Get a first look at Ridley Scott’s upcoming post-apocalyptic film The Dog Stars
Post apocalypse Ridley Scott-style
Peter Heller’s novel, The Dog Stars, will be coming to the big screen, courtesy of workaholic director Ridley Scott. It’s a post-apocalyptic tale, but it is said to be one that audiences haven’t quite experienced before. The film doesn’t just deal with how people try to survive in their current state of no hope, but also with “why bother?” According to Esquire, Scott says, “I think there’ve been rather too many apocalyptic movies. And I think I started off with a pretty tough one doing Blade Runner years ago. There was no end to the grimness of Blade Runner. In this, what I’m so pleased that came off was the strong feeling of hope. ‘It’ll be okay.’ If you do the right thing, it calls to mind the expression: God helps those who help themselves.”
Esquire first look
The publication Esquire has the first look at Scott’s upcoming film and has shared some new images. The film stars Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin, Guy Pearce, and Benedict Wong. Shortly after wrapping the film, Ridley Scott said it might be his best movie. “The one I just finished, The Dog Stars, [shot for just 34 days],” he said. “It’s the speed of a TV show, but maybe my best movie. Every movie is a discovery of who you are, and making choices about actors. Before I speak to anybody, I look at everything they’ve done. I cast Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, and Josh Brolin. Frequently, the biggest thing I’m good at is casting. If they’re available, normally I get them.“ Check out the new images below.
The plot description reads,
“Set in a near future after an unnamed pandemic has decimated American society, the story follows Hig (Elordi), a civilian pilot living a lonely life on an abandoned Colorado airbase with his dog and a tough ex-marine (Brolin). The two men couldn’t be more mismatched but depend on each other to fend off roaming invaders. When a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside the pilot that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail.”
The Dog Stars is due out in August.
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