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Ridley Scott Recalls Turning Down Big Disney Project: ‘I Don’t Do Wizard Films’

posted 2 years ago by MartyDeniro (4074)
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https://www.indiewire.com/2022/01/ridley-scott-disney-project-wizard-films-1234690872/

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I can't be bothered to read the article. WHAT wizard movie?

[–] olioz (3355) 2 years ago

It doesn't say. It just says that Disney wanted him to do a wizard movie.

[–] MartyDeniro (4074) 2 years ago

https://fanfest.com/ridley-scott-in-talks-to-develop-a-merlin-saga-for-disney/

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

So Scott is getting picky in his old age? Merlin is not the first thing that pops into my mind when I heard the term "wizard".

[–] olioz (3355) 2 years ago

I'm glad he didn't do it. That sounded like a kids movie.

[–] huwdj (4562) 2 years ago

The Merlin character is very interesting in some Arthurian based stories, I'm thinking particularly of Mary Stewart's novels. Whether Disney would allow such a version is debatable.

[–] olioz (3355) 2 years ago

I'm sure he is. I'm not too familiar with the stories, but I liked Merlin in Excalibur. But the adventures and training of young Merlin doesn't sound interesting to me.

[–] Guitar King (4459) 2 years ago

Well, Legend was an abysmal failure. Fantasy is just not his genre.

[–] pjl69 (2467) 2 years ago

Well, we'll never fully know, since the full length cut of Legend seems to be lost forever. Artistically it was anything but a failure. And I'm talking about the international or director's cut, not the shitty north american theatrical cut with Tangerine Dream's music. Ridley is a great director, but he is his own worst enemy when it comes to cutting down his own movies. Legend is the saddest example, but there are more. Producers even insisted him putting back some of the fantastic footage he shot for Black Rain and make the cut LONGER, he told on the commentary track of Black Rain.