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\nBenedict Wong, Guy Pearce, Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Jacob Elordi<\/p>\n
Filmmaker Ridley Scott has said “great writing is like great music”.<\/p>\n
The director, 88, known for Gladiator, The Martian and Thelma and Louise, was behind the upcoming film adaptation of Peter Heller’s 2012 novel, The Dog Stars.<\/p>\n
The action film follows Hig, a pilot played by Wuthering Heights star Jacob Elordi, who tries to stay alive alongside a group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world after a virus wipes out most of humanity.<\/p>\n
Speaking about what compelled Scott to make the film for the big screen, he told the Press Association at the world premiere in central London: “Readers like music, and great writing is like great music.<\/p>\n
“So once I opened up that page with a good great writer, I listened to the music and I engaged.”<\/p>\n
Scott warned audiences to “be careful” and “watch out” noting that the concept of the film is like a world where “you have Covid and then you have financial global collapse in 2008, but greedy banking, then you have something else. You have panic, chaos.<\/p>\n
“Pay attention because it is kind of circling the waggon frame.”<\/p>\n
The film also stars The Substance actress Margaret Qualley, No Country for Old Men\u2019s Josh Brolin, Memento actor Guy Pearce and Doctor Strange actor Benedict Wong.<\/p>\n
\nBenedict Wong, Guy Pearce, Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Jacob Elordi<\/p>\n
Wong, who reunited with Scott on the film after appearing in The Martian and Prometheus, said the film is a “timely reminder” to be kind in a “divided world”.<\/p>\n
He said: “It\u2019s just a reminder of what we need. To be humane, humanity.<\/p>\n
“The kindness that we need in a divided world hopefully, that we can take a leaf out of it, or we can take scenes from this movie.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s just a timely reminder of maybe what we need to watch.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve definitely been in a situation in something that resonated like Covid.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve lost loved ones and so that\u2019s not so far from the truth.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s hope that centres around this \u2013 searching for humanity in devastating times.”<\/p>\n
The Dog Stars is out in cinemas on 26 August.<\/p>\n
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