Ridley Scott Gives Update on The Bee Gees Movie After Delay By has offered up an update on the status of his , and keyed in on when he hopes to get back to the long-in-development project. What did Ridley Scott say about The Bee Gees movie? In a recent interview with Deadline, Scott mentioned that there had been a “hiccup” on the movie, which he had no interest in discussing. However, he said he hopes to “return” to it soon, and has also met with Barry Gibb.
“We had a hiccup on The Bee Gees movie, which we don’t need to discuss. I’m hoping to return to that by the end of next year,” said Scott. “I’ve prepped it and had a very good meeting recently with Barry Gibb, who honestly I haven’t seen for 50 years.
That was a time warp, odd but actually wonderful.” Currently, the latest known draft of the untitled Bee Gees movie’s screenplay is written by Gladiator scribe John Logan, who will reunite with Scott once he officially signs on to the project as the director and producer. It will be produced by Michael Pruss Graham King, Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider, and Jane Featherstone, with surviving Bee Gees member Barry Gibb serving as an executive producer.
It hails from GK Films, Amblin, and Sister, with the latter two set to co-finance. Prior to Scott’s involvement, the biopic underwent three director changes since it was first announced in 2019, with Kenneth Branagh, John Carney and Lorene Scafaria previously attached to helm the project at different.