Tag: Ridley Scott (21-30 of 31)

Mar 12 2012 06:31 PM ET

'Prometheus': Teaser for the new trailer hypes 'the most anticipated movie of the year' -- VIDEO

Much like the run up to its first trailer in December, the upcoming second trailer for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus has its own 20-second teaser. It features a few new blink-and-you’ll-miss-them glimpses of the film, primarily of the vast-foreboding-alien-planet-landscape variety. Everything about the teaser for the new trailer effectively, well, teases me to want to see the full new trailer, but the claim that Prometheus is “the most anticipated movie of the year” doesn’t quite stand up to scrutiny. I’m fairly certain The AvengersThe Dark Knight Rises, and The Hobbit have all staked claims to that title too, and, besides, if Scott’s quasi-prequel to Alien really is so eagerly awaited, do we really need to hype it so much?

All that said, of course you’re going to check it out below. So have at it:  READ FULL STORY »

Feb 28 2012 02:35 PM ET

'Prometheus' adds an intriguing new preview: A TED Talk from the future -- VIDEO

The mystery of what Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is really all about just took on yet another heady wrinkle today, with the debut of what purports to be a TED Talk from the future — March, 2023, to be exact. Appearing as technology magnate Peter Weyland, actor Guy Pearce gives a micro-treatise on the history of technology, starting from the fire gifted to humanity from the titan Prometheus and running all the way up to Weyland’s ambition to create “cybernetic individuals who, in a few short years, will be completely indistinguishable from us.” It all sounds very much like the TED Talks about super-cool, bleeding-edge tech that many have lost hours to, while streaming them on the Internet. But then Weyland concludes his talk with a decidedly un-TED-like proclamation: That it is his “unlimited” ambition “to change the world.”

The video was conceived by Scott and Prometheus screenwriter Damon Lindelof and directed by Ridley’s son Luke Scott. Check it out below:  READ FULL STORY »

Feb 10 2012 01:08 PM ET

Ridley Scott to follow 'Prometheus' with Cormac McCarthy's 'The Counselor'

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EW has confirmed that Ridley Scott will direct Cormac McCarthy’s script, The Counselor, as his follow-up to his in-the-works sci-fi epic, Prometheus. Scott is looking to start the project in May. Any project from the A-list director of Alien, Thelma and Louise, and Gladiator is big news — especially since Scott also recently revealed that he will be returning in the near future to his 1982 cult hit Blade Runner. Perhaps even splashier is word that Scott is in talks with one of his Prometheus stars, the red-hot Michael Fassbender, to play the lead in The Counselor, which Deadline reports tells the story of a lawyer who gets involved in the drug world. Previous McCarthy novels that have been adapted into feature films include All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, and The Road.

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Feb 8 2012 12:17 PM ET

Ridley Scott (kind of) shoots down rumors of re-teaming with Harrison Ford in 'Blade Runner' project -- EXCLUSIVE

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Earlier this week, a wildfire was set ablaze on the Internet when it was reported that Ridley Scott was in talks with Harrison Ford to reprise his role as replicant detective Rick Deckard in the director’s in-development Blade Runner sequel. The next day, the project’s producers quickly squashed those rumors. Who to believe? The whole thing was beginning to seem as confusing as the non-voiceover version of the 1982 sci-fi classic itself — minus the origami unicorn. So EW went straight to the source to weigh in on the rumors: Ridley Scott.

While meeting with director yesterday to discuss his upcoming 3-D is-it-or-isn’t-it-an-Alien-prequel Prometheus, we put the Harrison Ford question to him. Here’s what he had to say… READ FULL STORY »

Feb 3 2012 09:15 AM ET

Ridley Scott on producing 'The Grey', and the harsh on-set conditions: 'Everyone embraced the pain'

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Ridley Scott first collaborated with Joe Carnahan 10 years ago, on Carnahan’s contribution to BMW’s groundbreaking series of digital short films The Hire. (You can watch it here.) Their latest project together, Carnahan’s bleak survival thriller The Grey, lit up the box office last week with an impressive $20 million opening and solidified star Liam Neeson as a genuine box-office draw. The filmmakers certainly welcomed that heat: The film shot largely near a remote town in British Columbia, Canada, in twenty-below-zero blizzards that Carnahan has said gave him frostbite.

So what drew Scott to want to collaborate with Carnahan on this story about a crew of oil riggers who find themselves hunted by a back of ruthless wolves after their plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness? Check out EW’s Q&A with Scott below, done via e-mail while the filmmaker — whose highly anticipated Prometheus is hitting theaters this June — does some location scouting himself.  READ FULL STORY »

Jan 19 2012 10:35 AM ET

YouTube and Ridley Scott team up for online film festival

Oscar-nominated Ridley Scott is teaming up with YouTube and the Venice Film Festival to host a worldwide (Web) film festival. The video upload site is inviting aspiring filmmakers to post 15-minute shorts online from Feb. 2 to March 31. From there, the Gladiator director (whose Prometheus hits theaters June 8) and members of his production company will select 50 semifinalists and toss them back to YouTube users to narrow down the top 10.

The finalists will screen in Venice — the world’s oldest film festival — in August, where a jury will choose the winner of a $500,000 prize. Nate Weinstein, YouTube’s manager of entertainment marketing, explained, “The goal is to connect new voices with a global audience of unprecedented size.”

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Dec 22 2011 03:33 PM ET

'Prometheus' trailer: Yep, this is DEFINITELY an 'Alien' prequel

Ever since Ridley Scott started talking about his first foray back into science fiction since 1982′s Blade Runner, the geekosphere has been all Twitterpated over whether the film is, in fact, a prequel to Alien. First it was. Then it wasn’t. Then it was again, kinda. Well, now Scott has unveiled his first real peek at the film, and there should be no doubt: Prometheus is definitely a prequel to Alien.

Exhibit A: The photo to the right. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 19 2011 04:57 PM ET

'Prometheus' pre-trailer: Ridley Scott teases his 'epic' space odyssey

In advance of Thursday’s release of the full Prometheus trailer, 20th Century Fox has put together a 30-second behind-the-scenes teaser for the Alien-related, partially Greg Louganis-inspired, human-origins-exploring 3-D space thriller from Ridley Scott. (Say that five times fast!) In the short cut, Scott teases “the very grand ideas and notions — the surprising things that appear to be small and yet will be enormous” in his latest film. See the clip below. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 15 2011 01:37 PM ET

'Prometheus' poster: Ridley Scott's maybe-'Alien' prequel has a pretty big head

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Practically all the talk about Ridley Scott’s Prometheus has been whether the film (or how much of the film) is connected to Scott’s very first sci-fi movie, Alien. Less discussed, but not less intriguing to my mind, is very much confirmed fact that the movie will explore the origins of humanity itself. That’s pretty heady stuff — and, as it happens, the new poster for the film is dominated by a rather massive humanoid head. But if that’s an actual human in a space suit peering up at the head, and if the film takes place in the depths of space, where did this very familiar looking cranium come from? Check out the poster below, and ponder the implications for yourself:  READ FULL STORY »

Nov 23 2011 08:00 AM ET

'Prometheus': Ridley Scott returns to space -- FIRST LOOK

When it comes to sci-fi classics, Ridley Scott has a pretty impeccable record. Not only did he direct the fiery 1979 action-fest Alien, he helmed the genre-redefining Blade Runner in 1982.

So it’s understandable that anticipation is running high for Scott’s upcoming sci-fi return, Prometheus, a 3-D space thriller starring Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, and Noomi Rapace, which is set to hit theaters on June 8, 2012. Lucky for you, EW has the exclusive first look at the film! READ FULL STORY »

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