Ridley Scott recently turned 80, but he’s showing no signs of slowing down. He released two movies in 2017 (Alien: Covenant and All The Money In The World), and now he’s lining up his next flick.
Variety reports that the current most likely contender is Disney’s The Merlin Saga, which Scott is in talks to direct. Although he hasn’t signed on the dotted line, sources suggest is will likely be his next movie.
The film will be based on T.A. Barron’s books, which follow ‘the origin story of a young Merlin who would go on to become the mentor of the classic literary character King Arthur.’
While several King Arthur movies have been in development all over Hollywood, and Guy Ritchie’s recent Arthurian film starring Charlie Hunnam failed, Disney still thinks it’s worth betting on. As well as The Merlin Saga, they’re also working on a live-action version of Sword In The Stone. Scott has apparently met the producers of that movie, which suggests they’re hoping the two can live alongside one another, perhaps building the sort of Arthurian franchise Ritchie was hoping for (but more magical).
Philippa Boyens, best known for co-writing many of Peter Jackson’s movies, including Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit, is set to pen the screenplay. It’s not known when we might see the movie.
When most people get a little older they start to slow down and contemplate retirement. However, others start working even harder. One of those people is 79-year-old Ridley Scott. Not content with having directed a bid budget sci-fi movie this year (Alien: Covenant) has decided to squeeze in a drama as well – All The Money In The World.
Fox is going all out to say the Alien Covenant will not be like Prometheus, and it will indeed feature lots of the xenomorphs we come to know and love/hate. That continues with the new poster below, which manages to be rather creepy and also unusually artistic (for Hollywood at least).
Ridley Scott is busy finishing up his latest Alien movie, Covenant, and while he’s promised there’s another trip into world of xenomorphs coming in the future, he’s planning something rather different before he completes his Alien prequel trilogy. 
The new Alien: Covenant trailer is certainly intriguing. After the mixed reaction to Prometheus, it’s certainly keen to show this will be a more typical Alien movie, while also suggesting it won’t be exactly the same as the earlier movies.
Prometheus may have resulted in some grumbling from critics and audiences, but it was certainly a success at the box office, grossing more than $400 million. It meant that Fox wanted another movie, but they also wanted a few changes, so while Michael Fassbender got to stay, most of the other elements have been jettisoned in favour of what’s said will be a more ‘traditional’ alien movie.