Somewhat big news happening this afternoon, as Bloody Disgusting is reporting legendary director Ridley Scott (Alien) has sunk his claws into a brand-spankin’ new screenplay. And the really good news is it appears to be a werewolf movie!
Ian Jeffers, the screenwriter who adapted last year’s Death Sentence for James Wan (Saw) and took a pass at the upcoming adaptation of Castlevania, apparently penned this new hirsute homage to lycanthropy.
No mention if Scott has designs on directing, or if he simply plans to produce via his Scott Free label with his little bro and world-renowned director in his own right, Tony Scott. No mention of a title, either, or possible talent attached to the project.
In the meantime, I’m guessing the fate of Universal’s remake of The Wolf Man will play a large part in whether or not this project ever sees the light of day. If it takes off at the box office, perhaps werewolves will become the new zombies.
It sure would be great, though, to see Ridley do for werewolves what he did for aliens. I’m (ahem) moist at the possibilities.
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I don't give a shit what he does unless its an new alien movie.
an+new=fail
"I don't give a shit what he does unless its an new alien movie." That's just the world needs. Alien 5. You fuck face.
I am excited to hear that Scott will lend his skill to any kind of genre film. He has such a unique visual style plus good story and character development skills.
His mainstream stuff has been getting more and more weak. I have no idea what american gangster was so popular. I could hardly tell he made the film it was so bland.
It's easier and cheaper to throw charity shop clothes and a bucket of pig's guts on an actor to create a zombie than it is to dress them up as a half-way decent wolfman, so I doubt we'll see quite the same sort of popularity there. Werewolves get boring pretty quickly too while it's endlessly fun seeing zombies get blown to pieces or squashed, shot, defenestrated, de-limbed, pulped, burned etc. Plus it takes a werewolf's victim a full month to "turn" – not quite as thrilling as seeing Granma Gurtie spring back to life in two seconds flat, hungry for brains.
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