Ridley Scott was slated to direct the Bee Gees biopic after Gladiator II, however he’s put the undertaking on maintain after points with the studio.
Ridley Scott was initially slated to comply with up Gladiator II with a biopic in regards to the Bee Gees, the enduring musical group shaped by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Nonetheless, Scott’s subsequent undertaking will as a substitute be The Canine Stars. So, what occurred? Seems there was some pressure with Paramount Footage, and Scott has been doing this lengthy sufficient that he doesn’t have time for video games, so he walked.
“The deal — the studio changed the goalposts,” Scott instructed GQ. “I stated, ‘You can’t try this.’ They insisted. I stated, ‘Well, I’m going to warn you, I’ll stroll, as a result of I’ll go on to the following film.’ They didn’t consider me, and I did. I used to be being requested to go too far. And I stated, ‘No. Next!’ They didn’t like my deal. So I stated, I’ll transfer on. I’m costly, however I’m f***ing good.“
This doesn’t imply that the Bee Gees film is useless. Scott’s consultant instructed Selection that the director has merely swapped the order of the tasks and can nonetheless helm the film later this yr.
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Scott additionally defined why a biopic in regards to the Bee Gees appealed to him. “I liked the working-class side of the Bee Gees. It’s all about competition with brothers,” Scott stated. “And then they lose Andy — Andy OD’d at 30. … It’s more about the gift than the luck, right? It’s a fantastic story.” The undertaking would truly be a full-circle second for the director. Again when he was getting began, Scott had a reference to Bee Gees supervisor Robert Stigwood, who wished him to direct a medieval film that may have starred the three brothers. Nonetheless, the undertaking fell aside, and Scott went on to direct The Duellists as a substitute.
As for The Canine Stars, the undertaking takes place within the close to future after a pandemic has decimated American Society. Jacob Elordi will star as Hig, a pilot who lives on an deserted airbase along with his canine and a dour gunman. They need to defend themselves from a band of scavengers generally known as The Reapers, however when a random transmission comes by way of the radio, Hig dangers the whole lot to comply with its static-broken path.
