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'Blade Runner' will be presented live in concert for a UK tour later this year. Sir Ridley Scott's classic sci-fi film will return to Britain in 2024 after previously premiering at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019 and having a successful regional tour in 2021. The tour begins on September 18 at Glasgow's SEC Armadillo before travelling to Manchester, London, Birmingham and Brighton before concluding in Bournemouth on September 24. The 2007 final cut of 'Blade Runner' will be shown on a vast HD screen while Vangelis' synthesiser-led score is performed live by The Avex Ensemble in sync with the 198...
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Fred Hechinger found working on 'Gladiator 2' like being in theatre. The actor - who has appeared in the likes of 'The Woman in the Window', 'White Lotus' and Netflix's 'Fear Street Trilogy' - is set to play Emperor Geta in Sir Ridley Scott's highly anticipated sequel, and he has opened up on the director's unique process by using multiple cameras at once to get all kinds of angles and perspectives for a scene. He told Collider: "It’s amazing. I mean, the eight cameras reminds me of theater because you have an entire environment that’s created in camera. "But I have to say, what’s amazing, too...
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Dame Shirley Bassey is "truly humbled" to have been included on the King's New Year's Honours list. The 86-year-old singer has become just the 64th living person to be made a Companion of Honour - which is given to people in the Commonwealth realms who have made a significant contribution to the arts, science, medicine or the government over a long period of time - and admitted her heart was "full of emotion" at receiving the new accolade after more than 65 years in music. She said: "Music has been a constant companion in my life. As a little girl growing up in Tiger Bay, I would dream of trav...
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The ‘Gladiator’ sequel is reportedly set to resume shooting in Malta on 4 December. Shooting on the follow-up to Ridley Scott’s historical epic was delayed during the actors strike that paralysed Hollywood, but the announcement on 8 November that their SAG-AFTRA union had reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract has enabled studios to move forward on several productions. Sources told Variety the filming schedule for ‘Gladiator 2’ is back on track, with Paramount Pictures due to distribute the sequel globally after an opening date of 22 November 2024. The actors strike lasted ...
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Ridley Scott's four-hour 'Napoleon' director's cut will be released to streaming audiences. The 85-year-old director has confirmed that an extended version of his upcoming historical epic – which features Joaquin Phoenix as the French emperor – will be available to viewers on Apple TV+ once the picture has been released in cinemas. Ridley told Total Film magazine: "I'm working on it. It was four (hours) 10 (minutes) this morning. And so what will happen is, we'll screen (the theatrical cut) first with Sony, and then it has its run, and then the perfect thing is that (the director's cut) goes t...
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Vanessa Kirby says that 'Napoleon' will explore the "psyche" of the French emperor. The 35-year-old actress features opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Ridley Scott's historical epic as Napoleon's wife Josephine de Beauharnais and revealed how the movie will paint a picture of the historical figure's "strange" mentality. Speaking to Empire magazine, Vanessa said: "Joaquin studies the psyche, and the psyche of Napoleon is so strange. The film feels like that. It's kind of peculiar, and there's an intensity in that." The 'Mission: Impossible' actress continued: "Napoleon wasn't stoic and wonderful like...
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Ridley Scott regrets not being able to direct the 'Blade Runner' sequel. The 85-year-old filmmaker found himself in a difficult position having to choose between 'Blade Runner 2049' and 'Alien: Covenant' due to a scheduling clash, and he wishes he'd worked on the follow-up to his 1982 sci-fi classic. Speaking to Empire magazine, he said: "I shouldn’t have had to make that decision. But I had to. I should have done Blade Runner 2.” He had initially been announced as director for the sequel in 2011, but later had to step down. Harrison Ford returned for the follow-up, with Ryan Gosling, Ana de A...
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Sir Ridley Scott cast Joaquin Phoenix in 'Napoleon' after an inspirational moment while watching 'Joker'. The 85-year-old director is helming the upcoming historical epic that sees Phoenix play the role of the French Emperor, and Scott knew the 48-year-old star was the man for the role when he was watching him play the titular character in the 2019 film. He told Empire magazine: "I’m staring at Joaquin and saying, 'This little demon is Napoleon Bonaparte.' "He looks like him." Scott compares Napoleon to Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, but says he was "extraordinary". He added: "I compare him w...
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Russell Crowe is done with questions about 'Gladiator 2'. The 59-year-old actor was appearing at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic, and admitted he is fed up being asked about the follow-up, which he's not returning for. According to Variety, he moaned: “They should be f****** paying me for the amount of questions I am asked about a film I am not even in." Reminding the world that his character Maximus died in the original 2000 flick, he went on: “It has nothing to do with me. In that world, I am dead. Six feet under." However, Crowe confessed: “But I do admit to a certain t...
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Six 'Gladiator 2' crew members were reportedly rushed to hospital after an on set explosion. The crew members were brought to hospital after a big-budget special effects scene is said to have gone wrong, during filming of the sequel in Morocco. A source told The Sun newspaper: "It was terrifying — a huge ball of fire flew up and caught several crew members in its path. “In years of filming I’ve never seen an accident so scary. "Six production staff had to be rushed to hospital for treatment. “Hopefully everyone will be OK, but it was a serious accident. "Everyone involved, from the lowliest ru...
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