{"id":18088,"date":"2014-04-24T11:23:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T18:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=18088"},"modified":"2014-04-24T11:23:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T18:23:43","slug":"ridley-scott-to-direct-aliens-in-ancient-egypt-show-pharaoh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/04\/ridley-scott-to-direct-aliens-in-ancient-egypt-show-pharaoh.html","title":{"rendered":"Ridley Scott to direct aliens-in-ancient-Egypt show Pharaoh<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Two years ago, Ridley Scott explored the possibility that aliens created life on Earth \u2014 and that one of those aliens might have been Jesus \u2014 in Prometheus<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

Later this year, he will tackle the story of Moses, the Egyptian prince who turns against the royal family that raised him, in Exodus: Gods and Kings<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

Now imagine him putting those two stories together.<\/p>\n

Variety<\/a><\/i> and The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> say Scott has signed on to direct the pilot for an HBO series called Pharaoh<\/a><\/i>, a sort of sci-fi-flavoured sword-and-sandals show that will revolve around \u201can alternate explanation for the foundation and ascent of the ancient Egyptian empire \u2014 one in which greatness was bestowed upon us by beings from another world, calling into question what it means to be a \u2018god.'\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott, who cut his teeth as a director on British television in the 1960s \u2014 and who still produces lots of TV shows, including the upcoming adaptation of Bill O\u2019Reilly\u2019s Killing Jesus<\/a><\/i> \u2014 has directed almost nothing but big-screen films since making The Duellists<\/i> in 1976. But he did direct a TV-movie called The Vatican<\/i> last year.<\/p>\n

One thing\u2019s for sure: with all these recent religion-themed projects \u2014 not to mention older ones like Kingdom of Heaven<\/a><\/i> (2005) \u2014 he\u2019s definitely got God on the brain.<\/p>\n

The series was created by David Schulner (whose credits as a writer and producer include the short-lived modernized-David-and-Saul series Kings<\/a><\/i>), Giannina Facio (an actress who has appeared in most of Scott\u2019s films since White Squall<\/i>) and Colet Abedi (whose TV credits include Fashion House<\/i> and Unsealed: Alien Files<\/i>).<\/p>\n

Other ancient-Egypt projects in the works that I have mentioned before include Alex Proyas\u2019s big-screen movie Gods of Egypt<\/a><\/i> and the Fox series Hieroglyph<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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