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Salma Hayek joins Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci

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Deadline is reporting that Salma Hayek has become the latest addition to House of Gucci, the upcoming film from director Ridley Scott which sees Lady Gaga taking on the role of Patrizia Reggiani, the ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), who was sentenced to 26 years in prison for plotting to kill the grandson of […]

Ridley Scott and Steven Knight team for WWII series Roads to Freedom

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Deadline is reporting that Ridley Scott is teaming with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight for Roads to Freedom, a ten-episode World War II epic which will explore the conflict from multiple international perspectives. Based on the books of historian Antony Beevor, Roads to Freedom “will portray the brutal realities from multiple viewpoints, with characters not […]

Gladiator star Connie Nielsen confirms the sequel is still “on the ledger”

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Since 2018, reports have been circulating that director Ridley Scott is wanting to develop a sequel to his historical epic Gladiator, and now, one of the stars of the original film has offered an update on the project. In an interview with Collider, Connie Nielsen, who played Lucilla in the original film, confirmed that the […]

Lady Gaga shares first image from Ridley Scott-directed House of Gucci

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Lady Gaga is known for her killer fashion, and now she’s starring in a film where fashion turns killer. In the first official image from House of Gucci, Adam Driver joins Gaga to debut their looks as Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani. Ridley Scott will helm this upcoming biographical crime film for MGM. Gaga plays […]

Jodie Comer joins Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic Kitbag

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As director Ridley Scott preps his Napoleon Bonaparte biopic Kitbag with Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) as the famed emperor, Deadline reports that Scott has cast Killing Eve‘s Jodie Comer to star as Napoleon’s wife Josephine, a role which the filmmaker views as integral both to the film and Napoleon’s life. Much like Phoenix re-teaming with Scott decades […]

Ridley Scott and Noah Hawley team for Alien TV series

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During Disney’s Investor Day virtual presentation, it has been announced that Ridley Scott is set for a return to the Alien universe for a brand new TV series at FX. Scott is set to team with Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley on the live-action series, the franchise’s first foray onto the small screen, and […]

Jeremy Irons joins Lady Gaga in Ridley Scott’s Gucci

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The fashion-focused crime drama Gucci is heating up with some talented actors as THR is reporting that Jeremy Irons will join the cast of Ridley Scott’s upcoming project, which stars Lady Gaga. Scott’s Gucci will be based on the book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed and will focus […]

TV Review – Raised By Wolves

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Martin Carr reviews Raised By Wolves… Several serious questions are raised in this science fiction series created by Aaron Gozikowski and overseen by Ridley Scott. Featuring colonising androids, desolate scrubland and fossilised dinosaur remains Raised By Wolves is an intriguing hybrid. Opening innocently with a spandex wearing pairing landing on an unpopulated rock known as […]

Gladiator’s Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix to re-team for Napoleon epic

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Could Joaquin Phoenix be gearing up for another Oscar campaign in the future? Deadline reports that the actor is re-teaming with Gladiator director Ridley Scott for an upcoming Napoleon-focused film. Phoenix will play the French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Titled Kitbag, the name is derived from the old saying: “There is a general’s […]