It looks as if Ridley Scott is read to make another horror film – 28 years after directing the classic ALIEN. Variety uses the more politic term “supernatural thriller” in their report that Scott has signed on to direct STONES:
Project is a big-scale supernatural thriller revolving around the mysterious destruction of ancient religious sites around the world. It turns out that Stonehenge is the tie that binds together artifacts that still have primeval powers.
Cirulnick got the assignment after scripting “Elysium” for New Regency, a film that weaves Greek mythology into a drama. He fixed on the idea that Stonehenge, the great pyramids and other artifacts were built for a specific unified purpose.
Scott Free will produce the film, which was scripted by Matt Cirulnick. Ridley Scott is currently wraping up another assignment, and development of STONES cannot proceed until the current writers’ strike ends, so it may be a while before the film hits screens.