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First look at Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver in Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel

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With filming underway on Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, a few set photos have begun to emerge on social media showing Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Adam Driver in their assorted medieval get-up, as well as sporting some rather interesting hairstyles. Adam Driver as Jacques Le Gris, The Last Duel Feb27, 2020 pic.twitter.com/g7uEI6i12h — Best […]

Alien with graphic designer Pete Hambling | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #63

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, graphic designer Pete Hambling discusses the acidic blood of sci-fi horror classic Alien… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, graphic designer Pete Hambling reveals that Ridley Scott’s 70s […]

November 2019: Welcome to Blade Runner

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at Blade Runner in the month and year it was set… Remember when 2014 was coming to an end? There was a clamour of snorting giggles as people bemoaned the impending 2015’s lack of self drying clothes, flying cars, hydropizza and hover-boards. Granted, Back to the Future Part II did get […]

Adam Driver joins Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel

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With Ben Affleck forced pass on one of the lead roles to a scheduling conflict, Variety is reporting that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s Adam Driver is in talks co-star alongside Matt Damon and Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer in Ridley Scott’s new project The Last Duel. A revenge story set during the 14th century, […]

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to reunite for Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel

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According to Deadline, not only are Matt Damon and Ben Affleck set to star alongside each other for the first time (cameos aside) since Dogma way back in 1999, but they’re rumoured to be performing script-writing duties alongside Nicole Holofcener on an adaptation of Eric Jager’s book The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by […]

Reports suggest Ridley Scott will direct another Alien prequel

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Ridley Scott is going to return to direct another prequel in the Alien franchise according to a report in Variety. Alien is one of cinema’s longest-running movie franchises but the last two prequels, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, haven’t made the same impact as the earlier movies. Coupled with the franchise moving to Disney as part […]

Noomi Rapace’s original role in Alien: Covenant detailed

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After taking centre stage as the franchise’s lead in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus back in 2012, Noomi Rapace was originally set to continue exploring the story of Dr. Elizabeth Shaw in what eventually became Alien: Covenant. However, Scott’s plans for the sequel changed and Rapace found herself relegated to the briefest of cameos and a quick […]

FX to adapt Don Winslow’s Cartel Trilogy for TV

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FX Networks has announced that it has snapped up the rights to Don Winslow’s acclaimed Cartel Trilogy which it is developing as a TV series with Shane Salerno (Armageddon) scripting. The three books – The Power of the Dog, The Cartel and The Border – follow a DEA agent, Art Keller, on a harrowing 45-year journey through […]

TNT sets cast for Ridley Scott’s sci-fi series Raised by Wolves

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Back in October it was announced that filmmaker Ridley Scott is set to make his U.S. television directorial debut with the sci-fi series Raised by Wolves, and now TNT has announced the cast for the straight-to-series show. Raised by Wolves is being written by Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners) and “centers on two androids tasked with raising human […]