Ridley Scott News

Nancy Bishop Casting for Actors Workshop, November 1-2 has a few spots open. This will be a unique opportunity to develop skills in Casting and acting techniques with one of the best actresses in activity. Participants will have an educational experience of excellence in a small and intimate group of only 20 participants maximum, with no less than Emmy award nominated Casting Director Nancy Bishop

Hailed as one of the most influential contemporary composers of the past decade, electro?acoustic polymath Max Richter makes his Australian debut this November, accompanied by New York's 22-piece Wordless Music Orchestra in Vivaldi Recomposed. Max Richter and the Wordless Music Orchestra perform at Melbourne Recital Centre's Elisabeth Murdoch Hall on Monday 24 November.

National Geographic Channel (@NatGeoChannel) today announced that U.K.-based director Christopher Menaul has signed on to direct the upcoming three-hour television event Killing Jesus by Scott Free Productions.

During the opening gala the star of the film, Denzel Washington, will be presented with the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award.

Spike TV is teaming up with Pierce Brosnan's Irish DreamTime, Mark Sennet Entertainment, Michael Finch and Academy Award(R)-winning writer David Franzoni to develop a script for an event series based on the one of the seminal events in world history, the Crusades.

From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Prometheus) comes the epic adventure EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS, the story of one man's daring courage to take on the might of an empire.

Click below to watch the first trailer for EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS, the upcoming biblical epic film directed by Ridley Scott!

Taye Diggs (Broadway's RENT) will guest star on the CBS drama series THE GOOD WIFE during the show's upcoming sixth season.

When the weather is hot, the music stays cool thanks to the classic sounds of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. A sizzling lineup of guest artists, musical tributes and movie scores, as well as unique performances of classical, pops and contemporary pieces, await at Heinz Hall during the Pittsburgh Symphony's summer season.

Syfy today announced that Brian Van Holt (Cougar Town, The Bridge) will star in the channel's new original, six hour event series Ascension

Alcon Entertainment revealed that they have extended an offer to actor Harrison Ford to star in the upcoming sequel BLADE RUNNER 2.

When the weather is hot, the music stays cool thanks to the classic sounds of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. A sizzling lineup of guest artists, musical tributes and movie scores, as well as unique performances of classical, pops and contemporary pieces, await at Heinz Hall during the Pittsburgh Symphony's summer season.

According to Variety, the Baltasar Kormakur is in negotiations to direct REYKJAVIK, 'chronicling the 1986 Reykjavik Summit which took place during the Cold War.'

Royal Albert Hall has announced its May 2014 listings. Details below!

Idris Elba, who starred in Off-Broadway's Troilus & Cressida in 2001, turned to Twitter to announce the birth of his first son with girlfriend Naiyana Garth.

Royal Albert Hall has announced its May 2014 listings. Details below!

CMT is making good on its promise to create a News & Docs division with an impressive slate of inaugural projects in development from critically acclaimed and award-winning producers including Ridley Scott and Morgan Spurlock, among others.

AMC announced today that it has hired directors for its “Knifeman” and “Galyntine” pilots, both of which will be produced by AMC Studios in 2014 for consideration for series for 2015.

F*It Club, the New York Innovative Award-winning film and theatre company, continues its annual series of short, commissioned world-premiere plays at the brand new Sheen Center in lower Manhattan with The Spring Fling: First Love, six new short plays by Halley Feiffer (How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them), Kate Gersten (Benefit of the Doubt), Jason Grote (Mad Men, Smash, Hannibal, 1001), Mark Sitko (Rocky Philly, Tube), Tommy Smith (White Hot, Pigeon), and Lauren Yee (The Hatmaker's Wife). Performances will be Thursday, May 1st through Sunday, May 11th with Wednesday through Saturday night performances at 8pm and Sunday matinees at 2p. Tickets are $18 and available at ovationtx.com and at the door.