Ridley Scott's unrealised projects
The following is a list of unproduced Ridley Scott projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, English film director Ridley Scott has worked on a number of projects that never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these projects fell into development hell or were officially canceled.[1][2][3][4]
1970s
The Gunpowder Plot
Scott's first attempt at a feature film was a project based on the 1605 Gunpowder Plot about the plan to assassinate King James I and blow up the House of Lords. A screenplay had been written Gerald Vaughan-Hughes, though Scott could not obtain funding, so the film was never made.[5]
Tristan and Iseult
In the mid-1970s, before the beginning of the filming of
1980s
Dune
Around 1981, Scott was hired to direct a film adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel Dune.[8] However, Scott was finally replaced by David Lynch, and the film was released in 1984.
Dudes
Herb Jaffe and Miguel Tejada-Flores initially hired Scott to direct Randall Jahnson's script for Dudes, but replaced him with Penelope Spheeris due to creative differences.[9]
The Train
In the late 1980s, Scott wanted to direct
Johnny Utah
Columbia Pictures hired Scott to direct an early version of W. Peter Iliff's screenplay for Point Break under the title Johnny Utah with Charlie Sheen and James Garner starring. The film went into turnaround for several years after Scott quit the film in 1988.[11][12]
1990s
Crisis in the Hot Zone
On January 24, 1993, Scott signed a deal with
Pancho's War
On January 26, 1993, Scott was committed to directing Pancho's War, an action-adventure written by Marcel Montecino from a story by Montecino and David Balkan set during the 1916 Mexican Revolution. The spec script, which was described by producer John Goldwyn as "a cross between the Sergio Leone westerns and the Lethal Weapon films," was purchased by Paramount Pictures who had hoped to get the film into production that year for a release the following summer, in 1994.[16]
RKO 281
In February 1997, at a press conference in London, Scott announced that his next feature project would be RKO 281, a behind-the-scenes story of the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst during the making of Citizen Kane.[17] Scott Free Productions originally planned the docudrama as a theatrical movie, based on the documentary The Battle Over Citizen Kane which ran on PBS American Experience series. The original cast consisted of Edward Norton as Welles, Marlon Brando as Hearst, Madonna as Marion Davies, Dustin Hoffman as Herman J. Mankiewicz and Meryl Streep as Hedda Hopper.[18] However, the projected budget in excess of $40 million, on which Scott was insisting, turned off the major studios.[19] HBO eventually agreed to make it as a TV film, albeit with a $12 million budget and the entire cast replaced. Director Benjamin Ross also took over from Scott, who remained as executive producer.[20]
I Am Legend
On July 2, 1997, Variety reported that Scott had signed a contract with Warner Bros. to direct the third film adaptation of Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend.[21] Arnold Schwarzenegger was attached to portray Dr. Robert Neville[21] and Mark Protosevich was attached to write the film,[22] but the project was finally cancelled due to budgetary concerns on March 16, 1998.[23] It was subsequently revived and in 2007 the film was released with Francis Lawrence as director and with Will Smith in the lead role.
Josiah's Canon
According to a 1998
2000s
Captain Kidd
In 2000, Scott was signed by Disney to direct an adventure film from writers Douglas S. Cook and David Weisberg based on the life of the notorious 17th century pirate Captain Kidd. Daily Variety reported that Jerry Bruckheimer would produce the film in association with Scott Free Productions.[25][26]
Alexander the Great
In July 2001, producer Dino De Laurentiis was courting Scott to direct his planned biopic of Alexander the Great. Ted Tally was writing the project, based on a trilogy of novels by Valerio Massimo Manfredi.[27]
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
On October 18, 2001, it was reported that Constantin Film would develop a film version of the 1981 German novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer as a directing vehicle for Scott. The rights to Patrick Süskind's novel were won in a bidding war by producer Bernd Eichinger. In addition to Scott, the project had also piqued the interest of the likes of such directors as Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Shekhar Kapur and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Eichinger agreed to develop the project with Scott directing and Caroline Thompson writing the script. Though Scott confirmed these plans after completing production on Black Hawk Down, he cautioned that he was not officially attached to the film at the time.[28] The adaptation was later overseen by director Tom Tykwer and realized in 2006, but without the use of Thompson's script.
