As “Gladiator II” barrels towards theaters, Ridley Scott and Paul Mescal are already set to re-team on a new project. Scott will direct “The Dog Stars” for 20th Century, with Mescal in advance negotiations to star.
Scott will work with Steve Asbell and the 20th Century Studios team to bring the film, adapted by Mark L Smith from Peter Heller’s apocalyptic thriller, to life. Smith, Cliff Roberts and Scott’s film and television production vehicle Scott Free are producing.
The film follows a civilian pilot lives a lonely life on an abandoned Colorado airbase with his dog and a
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