Ridley Scott Directing Post-Apocalyptic Thriller ‘The Dog Stars’ with Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin

Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) is currently in production in Italy on The Dog Stars, a post-apocalyptic thriller based on the 2012 novel by Peter Heller.

Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) leads an ensemble that also includes Margaret Qualley (The Substance), Josh Brolin (Avengers: Endgame), Guy Pearce (Prometheus), and Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange).

Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, Twisters) penned the script, which is set in a near future after an unnamed pandemic has decimated American society.

The story follows Hig (Elordi), a civilian pilot living a lonely life on an abandoned Colorado airbase with his dog and a tough ex-marine (Brolin). The two men couldn’t be more mismatched but depend on each other to fend off roaming invaders.

When a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside the pilot that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail.

Scott is producing alongside Scott Free president Michael Pruss, as well as Smith and Cliff Roberts (The Midnight Sky).

Jacob Elordi in ‘Saltburn’

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