ROTTEN TOMATOES: Ridley Scott Has Stones

Ridley Scott Has Stones

Director following up Nottingham with thriller about big old rocks.

by Jeff Giles | November 13, 2007

It'll have to wait until after the end of strike season to resume production, but Ridley Scott has found his next project.

Variety reports that Scott has signed on to direct Stones, a "supernatural thriller" described as follows:

Project is a big-scale supernatural thriller revolving around the mysterious destruction of ancient religious sites around the world. It turns out that Stonehenge is the tie that binds together artifacts that still have primeval powers.

The script was written by Matt Cirulnick, who recently scripted Elysium for New Regency. While penning that project, which Variety describes as weaving "Greek mythology into a drama," Cirulnick "fixed on the idea that Stonehenge, the great pyramids and other artifacts were built for a specific unified purpose."

Scott is currently directing Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe in Body of Lies, and is scheduled to follow that up with the revisionist Robin Hood tale Nottingham.

Source: Variety

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DaHypr1 writes:
on Nov 13 2007 04:47 AM

oooooo O_O cool

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Highlonesome writes:
on Nov 13 2007 05:36 AM

In reply to this comment (#1272955)
*Orgasm*

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frogleg writes:
on Nov 13 2007 06:51 AM

Sounds like he's busy for awhile.

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Floor Man writes:
on Nov 13 2007 08:32 AM

Whoa...I knew about Nottingham, but not Body of Lies.... DiCaprio AND Crowe? :) And then, of course, Stones. Yay. Go, Mr. Scott, go! Woo!

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Jhall4334 writes:
on Nov 13 2007 10:13 AM

This pretty much sums up the next 3 years of Ridley Scott's life...

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TheHarold writes:
on Nov 13 2007 10:57 AM

oh man, this sounds so odd,
but Scott is the freaking man

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Heath Huxall writes:
on Nov 13 2007 11:13 AM

Man, Ridley has got a lot on his plate.

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dracus writes:
on Nov 13 2007 11:46 AM

In reply to this comment (#1273611)
Yeah Heath Huxtall, and did you notice not one remake, sequel, prequel or Michael E-Bay piece of crap on it.

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samlane writes:
on Nov 13 2007 12:36 PM

In reply to this comment (#1273847)
Well to be fair dracus Robin Hood has been done alot in movies. So its not exactly something completely orginal. But I do see your point. Most of Scotts movies are really goods, so hopefully he will be able to bring something orginal to Nottingham.

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KubrickIsG-d writes:
on Nov 13 2007 12:37 PM

I thought Riddley Scott was directoring a film version of "Blood Merdian" by Cormic Mcarthy. What happened to that? "No Country For Old Men" was a great Mcarthy adaptation, I was hoping after that, people might start paying more attention to Mcarthy's novels.

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Heath Huxall writes:
on Nov 13 2007 12:51 PM

Definately, we all rest peacefully knowing there is still talent in the world of cinema.

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harrismonkey writes:
on Nov 13 2007 03:10 PM

Where did you hear Scott was doing Blood Meridian?

It IS a GREAT BOOK (although a tough read).

Have you read it? I'd say the book probably is still unfilmable (even in this era of Saw and Hostel). What I mean by that is that to mount the production in a way faithful to the book (it really is ABOUT gore, carnage, pedaphilia and depravity of a level never seen in american movies), the movie would cost considerably more than it could ever hope to make back.

Maybe I'm wrong?

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harrismonkey writes:
on Nov 13 2007 03:13 PM

Re Scott's plate being full, he's usually got 2-3 movies lined up he might do. He never gets them all done before something else catches his attention. Remember Tripolli? I think that one came pretty close to happening, and now it's ancient history.

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Heath Huxall writes:
on Nov 13 2007 03:25 PM

In reply to this comment (#1274444)
He doesn't always finish off his dinner?

Well, 'Stones' does sound interesting, so I'm hoping it will be one of the projects he goes through with.

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dracus writes:
on Nov 13 2007 04:32 PM

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Technically speaking you are Samlane. However Nottingham hasn't been done before since it will be a complete reversal of what we have seen. This version will see Robin Hood played by Russell Crowe and his men be true villains while the sheriff of Nottingham will be the good guy. That's what's going to make Nottingham fun and original.

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dahluzz writes:
on Nov 14 2007 06:33 AM

after a good year off (pun intended), scott is back in the ***-kicking seat. the 'blade runner' theatrical re-release looks ill (saw a big screen trailer with 'no country') and he's making excellent choices again. can he sit his brother down and school him to the game already? tony's busy playing with filters and music video edits while ridley continues to refine his craft.

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