Ridley Scott’s Return to Sci-Fi Will Be a ‘Forever War’

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on October 13, 2008

Ridley Scott Goes Back to Sci-Fi

Remember when Ridley Scott made Blade Runner and Alien, and we knew we had a science fiction master on our side, making movies that fans would love and mainstream audiences could get behind? And then he proved his worth time and time again by moving onto historical epics and dramas like Gladiator and won Oscars and Wolfgang Peterson wished he had his career?

Variety is reporting that Scott may be bringing his fresh sci-fi genius and the maturity of his epic storytelling to an adaptation of Joe Haldeman’s novel “The Forever War.” Scott has wanted to make the Hugo Award Winning Novel since the 1970s, and now he may get his chance after acquiring the rights through his Scott Free Productions label.

As fans of the iconic book know, the story is about William Mandella, a student who joins an elite fighting force to battle an alien race – called Taurans – while light years away on Earth, mankind creates and begins mass-producing clones who eventually play a major role in the intergalactic war.

It’s a science-fiction epic, a bit of ‘The Odyssey’ by way of ‘Blade Runner,’ built upon a brilliant, disorienting premise.

Odyssey. By way of Blade Runner. How awesome is that?

Scott has several projects ahead of him including Nottingham with Russell Crowe, but with any luck, fans will not have to wait light years before seeing The Forever War hit the big screen.


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  • I wonder how plans for this might get sidetracked if BODY OF LIES tanks as badly as it appears it is going to. Hope NOTTINGHAM hits it out of the park.
  • They won't. It's Ridley Scott. Besides, he's got his own company behind it, and I'm Fox is comfortable making another Ridley Scott movie. He's established more concretely than one bad show at the box office.
  • J
    I'm just glad Scott is staving his desire to direct a new sci-fi project that is not Blade Runner 2. Perhaps Forever War will be the Blade Runner of the 21st century - lofty expectations, I know, but I think cautious optimism can be safe when it's Ridley Scott at the helm.
  • I've read "Forever War" and its a really cool book with the potential to be a really great film or two.
  • The thing about "Body of Lies" is that in theory, it had it all there: Leo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, an interesting storyline, an amazing director...and it just wasn't good. It wasn't memorable. Definitely Scott's worst film.
  • Mr Cakes
    by reading on Wikipedia about the storyline, seems to be one of the movies we're all waiting for -space ships, galactic battles, far away future!!!
  • I've been quite bothered by the lack of great sci-fi films as of late, Blade Runner is a classic and if Scott can capture atleast half of that greatness again it will be something very special.
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