Matthew Shepherd looks back at Ridley Scott’s forgotten star-studded crime thriller The Counselor… Ridley Scott does not often admit when he thinks he has been wronged. The man who made Alien, Blade Runner, and Gladiator has a strong confidence in his own judgement that borders on geological. So when he told the Toronto Sun, years […]
The Road’s John Hillcoat to direct Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian
The Road director John Hillcoat is set to return to the world of Cormac McCarthy by bringing the author’s Blood Meridian to the big-screen. According to Deadline the Lawless director will work from a script written by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Skyfall, Alien: Covenant, Michael). Hillcoat told Deadline that “After years of dreaming and […]
James Franco – Russell Crowe team-up Blood Meridian shelved hours after being announced
A strange tale has emerged from the Cannes Film Festival overnight, with Cormac McCarthy adaptation Blood Meridian shelved mere hours after details of the film were first announced reports Deadline. James Franco (The Masterpiece) had been set to star and direct the adaptation, with Russell Crowe (The Nice Guys) co-starring alongside Tye Sheridan (X-Men: Apocalypse) and […]
