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?
01:00For much more on this story and all the latest movie news,
01:08head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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