Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists (1977), Alien (1979), ... More »
From 'Star Trek Into Darkness' to 'World War Z': Inside the $400 Million Mind of Damon Lindelof
" 'Ridley Scott is about to call you. Are you free? ' I was driving on Ventura, in Studio City, and I slammed on my brakes," recalls Lindelof. "So I pulled over. Ridley Scott doesn't introduce himself when he calls. He's like, 'Hey dude. ' That's what he always called me; I'm not ... Read more »
Cannes Briefs: Ridley Scott Exec Producing Altitude's 'Get Santa'; Film4 Shifts Team
Will Clarke’s Altitude Film Sales has boarded family comedy Get Santa starring Jim Broadbent and exec produced by Ridley Scott. The film follows a father and son who must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage. Also new is Tiger House, a ... Read more »
Special-effects master Trumbull pushes new movie format
Among the movies that feature his magic are Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" and Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life. " His creation of Showscan, a hypervivid film process that combined ... Read more »
Salman Rushdie bequeaths 'Midnight's Children' to film
Alan Parker, Hugh Hudson, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, all these people some of the time making advertising commercials. " But while living in London, Rushdie said, he worried about "becoming detached from my place of origin and culture and heritage. " After "Grimus" flopped, it took a trip ... Read more »
Cicadas to Either Entirely Destroy, Or Ignore, NYC
Cicadas: their post-larval transformations look like something out of a Ridley Scott movie, and their mating calls sound like the mutant-bastard crickets of your nightmares. And they are coming for you. The last few days have seen a fervor of cicada-related reporting in the five ... Read more »
Prometheus
Director Ridley Scott returns to the darkest, most Alien corner of the universe for this long-awaited prequel to his sci-fi masterpiece. On a mission to reveal the origins of mankind, the crew of the research ship Prometheus - including scientist Noomi Rapace, corporate overseer Charlize ... Read more »
Zoe Saldana on 'Star Trek,' turn-ons, 'Avatar' and Mom
"Tony Scott, Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, I grew up with those directors. 'Gremlins' and 'Batteries Not Included' and 'The Karate Kid' — I'm a pop kid, those are all part of my culture, and part of my childhood. But I also remember seeing 'My Life as a Dog' — and feeling my life was ... Read more »
'Star Trek Into Darkness' heading where none has gone before: foreign profitability
Another sci-fi epic, Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," brought in around $25 million from the same group last year, and Marcoly said he'd like to see this weekend's total land between those - or do even better. "I like our odds," he said... Read more »
VIDEOS: Carmakers crank up ad campaigns beyond simple commercials with branded digital content
It was produced by mega-hit director Ridley Scott, who is justly famous for Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator and Thelma and Louise, among many others. In the 13-minute film, which debuted at Sundance London, Lewis plays a car delivery man who gets caught up in a dangerous chase involving ... Read more »
Popcorn al fresco: Multiple outdoor screenings set to unspool, plus other local movie events
This week: director Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror classic "Alien" (2 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 8), starring Sigourney Weaver. Next week: writer-director Mel Brooks' 1974 comic Western "Blazing Saddles" (2 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 15), starring Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little. 'W'here ... Read more »
