Ridley Scott To Be Honored With Cinema Audio Society’s Filmmaker Award

The director of “House of Gucci” isn’t sweating criticism from the real-life subject of the film.

Manori Ravindran International EditorRidley Scott has confirmed that live-action TV series of “Blade Runner” and “Alien” are fast progressing, with pilots written for both shows.Speaking with the BBC on Monday, the “House of Gucci” helmer suggested the “Blade Runner” adaptation is being plotted as a 10-episode series: “We [have already] written the pilot for ‘Blade Runner’ and the bible.

Ridley Scott has hit back at the Gucci family’s criticism of his upcoming film, called for “someone to get in trouble” over the Rust incident and revealed his Napoleon biopic will start filming on January 15.

Lady Gaga is sparkling her way down the red carpet at the L.A. premiere of House of Gucci!

They were “memorable” or “unforgettable” or even “life-changing.”

Jennifer Yuma editorThe Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) has announced that legendary filmmaker Mel Brooks will receive the LAFCA Career Achievement Award.Brooks began as a comic and writer on Sid Caesar’s variety show, “Your Show of Shows” and went on to create the comic character The 2000 Year Old Man with Carl Reiner.

famous directors who are not fans of the superhero movie genre.In an interview with Deadline ahead of the release of “House of Gucci,” the 83-year-old “Alien” director did not mince words in expressing how he feels about blockbuster hero flicks.“Their scripts are not any f–king good,” he candidly told the publication in response to a question asking him to specify his main gripe with superhero films.“I narrowed it down to this,” he said.

Director Ridley Scott is the latest addition to the list of famous faces who are not fans of superhero movies, famously made by studios like Marvel and DC.

Earlier this year, Ridley Scott released the big-budget, period drama, “The Last Duel.” The reviews were generally solid, with many predicting some awards contention in the future. However, when the film hit cinemas, the box office results were terrible, with “The Last Duel” likely becoming one of the biggest bombs of 2021.

Ridley Scott has weighed in on superhero films, calling them “boring as shit” and suggesting that some of his own films were “great” examples of the genre.Discussion around the genre has been heightened in recent years in the wake of Marvel‘s success, as a number of directors have questioned their merits, including Martin Scorsese and Dune‘s Denis Villeneuve.Speaking to Deadline, the House of Gucci director opined: “The best films are driven by the characters, and we’ll come to superheroes after

At the House of Gucci panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles award-season event, filmmaker Ridley Scott, Lady Gaga, Adam Driver and Jared Leto spoke about the MGM satire about the implosion of the family-run Gucci fashion empire, with all the backstabbing, lawsuits, prison sentences and the cold-blooded assassination of Maurizio Gucci.

We’ve seen seasoned filmmakers weigh in on superhero/comic book films with Denis Villeneuve and Martin Scorsese, expressing how they’re not exactly for them for various reasons. British director Ridley Scott (“House of Gucci,” “The Last Duel“) hasn’t been shy about sharing his thoughts about superhero movies either, despite trying to make a feature adaptation of the comic book “Queen & Country“ for 20th Century Studios.

Marvel and DC superhero movies have millions of fans throughout the world, but Ridley Scott is not among them.

EXCLUSIVE: As his House of Gucci cast premiered the awards season entry in Europe in concert with the 100th anniversary celebration of the fashion brand, Ridley Scott stayed back in Los Angeles. Glimpsed through the limited lens of a Zoom call, Scott obviously lives well.