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Ridley Scott to Direct Red Riding

October 15, 2009

Columbia Pictures has acquired rights to remake the U.K. miniseries "Red Riding," and is negotiating with Steve Zaillian to write the script and Ridley Scott to direct, says Variety.

The project, based on four David Peace novels, will be distributed in the U.S. this fall by IFC. The studio has bought rights to the mini and the novel series.

The miniseries is a study of power and police corruption framed around the investigation of the disappearance of several young girls. For the film, the setting will be transferred from Britain to the U.S.

Scott and Zaillian previously collaborated on the films American Gangster and Hannibal.

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COMMENTS (13)

Posted by:

Roger, Roger

October 15, 2009

Love Ridley Scott and all, but seriously, he's got about as much as what del Toro has on his slate. Man.

Has potential though.

Posted by:

Christoph Waltz Deserves An Oscar

October 15, 2009

Just stick to the Alien prequel and Rob Hood Sir Ridley.

Posted by:

Kukuriku

October 15, 2009

Just mind your own business

Posted by:

Jude Law?

October 15, 2009

Why? The miniserie was awesome. And Ridley Scott has lost his magic 20 years ago.

Posted by:

jigsaw

October 15, 2009

Damn it! When the hell is Ridley going to say something about the alien Prequel?

Posted by:

Kukuriku

October 15, 2009

Ridley Scott lost his magic? name another director as pro and as classy and versatile as him.

Posted by:

RichieG

October 15, 2009

Please God stop remaking shows - this just shows how bad American writing is getting, adaptations, sequels, prequels and remakes: Life on Mars, State of Play and now this.

America looks like it needs some British writers there because all the best stuff is now coming from Britain. What's next, they're gonna do a movie on Skins?

Damn shame, I thought Ridley had more stones than that.

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RichieG

October 15, 2009

Also: how can they remake Red Riding? It's based on a true story. If it's not set in Britain in Yorkshire in the 70s, how can they make a film "based" on it in a different country and time? They should've just wrote a story like it and called it a different name. This is one Ridley Scott film I am not gonna see or buy on DVD

Posted by:

JoelStrap

October 15, 2009

The miniseries was ****ing awful and already looked like a knock off of a Scott film. This is a bad move.

Posted by:

adoe

October 15, 2009

Nice way to keep the British Film Industry alive Ridley you arse.