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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 Meskel are joining forces once again for the thriller The Dog Stars.
00:06Meskel 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.
00:20The project, based on Peter Heller's 2012 apocalyptic thriller that Mark L. Smith is adapting,
00:25is 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 Meskel, is about to hit theaters later this month.
00:41Strength to mother!
00:44I don't fight for power.
00:48I fight to free road for men like them.
00:51Back in August, Scott spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about casting Meskel in Gladiator 2.
00:56How did you know Paul Meskel was the right person to lead that film?
00:59I'm good at that, that's how.
01:00I watch shit and I go, that's f***, who's that guy?
01:03I'm good at it.
01:04For much more on this story and all the latest movie news, head to THR.com.
01:09This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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