Ridley Scott is teasing the Bee Gees biopic he’s set to direct at Paramount, which has been delayed.
The Gladiator II director was set to begin filming already, however after the studio “modified the goalposts,” the filmmaker opted to work on one other movie as an alternative.
“The deal — the studio modified the goalposts,” Scott advised GQ. “I stated, ‘You may’t do this.’ They insisted. I stated, ‘Effectively, I’m going to warn you, I’ll stroll, as a result of I’ll go on to the following film.’ They didn’t imagine me, and I did.”
He continued, “I used to be being requested to go too far, and I stated, ‘No. Subsequent!’ They didn’t like my deal. So I stated, I’ll transfer on. I’m costly, however I’m fucking good.”
Scott is set to begin filming The Canine Stars in April and expects to start filming the Bee Gees biopic, which is tentatively titled You Ought to Be Dancing, in September.
The filmmaker teased that the biopic will revolve round a “competitors” among the many band members, saying, “I appreciated the working-class facet of the Bee Gees. It’s all about competitors with brothers…. After which they lose Andy — Andy OD’d at 30. … It’s extra concerning the present than the luck, proper? It’s a incredible story.”
Scott’s most up-to-date movie was Gladiator II, which opened in theaters in November 2024 and which he directed and produced. The movie starred Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington.
