Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio heading to a Brave New World

Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio are developing a feature film version of Aldous Huxley’s book Brave New World, one of the most highly regarded dystopian works of literature, according to THR. The project is been set up at Universal, where Scott will direct, and DiCaprio will star, from a script by Apocalypto writer Farhad Safinia. ….

Hasbro lining up top talent for film adaptations including Brian Grazer producing Stretch Armstrong, Gore Verbinski directing Clue, Michal Bay helming Ouija and Ridley Scott directing Monopoly

Universal and Hasbro jointly announced that the first feature film to be released under Universal and Hasbro’s six-year partnership, Stretch Armstrong, has been dated for theatrical release on April 15, 2011. They also announced Academy Award winning producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, American Gangster) will team with Hasbro to bring the iconic action figure ….

Win one of two copies of Tony and Ridley Scott’s cult horror TV series The Hunger 4-disc DVD set

From two legendary directors, Tony Scott (Man On Fire) and Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), comes The Hunger – a groundbreaking horror series available for the first time on DVD. On June 2nd, E1 Entertainment will release a 4 disc DVD set of The Hunger, and to celebrate the event, FilmFetish is getting two copies for ….

Ridley Scott’s sci-fi epic Forever War to be shot in 3-D

Ridley Scott, who’s adapting Joe Haldeman’s sci-fi war epic The Forever War, told reporters in Britain that James Cameron’s Avatar is inspiring him to shoot War in 3-D, according to SlashFilm. “I’m filming a book by Joe Haldeman called Forever War,” said the director. “I’ve got a good writer doing it. I’ve seen some of ….

Cate Blanchett and Russell Crowe to star in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood epic

Cate Blanchett is attached to play Maid Marian opposite Russell Crowe as Robin Hood in a Ridley Scott-directed epic retelling of Robin Hood, according to Variety. The project was titled Nottingham, but underwent a name change ahead of it April production start. Angels & Demons producer Brian Grazer will steer the film, along with the ….

Classic James Bond theatrical screening series this weekend

For those of you in the New York City area, the historic Loew’s Jersey Theater will be screening their first film series of 2009, which includes three James Bond classics, featuring Roger Moore as 007. The Loew’s Jersey, which first opened its polished brass doors on September 28, 1929, runs a continuous series of classic ….

Joe “Narc” Carnahan and Ridley “Blade Runner” Scott bringing A-Team movie to theaters next year?

If this is accurate, it looks like the long-in-development A-Team movie, will happen. Fox has apparently assembled a creative team to finally adapt 1980s cult action TV series The A-Team into a film project for summer 2010, according to reports on Latino Review and other sites. Joe Carnahan has been tapped to direct, with Ridley ….

Inhabited Island film details

There was a story on Variety about how well the Russian sci-fi epic Inhabited Island opened locally, so I wanted to share some details on this film. The film is a certified blockbuster in Russia and the Ukraine, and has a rich and dark look, which is described as reminiscent of Blade Runner and Fritz ….

Legendary director Ridley Scott to attend Film and TV Music Conference

Diane Warren, Ridley Scott and Hans Zimmer will take part in the 2008 Film & TV Music Conference, being held November 13-14 at the Sofitel in Los Angeles, CA. Diane Warren will receive the inaugural Film and TV Music Career Achievement Award, while Hans Zimmer will receive the inaugural Maestro Award – honoring his commitment ….

Ridley Scott discusses his directing career during Searchlab

Below is the second part of director Ridley Scott’s Searchlab Lecture. Presented in three parts, Scott talks about his career, technique, and inspirations among many other insightful anecdotes from the past thirty years. Academy Award Nominee Ridley Scott has directed some of the most influential and popular films in the past three decades, including Alien, ….

Alien film review

The good news: Sigourney Weaver’s famous underwear shot, which probably launched millions of now middle-aged men straight into puberty and beyond, has survived Ridley Scott’s keen eye in his digitally remastered 2003 director’s cut of Alien. As for the bad news, well, there really isn’t any. Alien, first released in 1979 and in theaters right ….