Ridley Scott is in London and being advised not to fly, as he recovers from a ‘minor medical procedure’. He’ll miss getting an Oscar too.
Ridley Scott is just on the verge of receiving his very first Academy Award, an honorary Oscar that was due to be presented to him this weekend. Also in his diary for November was the start of production on his new big budget telling of Treasure Island.
Yet he’s not travelling to Los Angeles to collect his award, and filming has now been delayed on the Treasure Island project. The reason? He’s had to have ‘a minor medical procedure’, and he needs to recover from it.
Appreciating that Ridley Scott’s schedule looks exhausting to us mere mortals, the man is now 88 years old – 89 at the end of the month – and cranking out big movies as fast as anyone. Details of the procedure, rightly, haven’t been made public, and the tone of the communications is that this is a minor hold up, and hopefully so.
Not least because Ridley Scott has a very busy year ahead of him.
Treasure Island looks set, logistically at least, to be one of this biggest. A reported $200m budget is being staked on the movie, which has attracted a cast including Hugh Jackman, Hugh Grant and Owen Cooper. Jack Thorne has penned the screenplay. It’s a location-based shoot too, but it’s reported that Scott is currently under advisement not to fly at this stage in his recovery. As such, he’s currently in London, and has recorded an acceptance speech for his Oscar. Meanwhile, Treasure Island is at a standstill until he can get to the set.
The film is due for release on 11th November 2027, with Sony Pictures stumping up the bill for it. Wishing Scott a fast and complete recovery, then, and more updates on the movie as we get it.
Oh, and congratulations too on that long-overdue Oscar…