Ridley Scott News

The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Matt Damon with the Chairman's Award at its annual Awards Gala.

The romantic drama CAROL from director Todd Haynes continues to amass recognition this morning as nominations for the LONDON CRITICS Awards were announced.

A revolution a decade in the making, Sundance Institute celebrates the 10th Anniversary of its New Frontier program with an exhibition of new work at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, including immersive cinematic works, virtual reality installations, an extensive lineup of documentary and narrative mobile VR experiences and an inside look at the innovations being developed at some of world's leading media research labs. 10th Anniversary exhibitions will also be presented with MoMA in New York City in April, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis as part of Northern Spark in June.

Ovation TV offers up off-the-cuff discussions with today's top Hollywood talent with the premiere of Los Angeles Times' THE ENVELOPE, a five-part series featuring the year's most-prolific film actors and directors, on Sunday, January 17 at 8:30pm ET.

The Moët British Independent Film Awards announced today that Chiwetel Ejiofor will be honoured with The Richard Harris Award which will be presented to him at this year's ceremony on Sunday 6 December at Old Billingsgate.

FX Networks has promoted three veteran entertainment programming executives, Gina Balian, Nicole Clemens and Jonathan Frank, to the title of Executive Vice President

Tony Award-winning actress Nikki M. James has joined the cast of 'BrainDead,' a new comic-thriller set in the world of Washington, D.C. politics, to be broadcast in summer 2016. The series comes from Robert and Michelle King, creators and executive producers of 'The Good Wife.'

Academy Award® winner Melissa Leo, Sebastian Stan and Clark Duke have joined the ensemble cast of the new one-hour SHOWTIME dark comedy pilot I'M DYING UP HERE.

dick clark productions announced today that the '19 th Annual Hollywood Film Awards' will be hosted by critically and globally acclaimed actor, comedian and late night talk show host, James Corden

Broadway's Aaron Tveit will take on the male lead opposite Mary Elizabeth Winstead in CBS' upcoming comic-thriller summer series BRAINDEAD.

Matt Damon stars in the new action-adventure film, THE MARTIAN. 

When you were a little kid, did you ever get separated from your parents in the mall or grocery store? Can you remember how the all-consuming terror of being abandoned to fend for yourself began in your chest and then crept out until it could be felt in every extremity in your body, and you became nothing more than an inconsolable blob of sweat and tears? Now imagine that instead of the cereal aisle, you were left on Mars; and instead of in the pharmacy, your parents were 140 million miles away, and couldn't come back to pick you up for four years. On second thought, don't imagine that, you'll just start crying again. That is essentially the premise behind the new Matt Damon movie THE MARTIAN, which opens nationwide in 2D and 3D theaters today, after being exclusively on IMAX screens last weekend.

GoPro, Inc., (GPRO), enabler of some of today's most immersive and engaging content, is proud to announce a collaboration with legendary Hollywood director, Ridley Scott, on the production of 20 th Century Fox's The Martian.

Last year when I saw The Martian by Andy Weir, I couldn't resist picking it up. The bright orange cover compelled me to open the book, and the first two lines hooked me into reading one of the most thrilling stories of 2014. Now it's a movie, due to openOctober 2, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon--perfect casting. It looks stunning in thistrailer, which is good news, because Weir's novel deserves the best treatment possible.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today via Twitter a Sneak Preview of The Martian, presented in RealD 3D, at the 53rd New York Film Festival tonight, September 27 at Alice Tully Hall. Tickets are on sale now

National Geographic Channel (NGC) president Tim Pastore announced today that the network will continue its successful partnership with Scott Free Productions to produce the next movie based on the latest highly anticipated book from Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, 'Killing Reagan.'

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today via Twitter a Sneak Preview of The Martian, presented in RealD 3D, at the 53rd New York Film Festival on Sunday, September 27 at Alice Tully Hall. Tickets are on sale now

Vanessa Williams will join the critically acclaimed drama THE GOOD WIFE in a recurring role this November. Williams will play Courtney Boalt, an extremely successful, self-made businesswoman who is potentially interested in backing Peter Florrick's (Chris Noth) campaign for President. In the process, she meets Eli Gold (Alan Cumming), sparking a mutual attraction.

Stranded on Mars, a NASA astronaut (Matt Damon) struggles to survive on the arid planet while his ground crew races to mount a rescue mission, in this interplanetary epic from director Ridley Scott. The Martian is scheduled to hit theatres on October 2, 2015.

PBS and Ideate Media announced today a new collaboration with Emmy-winner Ed Redlich ('The Practice,' 'Shark,' 'Unforgettable') and Ridley Scott's production company Scott Free to bring the acclaimed best-seller The Island at the Center of the World to life on PBS.