a brand new Alien #1 based on the Dan O'Bannon and Ridley Scott movie, published in March 2021. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson[...]
A look at key art for Raised by Wolves (Image: HBO Max)
Series creator/EP Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners) and executive producer Ridley Scott (The Martian, Gladiator, Alien) will be heading back Kepler 22-b for a second season, with HBO Max announcing on Thursday that hit series Raised by Wolves has been renewed for another run "Being a dyed-in-the-wool advertising man, I was knocked out by the extraordinary campaign[...]
Raised by Wolves | New Trailer | HBO Max
In case the official trailer for director/executive producer Ridley Scott and HBO Max's sci-fi drama Raised by Wolves that was released earlier this month wasn't enough to convince you to check out the series when it premieres on September 3, how about a second? The 10-episode action-drama features Scott directing the first two episodes, marking his television[...]
A look at key art for Raised by Wolves (Image: HBO Max)
Last month, viewers got a small taste of what director/executive producer Ridley Scott and his team had in store for viewers last month when HBO Max offered a look at Raised by Wolves as part of its 2020 promo video On Wednesday, the 10-episode sci-fi series was given the spotlight with the release of the[...]
Fascape, NBCUniversal
Bannon (who also wrote the first Alien movie directed by Ridley Scott) and producer Brian Henson (son of Jim Henson and now head of The Jim Henson Company) have been working on bringing back the show and shooting in Australia with the original cast The panelists include Gigi Edgley (Chiana), Ricky Manning (writer), Rebecca Riggs[...]
Gladiator: Russell Crowe Reflects How Ridley Scott Sold Film to Him
When people think of the 2000 Ridley Scott film Gladiator, they remember how it helped solidify Russell Crowe as a bonafide star in Hollywood The actor appeared on the June 24th Tonight Show to talk about its humble beginnings before it churned into his Oscar-winning performance "Gladiator was a unique experience because the script that[...]
Gladiator
Gladiator producer Doug Wick recently told Comic Book that plans for a sequel are still in place, and director Ridley Scott still wants to do it, but the story is hard to crack since, you know, it ended the way it did. Russell Crowe in Gladiator Gladiator 2 Doesn't Ever Have To Happen "Ridley would love to do[...]
Ridley Scott Can't Stop Teasing Us About Another Alien Movie
Alien franchise creator Ridley Scott just can't stop himself from teasing fans with another film Last time out in Alien: Covenant, we got to see the first Xenomorphs created by android psychopath David (Michael Fassbender), and it ended with him flying away on a ship, eggs in tow Unfortunately, the film didn't exactly do gangbusters[...]
parasite
Keep in mind, we are not that far removed when Ridley Scott justified casting Whites in ethnic roles in Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) Paramount also lost the opportunity of creating or elevating an Asian actress with 2017's Ghost in the Shell Studio selected Scarlett Johansson selected to play "The Major." That's just two examples[...]
Rutger Hauer
Hollywood legend Ridley Scott directed Hauer in the role in 1982's Blade Runner, which starred a still-on-the-rise Harrison Ford as Richard Deckard In honor of the late Dutch actor's passing, Scott released the following statement: "Rutger was the gentle giant I don't know who was more nervous on that first morning of the first day on[...]
William Gibson’s Alien III: The Path from Screenplay to Audio Play
Gibson's ideas were recycled and used in the Joss Whedon-scripted Alien: Resurrection and Ridley Scott's recent prequels Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. Last year, Fox granted permission for Gibson's screenplay to be adapted into a Dark Horse comic and for Audible to make into an audio play Producer-director Dirk Maggs has been producing audio drama adaptations from comics[...]
Ridley Scott Was the 4th Choice to Direct 'Alien'
Imagine if you will, a world where Ridley Scott DIDN'T direct the 1979 science fiction-horror classic, because it almost happened He was actually the 4th choice to tackle the movie, which was his second feature-length film. Director Ridley Scott talks about Prometheus at WonderCon 2012 Photo by Mary Anne Butler. "I was the fourth choice," Scott told Variety[...]
Tom Skerritt Talks the Power of Women on 'Alien' 40th Anniversary
Almost everyone in the cast (who are still with us in this lifetime) still speaks about that experience on the Nostromo with a reverence and respect, almost everyone learned something while working with Ridley Scott and crew that's stayed with them. Tom Skerritt, bearded Captain Dallas of the Company's tugboat for the larger refinery vessel it tows, says[...]
That New 'A Christmas Carol' Adaptation From BBC Heads to FX
Back in 2017, Sir Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions and Tom Hardy's Hardy Son & Baker announced a join project with the BBC to bring a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic holiday tale "A Christmas Carol" to television We haven't really heard anything about it since then, until this morning's announcement that FX has partnered with BBC[...]
[LV426] Happy 40th Birthday 'Alien', Let's Watch 'Containment'
Remember when we told you earlier this year that to celebrate the landmark 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott's genre-defining film Alien, and that we were getting a crop of short films released on LV-426?  That day has some, fans of Ellen Ripely, that day has come. The first of the 6 short films released by FOX via IGN[...]
High School Drama Production of 'Alien' Continuation Set for Alien Day, April 26th!
Remember that AMAZING North Bergen High School spring performance of Alien that got universe-wide attention? Well, thanks to Ridley Scott and Scott Free Productions' generous donation to the drama club, an encore performance of Alien: The Play is in the works for a notable date in the Xenomorph franchise. According to the official Alien Twitter account, the performance will[...]
Ridley Scott's Letter to the 'Alien' High School Drama Club
They did it all with recycled materials, and the result was an incredible tribute and production. We cannot get over the quality of sets and costumes, all of which were apparently made from recycled materials. JUST LOOK AT THE SPACE JOCKEY. And, what's Alien without the iconic dinner scene? Wonder if they chose not to tell the actress[...]
'Alien' Celebrates 40th Anniversary with 4K HDR Special Release
As painful as it is to imaging that a full forty years have passed since Ridley Scott's masterpiece of science fiction horror, Alien, first appears on the big screen, we can ease that feeling knowing that 20th Century Fox is about to wow us with an all-new remastering into an UltraHD 4K HDR release. The film[...]