Lady Gaga is set to follow up the Oscar-winning A Star Is Born by teaming with Ridley Scott for a drama based upon the murder of Maurizio Gucci, the grandson of Gucci founder Guccio Gucci. The film will see Gaga playing Patrizia Reggiani, the ex-wife of Maurizio, who was tried and convicted for his 1995 […]
November 2019: Welcome to Blade Runner
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Doubling Up: Five Great Female Movie Partnerships
Freda Cooper with five great female movie partnerships… After last week’s classic pairing of Laurel and Hardy (aka Steve Coogan and John C Reilly) in Stan & Ollie comes one of the most exciting on-screen double acts for some time. The prospect of Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I and Saoirse Ronan as Mary, Queen Of […]
The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #18 – Film critic Amon Warmann on Gladiator
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite movie. This week, film critic Amon Warmann divulges his love for Ridley Scott’s historical epic Gladiator… This week, film journalist and critic Amon Warmann is the guest and he has chosen to discuss Gladiator – Ridley […]