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Ridley Scott confirms that Prometheus 2 is his next film

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This won’t come as a surprise at all considering we heard earlier this month that it will start shooting in January, but Ridley Scott has confirmed that Prometheus 2 will be his next film. “I was already on to my next movie,” Scott told Empire Magazine when talking about the decision to shift the release […]

Adam Driver joins Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel

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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, […]

The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #18 – Film critic Amon Warmann on Gladiator

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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 […]

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to reunite for Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel

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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

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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 […]

FX to adapt Don Winslow’s Cartel Trilogy for TV

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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

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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

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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 […]

Rumour: Could an Alien TV show be about to burst onto a streaming service?

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It’s worth taking the following with a pinch of salt, or you might react to this news like John Hurt and his bowl of pasta aboard the Sulaco, but Dread Central are reporting that a reliable source of YouTuber (Mr H) has revealed that an extension of the Alien brand is gestating, with the intention of finding a home on one […]