With The Last Duel out now, and House of Gucci at the end of the month, we rate the top 20 movies by the go-to director for swords, sandals, cyborgs and Sigourney
September 2021
Guy Pearce: ‘There’s always someone you want to punch’
Neighbours launched him, and since then the star of Memento and Zone 414 has seized his Hollywood roles with a unique intensity. He talks about death, drugs, being a dad and divorce
May 2019
Week in geek
Can no one hear us scream? Please Ridley, no more Alien films!
Ridley Scott has announced his intention to make a third Alien prequel. When will he and sci-fi’s other great auteurs learn to leave their franchises alone?
October 2018
Week in geek
Where will Hollywood's search for authenticity end?
Long-running franchises, in their attempts to bottle the essence of the original movie, are going back to source material and bringing back the old protagonists
May 2018
Steve Rose on film
Solo: A Star Wars Story – why prequels are killing the art of storytelling
They have become Hollywood’s favourite franchise-saver, but are they any substitute for a story well told?
September 2017
Week in geek
Never go back: why the Terminator reunion may be a recipe for failure
Restoring Linda Hamilton and James Cameron to the man versus the machines saga could be a smart move, but plenty of great directors – from Ridley Scott to George Lucas – have stalled when returning to past glories
May 2017
Now you've seen it
Alien: Covenant brings dastardly David and gore galore, but few answers – discuss with spoilers
Alien: Covenant review – Ridley Scott's latest space exploration feels all too familiar
April 2017
Week in geek
From Spider-Man to Alien: why does Hollywood keep spoiling its movies?
Blockbusters keep getting spoiled before anyone has a chance to watch them thanks to plot-filled trailers and loose-lipped directors
March 2017
After Terminator: franchises that deserve a mercy killing
Film blog
Alien: Covenant trailer: five things we've learned about the xenomorph saga
June 2016
Is Ridley Scott making up Alien: Covenant as he goes along?
The director’s revelations about the new Alien movie have exposed the ghastly guts of Hollywood film-making to a fanbase that’s already suffered enough
December 2015
Katherine Waterston signs up for Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant
Star recently cast in JK Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will star opposite Michael Fassbender in Scott’s sequel to Prometheus
October 2015
The Guardian's Film Weekly
The Dailies podcast: Ocean's 11 gender swap, Alien 5 lost in space and top Halloween films
Now showing ... Hollywood’s all-female Ocean’s 11, Neill Blomkamp jettisoned from his Alien sequel and our top picks for Halloween
September 2015
Ridley Scott meets Julie Bishop to discuss plans to film in Australia
The director of Alien and Blade Runner met the foreign minister who said she would take the matter up with the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull
Ridley Scott plans three more Prometheus films before linking to Alien
The veteran British film-maker could be making fans wait a long time to find out how and why the xenomorphs from his cult 1979 space slasher were created
Prometheus sequel to be shot in Australia or Canada, says Ridley Scott
Director says sci-fi film sequel is due to begin production in February and confirmed the two countries were potential shoot locations
August 2015
Prometheus 2 rumoured to be shooting in January 2016
Ridley Scott is said to be returning to space next year for the sequel to his Alien prequel, with returning stars Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender
July 2015
Film blog
Hey, you, leave that franchise alone! The directors who couldn't let go
From Alien to ITV: Sigourney Weaver set for guest role on Doc Martin
