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New trailer for Ridley Scott’s AMC show The Terror

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One man entertainment factory Ridley Scott has another project coming our way in 2018; AMC’s seafaring drama The Terror, which stars Jared Harris (Fringe, Mad Men) and Ciaran Hinds (Justice League, Game of Thrones) as Royal Navy officers who are tested to their limits by that cruelest of mistresses, the sea. You can check out […]

Mark Wahlberg donates his All the Money in the World reshoot salary to #TimesUp legal fund

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Mark Wahlberg found himself the centre of some controversy this week when it was announced that he’d been paid $1.5 million for the reshoots to remove Kevin Spacey from Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World, whereas the rest of the cast worked per diem, with top-billed Michelle Williams being paid less than $1000 […]

Ridley Scott is game to make future Alien films for Disney: “It’s crazy not to do something with it”

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Director Ridley Scott wants to make more films in the Aliens franchise, regardless of the fact that Disney has made a deal to acquire 21st Century Fox.  Speaking to Digital Spy, the Alien: Covenant director had this to say: “It looks to me that the Fox deal is certainly going to go ahead with Disney, […]

All the Money in the World featurette explores the recasting of J. Paul Getty

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A new featurette has arrived online for drama All the Money in the World which sees Ridley Scott and cast members Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg, and Christopher Plummer discussing the director’s bold decision to replace Kevin Spacey following his sexual assault allegations, recasting and reshooting the role of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty with Plummer. […]

Ridley Scott has another Blade Runner sequel ready for development

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Ridley Scott doesn’t hold back, whether that’s the rate at which he churns out films, or the soundbites he’s offering up on the press tour for All the Money in the World. In the time it took you to read that sentence, he’s probably shot an entire movie. The latest Ridley revelation, following the news […]

Second Opinion – All the Money in the World (2017)

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All the Money in the World, 2017. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Charlie Plummer, and Romain Duris. SYNOPSIS: Not only is John Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer) the richest man in the world, he’s also the richest anyone has ever been. Seeking an opportunity to extort money from him, a […]

The Cartel screenwriter discusses the upcoming Ridley Scott adaptation

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Although he still harbours ambitions of another outing in the Alien franchise, it seems that director Ridley Scott is set to follow up All the Money in the World with The Cartel, an adaptation of Don Winslow’s novel. Scott first attached himself to the project – which revolves around the Mexican drug cartels, and includes a fictionalised […]

Ridley Scott talks Alien future in the wake of Disney’s Fox acquisition

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Although Ridley Scott had previously revealed that he had plans for a host of further Alien sequels, the box office underperformance of Alien: Covenant seemed to throw a spanner in the works, with reports this past summer that 20th Century Fox were looking to “reassess” the franchise. Of course, as we now know, Fox’s film assets […]

Denis Villeneuve rules out an extended cut of Blade Runner 2049

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This year’s acclaimed sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049 clocked in at a meaty 2 hours of 44 minutes – a lengthy running time which has been suggested as one of the reason’s why the film failed to hit big at the box office. However, director Denis Villeneuve’s early “assembly cut” of the film ran for […]