‘No zombies please’: Ridley Scott explains why The Dog Stars isn't a typical apocalypse movie
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Ridley Scott has already returned to the cinema with The Dog Stars and has told what prompted him to make the film, while he does not like post-apo. Since his debut in 1977 with Les Duelistes, Ridley Scott has been making films with a quasi-Stakhanovist look. He has 29 films on the counter and we can say that [...]
‘The Dog Stars’ Helmer Ridley Scott Boasts Action Chops, Avoided Zombies In Post-Apocalypse Pic That Nearly Starred Paul Mescal Before ‘Beatles’ Biopics
In August, we’re going to see veteran filmmaker Ridley Scott return to the big screen with his latest sci-fi feature, “The Dog Stars,” which is based on Peter Heller‘s 2012 novel that was adapted by screenwriter Mark L. Smith (“The Revenant”), and the director is sharing his thoughts on the post-apocalypse genre, and revealed that he originally thought that he was going to reunite with “Gladiator II” actor Paul Mescal in the lead role before it …
‘No zombies please’: Ridley Scott explains why The Dog Stars isn't a typical apocalypse movie
A Ridley Scott film can be many things. It could be set in deep space, where no one can hear you scream. Or it can be set in a rain-lashed future-vision of 2019 LA. Or perhaps millennia ago at the Colosseum, where a gladiator fights for his freedom. Even at 88, his latest film takes him somewhere new: The Dog Stars is an apocalyptic drama, depicting the aftermath of a brutal flu virus that has wiped out great swathes of the population. And in it…
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