Swift
On October 22, 2001, it was reported that Scott had attached himself to direct Swift, from a pitch by
Untitled fifth Alien film
In an interview in January 2002, Scott expressed his desire to make a fifth installment in the
Tripoli
In March 2002, Scott was set to direct and produce the historical epic Tripoli with William Monahan writing the script about William Eaton’s march during the First Barbary War. Mark Gordon was attached to produce, while Russell Crowe and Ben Kingsley were cast as Eaton and Hamet Karamanli respectively.[32][33][34] The project was shelved so Scott could direct Kingdom of Heaven.
Untitled Western film
In May 2002, it was reported that Scott would direct an untitled
Blood Meridian
Metropolis
In the 2000s, Scott mooted a sequel to 1982's Blade Runner under the title Metropolis.[36]
Shadow Divers
In June 2005, Scott was set to direct and produce the film adaptation of
The Killing Sea
In May 2006, Scott and his brother
The Company
The miniseries adaptation of Robert Littell's The Company was initially developed by writer Ken Nolan around 2006–7 in the form of a feature film for Scott to direct. Nolan had adapted Black Hawk Down that Scott directed in 2002, and the two planned to work on another project together. However, Littell's 897-page book deemed too difficult make into a two-hour film, so the project was expanded to six hours and produced for television instead.[42]
Child 44
In April 2007, it was reported that Ridley Scott was attached to direct and produce screenwriter
The Passage
In August 2007,
Stones
In November 2007,
The Low Dweller
In March 2008, Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio were set to reteam, after their collaboration on Body of Lies, for the dark thriller The Low Dweller for Relativity Media. Scott and DiCaprio were to produce the film, with DiCaprio attached to star and Scott eyeing to direct from a spec script by Brad Ingelsby. Set in Indiana in the mid-1980s, the story centers on a man (to be played by DiCaprio) who tries to adapt to regular life after being released from jail, only to find someone from his past pursuing him to settle a score.[48]
The Kind One
In April 2008, Scott was set to direct the movie adaptation of Tom Epperson's crime novel The Kind One, from a screenplay by Epperson and Casey Affleck attached to star as Danny Landon.[49] There has been no further announcements since.
The Forever War
Monopoly
Untitled Alien spin-off
In late 2008, Sigourney Weaver hinted in an interview with MTV that she and Scott were working on an Alien spin-off film, which would focus on the chronicles of Ellen Ripley rather than on the Aliens, but the continuation of Ripley's story has not materialised.[50]
Purefold
In June 2009,The New York Times revealed that Scott along with his now-deceased brother Tony Scott were working on a web series inspired by Blade Runner with episodes of 5 or 10 minutes, that, according to Ridley, it could have also been transmitted on television.[51] In February 2010, it was reported that the production of the series was cancelled due to funding problems.
Brave New World
In August 2009, Scott planned to direct an adaptation of
Red Riding
In October 2009,
2010s
Robin Hood sequels
On April 4, 2010, Scott revealed his hopes of making a sequel to Robin Hood and more films after that.[57] On May 13, 2010, Russell Crowe expressed his desire to reprise his role as Robin Longstride/Robin Hood.[58] However, plans for the sequel fell into development hell.
The Wolf of Wall Street
In July 2010, Warner Bros. had offered Scott to direct The Wolf of Wall Street, with Leonardo DiCaprio playing the male lead,[59] but Scott eventually abandoned the project and was later replaced by Martin Scorsese.[60]
The Color of Lightning
On 14 December 2010, Scott was set to direct and produce the film adaptation of Paulette Jiles's The Color of Lightning, from a script by Diana Ossana and James Schamus.[61] However, plans for The Color of Lightning fell into development hell and its fate is unknown after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney was completed.[40]
Gertrude Bell
On 30 March 2011, Scott was set to produce and possibly direct a biopic of Gertrude Bell from a Jeffrey Caine script.[62] On 17 November 2011, Angelina Jolie was set to portray Bell,[63] however, plans fell into development hell and its fate is unknown after the Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney was completed.[40]
Blood Red Road
On 12 May 2011, Scott was set to direct a film adaptation of Moira Young's Blood Red Road book from a script by Jack Thorne for the UK division of Scott Free Productions.[64] There has been no further announcements since.
Reykjavík
On 17 May 2011, Scott was set to direct and produce a Cold War thriller about the Reykjavík Summit, from a script by Kevin Hood for Headline Films.[65] On 29 August 2012, Mike Newell will replace Scott as director of Reykjavík with Michael Douglas[66] and Christoph Waltz[67] as Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, respectively. On 13 May 2014, Baltasar Kormákur is set replace Newell as director.[68] However, plans fell into development hell.
