Gladiator II cinematographer on Ridley Scott's style: "It’s really lazy"
by Dan Cooper | Nov 28, 2024 | News
Someone isn't happy with Ridley Scott's late-period evolution as a filmmaker - but crikey, it's his Gladiator II cinematographer....
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Gladiator II and the lone hero of democracy
by A J Black | Nov 26, 2024 | Feature
It may be set in Ancient Rome, but like its predecessor, Gladiator II says a lot about the current state of democracy, AJ writes....
Ridley Scott | Studio changes have delayed the Bee Gees movie
by Simon Brew | Nov 20, 2024 | News
Ridley Scott has explain the late in the day delay to Bee Gees biopic You Should Be Dancing, which now isn't his next film....
Gladiator II | Is this the first post-January 6th blockbuster?
by James Harvey | Nov 15, 2024 | Feature, News
In Gladiator II, all is not well in the world's largest military superpower. We couldn't possibly comment......
In conversation with Lucy Fisher & Douglas Wick: Gladiator II, Ridley Scott, Stuart Little and more
by Simon Brew | Nov 15, 2024 | Podcasts
Producers Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wick join the podcast to tell their story, with lashings of Gladiator II and a dose of Stuart Little....
Prometheus | "We were asleep at the wheel," Ridley Scott says of his prequel
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 14, 2024 | News
Over a decade on, Ridley Scott has some harsh criticism of his 2012 Alien prequel, Prometheus, and some of his collaborators....
Gladiator II | Paul Mescal interview - massive sets, Ridley Scott and working with Denzel Washington
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 14, 2024 | Feature, News
We chat to the star of Gladiator II, Paul Mescal, about working with Denzel Washington, and adapting to Ridley Scott’s tendency to shoot things in a c...
Ridley Scott interview | Gladiator II, Alien 3, tennis, art and baboons
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 13, 2024 | Feature, News
Director Ridley Scott talks to us about Gladiator II, his favourite tennis documentary, baboons and an awful lot more....
Gladiator II review | Ridley Scott serves up another sumptuous tale of blood and circuses
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 11, 2024 | News, Reviews
Paul Mescal wields a sword and Denzel Washington steals the show in Ridley Scott's full-blooded sequel. Here's our Gladiator II review:...
Film Stories magazine issue 52 | The biggest UK movie magazine - now with Ridley Scott!
by Simon Brew | Nov 01, 2024 | News
On sale now: Film Stories issue 52, with Ridley Scott, low budget filmmaking, the state of UK horror, and a whole lot more!...
Ridley Scott says he’s directing a mystery sci-fi film (exclusive)
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 01, 2024 | News
An exclusive from director Ridley Scott: among his planned upcoming films, including his Bee Gees biopic and Gladiator III, there’s a mystery sci-fi m...
Ridley Scott details his upcoming Bee Gees biopic and Gladiator III (exclusive)
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 01, 2024 | Feature, News
Director Ridley Scott gives us an exclusive on three of his planned upcoming films, including his Bee Gees biopic and Gladiator III....
Gladiator 3 | Script is already underway, Ridley Scott says
by Dan Cooper | Oct 09, 2024 | News
"I’ve got the beginning of a very good footprint,” says director Ridley Scott as he reveals that a percentage of Gladiator 3's script has already bee...
Gladiator 2 | Second trailer emerges, features Paul Mescal and fighting
by James Harvey | Sep 23, 2024 | News
It's a bad time to be related to a muscly Paul Mescal - the second Gladiator 2 trailer sees the Normal People star out for revenge....
Podcast | American Gangster (2007) and Piranha II: The Spawning (1982)
by Simon Brew | Sep 16, 2024 | Podcasts
Ridley Scott and James Cameron step into the spotlight for different reasons, in the new Film Stories podcast episode......
Alien: Romulus | Its ending’s dark implications for the franchise
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 10, 2024 | Feature, News
The ending of Alien: Romulus, and some comments by its director, suggest that the franchise’s lore has made a subtle yet dark change…...
