Ridley Scott Returning to Science Fiction, Purchases Rights to Mystery SF Book
When people ask me what I consider to be great science-fiction movies I only have a few titles I rattle off, namely 2001, Blade Runner, Alien and Brazil. Of those four films, Ridley Scott has directed two, which by my math makes his one of the best science-fiction directors of all time. Unfortunately, Ridley hasn't tackled the genre in over 20 years, which is sad and depressing. All that is about to change.
Eclipse Magazine recently conducted an interview with Ridley Scott where the following exchange occurred:
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 probably be written within the next month. That will definitely be what I do next after Nottingham, the Robin Hood film that I am doing now in England.
So Ridley has the rights to some mysterious science-fiction book. It could be a classic or it could be something relatively recent. Or, he could have the rights to a book that hasn't been published yet. Whatever it is, I can't wait for the old Ridley Scott to deliver another visual masterpiece.
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