Tag: Ridley Scott
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‘Alien’ Series Casts ‘Shadow and Bone’s Kit Young
As part of the latest efforts to expand the sci-fi franchise which began with Ridley Scott’s 1979 Alien, it was announced in December 2020 that the long-running film series will be getting its first-ever live-action series, courtesy of FX. Putting together the acting talent for the upcoming Alien series has seen Shadow and Bone star…
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Paul Mescal Didn’t Talk to Russell Crowe About ‘Gladiator 2’ Because It’s ‘Totally Separate,’ Was ‘Too Afraid’ to Approach Pedro Pascal on Set
Paul Mescal said in an interview with Esquire UK (conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike) that he did not get in contact with Russell Crowe regarding Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2.” Mescal is headlining the upcoming sequel to the 2000 historical epic, which won Crowe the Academy Award for best actor. Crowe’s character, Maximus, dies at…
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Ridley Scott Almost Made ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’
With Ridley Scott’s historical epic Napoleon soon to hit the big screens, film fans are excited to see the director’s take on the powerful figure’s life story. A historical epic is nothing new for Scott, with movies such as Exodus: Gods and Kings and Kingdom of Heaven already under his belt. For Napoleon, he is…
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The Equalizer Franchise Could Make Denzel Washington The Next Victim Of AI De-Aging
Honestly, what can’t Denzel Washington do? Last seen on the big screen delivering Shakespearean monologues like an absolute force of nature in Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” the star has already lined up his next major project with Ridley Scott for his “Gladiator” sequel and continues to add action cred to his name with…
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Which Productions Are Continuing During the SAG-AFTRA Strike? ‘Death of a Unicorn,’ ‘Beneath the Grass,’ and More
As anyone who pays attention to the movie industry knows, SAG-AFTRA is on indefinite strike. And that, combined with the now months-long WGA strike, means that all film and TV productions involving SAG actors, from Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” sequel to the live-action “Lilo & Stitch” film, have halted until the labor dispute concludes.Well, almost all…
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This Biopic Features the Scariest Alien Abduction Scene Ever
What is the most terrifying alien film? That should be an easy question to answer, right? Of course, there are some iconic ones. Will anything ever beat Ridley Scott’s iconic Alien, where we first see the creature burst out of John Hurt’s chest in a geyser of blood? Who could forget the first time they…
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Joaquin Phoenix Marches to Victory in New ‘Napoleon’ Images
One of the hotly anticipated films coming out later this year is Ridley Scott’s Napoleon starring Joaquin Phoenix in the titular role. The feature will chronicle the French leader’s rise to power and his relationship with his consort Empress Joséphine (Vanessa Kirby). The historical drama is sort of a passion project for the director and…
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All 7 of Ridley Scott’s Historical and Period Movies, Ranked
Few directors working today have ties to the historical epic and period drama genres quite like Ridley Scott does. The sorts of large-scale, often action-packed movies that he often makes were popular way back in the 1950s and 1960s, with big epics set long in the past like Ben-Hur, Spartacus, and also Biblical epics like…
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The Last Voyage Of The Demeter Is A Reminder That One-Location Horror Movies Freakin’ Rule
This post contains spoilers for “The Last Voyage of the Demeter.”Dracula might have been around for centuries as of the beginning of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” but the latest film featuring the undead vampire — “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” — represents something of a dying breed these days. Much will (and has) be written about the…
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Alien: Awakening – Is It Happening?
In 2012, Ridley Scott took the “Alien” franchise in a bold — and controversial — new direction. “Prometheus” may not have been a roaring success with the critics, but it nevertheless scored an impressive $400 million at the global box office. Five years later, Scott helmed “Alien: Covenant,” a less off-piste sequel that underperformed both…