Ridley Scott and Paul Mescal are joining forces one again for the thriller 'The Dog Stars.' Mescal is in advanced talks to star in Scott's next movie, which is expected to shoot in 2025 after the filmmaker completes work on an untitled Bee Gees movie at Paramount. 'The Dog Stars' will see Scott work with 20th Century Studios.
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00:00Ridley Scott and Paul Meskell are joining forces once again for the thriller The Dog Stars.
00:06Meskell is in advance talks to star in Scott's next movie, which is expected to shoot in 2025
00:11after the filmmaker completes work on an untitled Bee Gees movie at Paramount.
00:16The Dog Stars will see Scott work with 20th Century Studios.
00:19The project, based on Peter Heller's 2012 apocalyptic thriller that Markel Smith is
00:24adapting, is set in a near future when an unnamed pandemic has decimated American society.
00:29It follows a civilian pilot, his dog, and a tough ex-marine who live on an abandoned Colorado airbase.
00:35This news comes as Scott's film Gladiator 2 starring Meskell is about to hit theaters
00:40later this month. Back in August, Scott spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about casting Meskell
00:55in Gladiator 2. How did you know Paul Meskell was the right person to lead that film?
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01:08head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.