In 2 Months, Ridley Scott Officially Returns to Sci-Fi

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Ridley Scott, the eighty-eight-year-old architect of Blade Runner and Alien, is returning to science fiction with The Dog Stars, arriving in theaters August 18. The film marks Scott's comeback to the genre that made him legendary, and early footage has impressed observers. With the summer movie season winding down, the film arrives at a moment when audiences are hungry for ambitious sci-fi spectacle, and Scott's track record suggests he may deliver exactly that.