Ridley Scott Set Aside Bee Gees Biopic Over Paramount Deal Issues: ‘They Didn’t Like My Deal. I’ll Move On. I’m Expensive, but I’m F—ing Good’

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ridley Scott revealed in a new interview with GQ magazine that his planned Bee Gees biopic at Paramount Pictures was set aside following some deal issues with the studio.

Variety reported in February 2024 that Scott had boarded the movie, which GQ reports “was scheduled to begin shooting in early 2025” but has now hit a roadblock. “The deal—the studio changed the goalposts,” Scott told the publication. “I said, ‘You can’t do that.’ They insisted.

I said, ‘Well, I’m going to warn you, I will walk, because I will go on to the next movie.’ They didn’t believe me, and I did.” Scott added that he expects to find common ground with Paramount on the deal and for the project to move forward sometime around September.

In the meantime, the director has subbed in the post-apocalyptic thriller “The Dog Stars” for 20th Century as his next project to shoot in April. “I was being asked to go too far,” Scott told GQ about the deal with Paramount. “And I said, ‘No.