Piles and pillow talk | The biggest changes in the Napoleon director’s cut
by James Harvey | Aug 30, 2024 | Feature
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon director’s cut is streaming on Apple TV+ now – here’re our main takeaways....
Napoleon | Director's cut gets surprise Apple TV+ release
by James Harvey | Aug 29, 2024 | News
Like the opposite of a winter invasion of Russia, Ridley Scott's Napoleon director's cut has appeared very suddenly on Apple TV+ - and is available to...
Alien: Romulus and 45 years of fascinating androids
by Ryan Lambie | Aug 23, 2024 | Feature
With spoilers, we dig into 45 years of Alien movies to explore why its androids - sorry, artificial persons - are such fascinating characters....
Bee Gees biopic now called You Should Be Dancing, Ridley Scott starts filming next year
by Simon Brew | Aug 20, 2024 | News
Ridley Scott will direct You Should Be Dancing, the biopic of the Bee Gees. But there's Gladiator II to sort out first....
Alien | How it fused New Hollywood and the 1980s blockbuster era
by A J Black | Aug 16, 2024 | Feature
With Alien: Romulus in cinemas, a look at how Ridley Scott's original Alien emerged from the New Hollywood of the 1970s and anticipated the...
Fallout from scrapped Joaquin Phoenix project intensifies
by Dan Cooper | Aug 14, 2024 | News
Joaquin Phoenix appears to be winning himself few friends in Hollywood, as fallout builds from his recent quitting of Todd Haynes' new film....
Ridley Scott revisited: American Gangster | A bold, bravura crime epic
by A J Black | Jul 26, 2024 | Feature
Ridley Scott ventured into Martin Scorsese territory with American Gangster - and it's a shame he's not really tried to do so again....
Alien: Romulus and the 45-year mystery of the blue mist
by Ryan Lambie | Jul 15, 2024 | Feature
A new featurette for Alien: Romulus shows the blue mist from 1979’s Alien making a return. So will a 45 year mystery finally be explained…?...
Ridley Scott's Napoleon Director's Cut looks like it's coming after all
by Simon Brew | Jul 10, 2024 | News
A new listing has revealed the existence of Napoleon: The Director's Cut, from Apple and Ridley Scott. More here....
Gladiator 2 | Oscar voters are already talking about potential wins for Ridley Scott's sequel
by Ryan Lambie | Jul 02, 2024 | News
Hollywood Oscar voters who've seen Gladiator 2 are already singling out Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington's performances for praise....
Ridley Scott | Looks like his planned western isn't happening
by Dan Cooper | Jul 01, 2024 | News
Ridley Scott is said to have his next three films lined up - it's just it doesn't look like one of them will be his planned western....
Ridley Scott revisited: Black Hawk Down | A muscular broadside at imperialism
by A J Black | Jun 18, 2024 | Feature
Our look back at the work of Ridley Scott arrives in 2001, with Black Hawk Down - a film he wasn't originally supposed to make....
Gladiator 2 | It’s not sounding like Russell Crowe is too keen on the idea
by Simon Brew | Jun 13, 2024 | News
Russell Crowe has been chatting about Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2, and has admitted he has a concern or two about the film....
Gladiator 2 | Paul Mescal pictured on set as reshoots commence
by Ryan Lambie | Jun 11, 2024 | News
Ridley Scott's sword-and-sandal sequel Gladiator 2 is out in November, but is now undergoing reshoots in Sussex. Paul Mescal's been photographed in...
Alien | Ridley Scott apparently working on his own TV series
by Dan Cooper | May 24, 2024 | News
An interesting development arises in the ongoing return of Alien to our screens: series regular, Ridley Scott is said to be developing his own...
Ridley Scott revisited: Hannibal | A sleazy, neo-Gothic horror hiding inside a blockbuster
by A J Black | May 21, 2024 | Feature
Ridley Scott's 2001 movie Hannibal took a tonal shift away from predecessor The Silence Of The Lambs - with mixed results....
