Ridley Scott is a ‘Monopoly’

Ridley Scott is a ‘Monopoly’

By Hollywood Editor • on November 12, 2008

The Hasbro-Universal collaboration “Monopoly” is jumping a large number of spaces up the board. The feature project has brought on Pamela Pettler to write the screenplay; She penned Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride,” Gil Kenan’s “Monster House” and the upcoming animated adventure “9,” produced by

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Ridley Scott goes to ‘War’

Ridley Scott goes to ‘War’

By Hollywood Editor • on October 13, 2008

Fox 2000 has acquired rights to Joe Haldeman’s 1974 novel “The Forever War,” and Ridley Scott is planning to make it into his first science fiction film since he delivered back-to-back classics with “Blade Runner” and “Alien.” Scott intended to follow those films

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Ridley Scott Confirms He’s Making Brave New World with Leonardo DiCaprio

Ridley Scott Confirms He’s Making Brave New World with Leonardo DiCaprio

By Hollywood Editor • on October 8, 2008

We got the chance to ask science fiction legend Ridley Scott for an exclusive update on his adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s classic dystopian novel Brave New World. While he’s still knee-deep in the details of the adaptation, he’s already got some strong opinions — including his view

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Russell Crowe Will Play Robin Hood AND The Sheriff In Ridley Scott’s Nottingham. Wait, what?!

Russell Crowe Will Play Robin Hood AND The Sheriff In Ridley Scott’s Nottingham. Wait, what?!

By Hollywood Editor • on September 28, 2008

How do you find an actor of Russell Crowe’s caliber to play against him? Well, Ridley Scott seems to have found the answer: let the Oscar winner play both roles! That’s right, in one of the odder casting ideas in at least a few days (it just so happens this news comes in the same week Johnny Depp

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Ridley Scott’s revisionist Robin Hood ‘Nottingham’ on hold

Ridley Scott’s revisionist Robin Hood ‘Nottingham’ on hold

By • on July 27, 2008

From THR: he Sheriff of Nottingham will not be chasing Robin Hood into England’s Sherwood Forest this fall. Although “Nottingham,” director Ridley Scott’s revisionist take on

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Ridley Scott talks Russell Crowe, Leonardo di Caprio

Ridley Scott talks Russell Crowe, Leonardo di Caprio

By • on June 4, 2008

QUESTION: You directed Blade Runner and Alien, which are seminal science fiction films. Why have you not done more science fiction films? RIDLEY SCOTT: I am going to do one. I waited for a book for 20 years and I have got the book. I am not going to tell you what the book is but that film is going to

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WB taps Ridley Scott for ‘Kind One’

WB taps Ridley Scott for ‘Kind One’

By • on April 17, 2008

Ridley Scott will direct and produce period noir drama “The Kind One” for Warner Bros. Casey Affleck is attached to star in the film, which is based on a novel by Tom Epperson, who will pen the screenplay. Story, set in 1930s Los Angeles, centers on an amnesiac who finds himself working for

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Lena Headey joins Ridley Scott thriller

Lena Headey joins Ridley Scott thriller

By • on March 17, 2008

Lena Headey (”Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” 300) is joining Tell-Tale, Scott Free Productions’ psychological thriller being directed by Michael Cuesta. She’ll star opposite Josh Lucas in the film inspired by the classic Edgar Allan Poe story “The Tell-Tale Heart.”

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