Untitled Simon Mann biopic
On 17 November 2011, Scott was set to direct and produce the assassination thriller about Simon Mann's coup against the president of Equatorial Guinea in 2004. Gerard Butler was set to star as Mann, and Robert Edwards would have written the script.[69] There has been no further announcements since.
The Vatican TV pilot
On 20 December 2012, Showtime ordered Paul Attanasio's series The Vatican, with a pilot directed by Ridley Scott. The series would be executive-produced by Attanasio, Scott, and David W. Zucker;[70] Kyle Chandler was cast as Cardinal Thomas Duffy, Matthew Goode as Papal Secretary Bernd Koch,[71] Bruno Ganz as Pope Sixtus VI, Anna Friel, Rebecca Ferguson, Sebastian Koch, and Ewen Bremner as the leads. On 12 December 2013, Showtime did not greenlight the series.[72] In January 2014, Showtime president David Nevins said this about the cancellation, "One of the fundamental issues with The Vatican is that the world changed on us. That show was conceived and written while Pope Benedict was still in charge of the Vatican, and it was conceived in a world that now would feel very dated."[73]
Cascade
On 26 February 2013, it was reported that Fox was wrapping up a deal for Kieran Fitzgerald to write the script for a reality-based disaster film loosely inspired by the BBC faux-documentary The Day Britain Stopped, which was being developed as a potential directing vehicle for Scott. Scott would have produced the film with Steven Zaillian.[74] On 3 December 2014, the film was titled Cascade, with Baltasar Kormákur set to direct and Cate Blanchett is rumored to be the lead.[75] However, plans fell into development hell and its fate is unknown after the Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney was completed.[40]
Concussion
On 7 November 2013, Scott's idea of an
The Cartel
On 23 July 2015, Scott was set to direct the adaptation of Don Winslow's The Cartel from a Shane Salerno script,[78] and produce The Power of the Dog.[79] However, plans fell into development hell, and Winslow will produce a TV series based on The Cartel series for FX.[80]
Alien: Covenant sequel
On 23 September 2015, Scott said he was planning two sequels to Prometheus, which would lead into the first Alien film, adding, "Maybe [there will] even [be] a fourth film before we get back into the Alien franchise."
The Prisoner
In January 2016, Scott was in early negotiations to direct the film version of the 1968 British TV series The Prisoner.[104]
Wraiths of the Broken Land
On 10 May 2016, it was announced that Scott would direct the adaptation of Wraiths of the Broken Land with Drew Goddard writing the script and co-producing with Genre Films.[105] However, the project fell into development hell and its fate is unknown after the Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney was completed.[40]
The Batman
On January 30, 2017, Scott was on the list to replace Ben Affleck as director of The Batman possibly with Affleck starring, but Matt Reeves got the job instead,[106] with Robert Pattinson starring.
The Battle of Britain
On 3 April 2017, Scott will direct a film about the Battle of Britain from a Matthew Orton script, which is described as a "passion project" for the director.[107] However, the project fell into development hell and its fate was unknown after the Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney was completed.[40] On 9 February 2022, The project was still in development at 20th Century Studios.
Blade Runner 2049 sequel
In October 2017, Denis Villeneuve said that he expected a third film would be made if 2049 was successful.[108] Hampton Fancher, who wrote both films, said he was considering reviving an old story idea involving Deckard traveling to another country.[108] Ford said that he would be open to returning if he liked the script.[108] In January 2018, Scott stated that he had "another [story] ready to evolve and be developed, [that] there is certainly one to be done for sure," referring to a third Blade Runner film.[109]
Bohemian Rhapsody
Scott had implied that he'd been asked to supervise reshoots of Bohemian Rhapsody, after the firing of director Bryan Singer.[110]
The Merlin Saga
In January 2018, it was reported Ridley Scott was in negotiations to direct The Merlin Saga, based on the T. A. Barron books, for Disney, with Philippa Boyens as the writer.[111]
Queen & Country
On 15 March 2018, Scott took over directing the Oni Press comic book movie Queen & Country from Craig Viveiros.[112] On 19 June 2018, Sylvia Hoeks was rumored to be Tara Chace.[113] However, the film fell into development hell and its fate is unknown after Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox was completed.[40]
It's What I Do
On 24 October 2018, Scott signed on to direct the
2020s
Roads to Freedom TV miniseries
On March 17, 2021, it was announced that Scott would executive produce the
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