Ridley Scott News Updates

Ridley Scott Movie Updates

Total Updates: 97

Fri., Apr. 6, 2012

Casting Heats Up on 'Out of the Furnace'

Relativity Media has closed deals with Oscar-winner Christian Bale (The Fighter), Oscar-nominated Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford), Zoe Saldana (Avatar) and Oscar-nominated Sam Shepard (Safe House) to star as the lead roles in the upcoming gripping and gritty drama currently titled Out o...

added Ridley Scott to the credits of Out of the Furnace

Wed., Feb. 1, 2012

from Deadline

Scott in Talks For Cormac McCarthy's 'Counselor'

Ridley Scott is in talks to direct the Cormac McCarthy-scripted drama The Counselor. Scott intends to make it his next film and his followup to Prometheus, the 3D space film which Fox releases this summer.

added Ridley Scott (In Talks) to the credits of The Counselor

Tue., Jan. 31, 2012

from Los Angeles Times

'The Grey' Director Joe Carnahan Has 'Death Wish'

Joe Carnahan has landed a new gig: He's being hired to write and direct a remake of Death Wish, the 1974 vigilante picture that helped put Charles Bronson on the map, according to a person familiar with the project who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak about it publicly.

added Ridley Scott to the credits of Death Wish

Mon., Nov. 21, 2011

from Variety

Frears to Helm 'Bengali Detective'

Brit helmer Stephen Frears and scribe D.V. DeVincentis are set to work together once again.

added Ridley Scott to the credits of The Bengali Detective

Thu., Aug. 18, 2011

from Deadline

Ridley Scott Ready To Direct New Version Of Seminal Sci-Fi Film 'Blade Runner'

After revisiting his classic Alien with the upcoming 3D Fox film Prometheus, Ridley Scott is committing to direct and produce a film that advances his other seminal and groundbreaking science fiction film. Scott has signed on to direct and produce a new installment of Blade Runner. He’ll make the film with Alcon Entertainment,...

added Ridley Scott to the credits of Blade Runner 2049

Wed., Jun. 8, 2011

from Worldview Entertainment

Worldview Entertainment

added Ridley Scott to the credits of Welcome to the Punch

Fri., May. 13, 2011

from The Hollywood Reporter

Scott Free U.K. Unveils Ambitious Slate

Projects involving Rowan Joffe, Emma Thompson and Christmas are among those planned for the British arm of Ridley and Tony Scott's production company.

added Ridley Scott to the credits of Settle Down

added Ridley Scott to the credits of The Last Werewolf

added Ridley Scott to the credits of Blood Red Road

added Ridley Scott to the credits of Get Santa

Tue., Apr. 19, 2011

from Deadline

Matt Reeves Sinks Teeth Into Fox 2000's Vampire Epic 'The Passage'

Fox 2000 has set Matt Reeves to direct The Passage, the film based on the bestselling Justin Cronin novel about an experiment that goes awry and creates a swarm of bloodthirsty vampires that brings the world to the brink of extinction.

changed the status of Ridley Scott to Formerly Rumored of The Passage

Wed., Feb. 16, 2011

from New York Magazine

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio to Reteam for The Wolf of Wall Street

Contrary to earlier reports, Ridley Scott will not be directing the film adaption of Jordan Belfort’s 1990 best seller The Wolf of Wall Street at Warner Bros. Instead, Vulture has learned exclusively, the project has left the studio, and Scott has left the project. Replacing him: Director Martin Scorsese, who’ll shoot his fe...

changed the status of Ridley Scott to Formerly In Talks of The Wolf of Wall Street

Thu., Dec. 16, 2010

from Variety

Warner Bros. Options 'Conspiracy of Paper'

Warner Bros. has scooped up David Liss' period novel A Conspiracy of Paper for Ridley and Tony Scott to produce through their Scott Free banner.

added Ridley Scott to the credits of A Conspiracy of Paper

Tue., Dec. 14, 2010

from Deadline

'Brokeback' Duo Script Pair of Period Westerns

Oscar-winning Brokeback Mountain scribes Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana are in the midst of two major period Western feature films projects. They are scripting The Color of Lightning for Ridley Scott to direct at 20th Century Fox, and they are at the center of a new deal at Warner Bros to adapt the S. C. Gwynne book Empire of t...

added Ridley Scott to the credits of Empire of the Summer Moon

Wed., Nov. 17, 2010

from Los Angeles Times

Oldboy auteur Park Chan-wook could make his English-language debut ... directing Care...

Few directors get hardcore film fans excited as much as Park Chan-wook, the South Korean auteur behind the international favorite "Oldboy." Now those fans could get to see Park direct an English-language movie featuring major stars.

changed the status of Ridley Scott to Formerly In Talks of Stoker

Thu., Nov. 4, 2010

from Variety

Bomback to Pen 'Shadow Divers'

Mark Bomback ("Unstoppable") is diving into "Shadow Divers" and will pen the true-life adventure for Fox 2000 with Scott Free producing.

added Ridley Scott to the credits of Shadow Divers

Mon., Sep. 13, 2010

from Variety

Helmer Ready for 'Sleep'

Rowan Joffe, the helmer behind Toronto title Brighton Rock, is set to write and direct an adaptation of Brit scribe Steve Watson's debut novel "Before I Go to Sleep" with Ridley Scott's shingle Scott Free U.K producing and StudioCanal exec producing.

added Ridley Scott to the credits of Before I Go to Sleep

Wed., Aug. 4, 2010

from Deadline

'Red' Director Robert Schwentke Jumps Into Fox 2000's 'Shadow Divers'

Robert Schwentke, whose upcoming Helen Mirren-Bruce Willis-John Malkovich shoot-em-up "Red" got a big Comic-Con reaction, has taken the plunge on "Shadow Divers", the Fox 2000 adaptation of the Robert Kurson book.

added Ridley Scott (Former) to the credits of Shadow Divers

Sat., Jul. 31, 2010

added Ridley Scott (In Talks) to the credits of Stoker

Tue., Jul. 13, 2010

from The Wrap

'Tron Legacy' Director Kosinski to Produce 'Archangels'

Hollywood newcomer Andrew Will's spec script "Archangels" is in development at New Regency and "Tron Legacy" director Joseph Kosinski has just come aboard to produce the sci-fi movie with Scott Free's Ridley and Tony Scott.

added Ridley Scott to the credits of Archangel

Thu., Jul. 8, 2010

from Deadline

Ridley Scott Takes on 'Wolf of Wall Street'?

Leonardo DiCaprio may partner with Ridley Scott for an adaptation of "The Wolf of Wall Street", reports Deadline.

added Ridley Scott (In Talks) to the credits of The Wolf of Wall Street

Thu., Jun. 24, 2010

from The Hollywood Reporter

Channing Tatum attached to 'Ion' -- Fox's next 'Avatar'?

Right now Fox, through its label Fox 2000, is getting ready to bet on sci-fi again and is the lead contender to pick up an original spec script by Will Dunn titled “Ion," which is generating interest from several studios. Channing Tatum is attached to star in what is labeled a sci-fi romantic epic, with Ridley and To...