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Ahead of the August 16 release of Alien: Romulus, filmmaker Fede Álvarez caught up with Deadline at Comic-Con to tease what fans can expect from his installment of the revered sci-fi franchise, delving into his first meeting with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free, going for a younger cast, Hollywood’s current…

“Do you want to see more footage?” Fede Alvarez asked halfway through the Alien: Romulus Hall H panel at Comic-Con on Friday. “Yeahhhhhh!” screamed the crowd, which for 20th Century Studios and Disney should be a sigh of relief in terms of the reception toward their millennial take on the Ridley…

Ridley Scott's Gladiator follow-up film will step into the box office arena at the end of 2024 with a stacked and strong-looking cast. The recent reset of Wicked's release date has put Universal's movie musical up against Gladiator II in a showdown, not unlike that of Barbievs. Oppenheimer. Wicked…

Here it is — the first trailer for Ridley Scott's anticipated Gladiator II, starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Denzel Washington.  Paramount dropped the trailer this morning. Accompanying captions on socials read: “From director Ridley Scott, watch the new Official Trailer for #GladiatorII…

Paramount Pictures on Monday debuted the first poster for Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, slated for release on November 22, which sees Paul Mescal prepare for battle. Check out the images below. In the film following up Scott’s classic historical epic from 2000, which won five Oscars from 11…

The cast of Blade Runner 2099 is coming together. Dimitri Abold (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) and Lewis Gribben (Somewhere Boy) are joining stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer on the Alcon Entertainment and Amazon MGM Studios action-thriller as series regulars. Katelyn…

Ridley Scott is looking back at his filmmaking career and wishes he had been able to direct the sequels to Alien and Blade Runner. In a new interview, Scott explained why he was not directly involved with follow-up films to the franchises he established. “I’m the author of two franchises. Most…

Fede Alvarez's Alien: Romulus will make its UK premiere at the revamped Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) in August. The highly anticipated reboot of Ridley Scott's horror franchise will open the festival's new Midnight Madness strand on August 15. 20th Century Studios will release…

Nearly 25 years later, Ridley Scott is revisiting ancient Rome, and it seems he picked up right where he left off. Joseph Quinn recently opened up about his time working with the seminal director on Gladiator II, the followup to his 2000 epic historical drama, which won the Academy Award for Best…

Cirque du Soleil is getting into the TV and film business. The circus group is launching its own entertainment studio and has hired former CBS and WWE exec Susan Levison to run it. One of Cirque du Soleil Studio's first projects is a feature film based on O, its water-themed production, with…

Russell Crowe is sharing his thoughts on the Gladiator sequel, which will drop in theaters later this year. The actor starred in the 2000 Ridley Scott film but is not part of the sequel as his character, the Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, died. Crowe doesn’t seem particularly thrilled that…

UPDATED, 9:09 a.m: 20th on Tuesday morning unveiled a new trailer for Alien: Romulus, Fede Alvarez’s reboot of the classic sci-fi franchise from Ridley Scott, which is coming up for release on August 16. Touted as a return to the franchise’s roots, the film centers on a group of young space…