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David Dastmalchian joins Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon in Boston Strangler

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Dune and The Suicide Squad star David Dastmalchian is set to join Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon in the cast of 20th Century Studios’ Boston Strangler movie in a role described as ‘pivotal’ by The Hollywood Reporter. Alessandro Nivola and Chris Cooper will also star in the true crime drama, which is being written and […]

Ridley Scott: All Guns Blazing

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Ridley Scott’s recent tirade against Marvel and Millennials after the box office failure of The Last Duel… It should have been simple right? Ridley Scott delivers a film for Fox (and in essence through Disney) that is heaving with star power. Matt Damon is A-list, if not box office certified predominantly […]

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic Kitbag to begin production in January

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Ridley Scott has scheduled his next film Kitbag, a historical biopic on the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, for a January 2022 production start date. Speaking with the BBC’s Today, Scott confirmed Kitbag would be his next project with a start date of January 15th. The film will reunite him with his Gladiator and The Last Duel stars Joaquin Phoenix […]

Ridley Scott reveals Blade Runner TV show in the works alongside Alien series

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Ridley Scott releases soundbites at a rate as impressive as his cinematic turnover, with some of his recent greatest hits being his claim that superhero movies are “f*cking boring as sh*t”, his opening up about the box-office failure of The Last Duel, and that the forthcoming Alien TV show will “never be as good as […]

Ridley Scott confirms Gladiator 2 script is finished

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Back in November 2018, it was announced that Paramount had officially greenlit a sequel to Gladiator, and now, director Ridley Scott has provided an update on the long-gestating project. In an interview with Deadline, Scott confirmed that the script has been written and the sequel is currently set to enter production after Kitbag, the next film Scott […]

Ridley Scott says he doesn’t read critiques, opens up about The Last Duel flopping

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For any artist, it’s never a good feeling to have your work do poorly. No one is safe from that, not even legendary filmmakers like Ridley Scott. His latest film, The Last Duel, came and went at the box office with very little fanfare. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Scott opened […]

New trailer for Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci starring Lady Gaga

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MGM has released a new trailer and poster for House of Gucci, the upcoming crime drama from director Ridley Scott. Inspired by Sara Gay Forden’s book of the same name, the film spans three decades as it tells the shocking true story of love, betrayal, revenge and murder; take a look here… House of Gucci […]

Love and Monsters’ Michael Matthews to direct Disney’s Merlin

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If you’ve had the pleasure of seeking out Michael Matthews’ terrific creature-feature Love and Monsters (read our review ★★★★ here), then the news that he’s set to direct Disney’s Merlin is very welcome indeed. Per Deadline’s exclusive, Matthew’s is set to inherit the wizard’s wand from Ridley Scott, who was originally attached to the project, […]

Ridley Scott talks Alien TV show: “It’ll never be as good as the movie”

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Ridley Scott has done it all, with a legacy that has afforded the prolific 83 year-old Gladiator director the platform to say what he wants, and he’s currently doing that on the press rounds for his latest historical epic, The Last Duel. Having addressed the rumours surrounding the sequel to his Oscar-winning swords and sandal […]