Hollywood is notorious for its bandwagon tendencies. Notice how many vampire flicks surfaced immediately following the success of the “Twilight” films? This time around the trend centers on Jules Verne’s classic undersea adventure, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” And since it’s in the public domain, studios won’t have to embarrass themselves with cheap and transparent [...]
Ridley Scott is after Angelina Jolie to play the role of Patrizia Reggiano, the femme fatale sentenced to 29 years in prison for orchestrating the murder of her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci in “Gucci,” a drama about the gluttonous luxury of the Gucci fashion empire, reports Variety. The flick is a Fox 2000 production headed by [...]
Ridley Scott, the famed director behind futuristic dramas like “Blade Runner” and “Alien,” will take on the critically acclaimed and beloved dystopian work, Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The Risky Biz Blog reports that Universal is taking the reins on the project where Scott will produce through his Scott Free banner and likely direct. Marty [...]
It’s official. Ridley Scott is returning to the “Alien” franchise to direct a prequel for Twentieth Century Fox, reports Variety. Jon Spaihts has been hired to pen the script which Scott Free will produce. Fox also hired Spaihts, in an unrelated move, to rewrite “The Darkest Hour,” which Timur Bekmambetov will produce with Tom Jacobson. [...]
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