Ridley Scott's 'The Dog Stars' adds Game of Thrones star as filming begins

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Ridley Scott , the king of sci-fi, is officially returning to the genre later this year for his new movie, The Dog Stars . Josh Brolin and Jacob Elordi star opposite Margaret Qualley and Benedict Wong in the film, which is scheduled to open in theaters around the world on August 28. Scott has been on a hiatus from the sci-fi genre for nearly 10 years now after he last directed Alien: Covenant in 2018. He has focused mostly on historical epics in recent years, though that hasn’t exactly worked out for him. Napoleon (starring Joaquin Phoenix ) is widely regarded as one of the biggest box office bombs of Scott’s career, and while Gladiator II (starring Paul Mescal ) avoided being branded a flop, it’s not remembered in anywhere near the same light as its predecessor.