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QuoteRidley Scott's Raised By Wolves ordered straight to series at TNT

TNT has greenlit straight to series Raised By Wolves, a serialized sci-fi series from master storyteller and filmmaker Ridley Scott (The Martian, Blade Runner, Alien: Covenant), who will also mark his television directorial debut with the series. Acclaimed writer Aaron Guzikowski, the visionary behind the highly lauded film Prisoners, will serve as showrunner as well as a writer.

The series is being produced by Scott's Scott Free Productions in association with Turner's Studio T and Madhouse Entertainment, with Scott, Guzikowski, David W. Zucker (The Man in the High Castle) and Jordan Sheehan (The Terror), and Madhouse Entertainment's Adam Kolbrenner (Prisoners) and Robyn Meisinger (Prisoners) serving as executive producers. The International rights to the series will be distributed through Turner International.

Raised by Wolves centers upon two androids tasked with raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet. As the burgeoning colony of humans threatens to be torn apart by religious differences the androids learn that controlling the beliefs of humans is a treacherous and difficult task.

"I'm always searching for new frontiers in the sci-fi genre and have found a true original in Raised by Wolves—a wholly distinct and imaginative world, full of characters struggling with existential questions: What makes us human? What constitutes a family? And what if we could start over again and erase the mess we've made of our planet? Would we survive? Would we do better?" said Ridley Scott. "Given TNT's impressive run of bold, quality programming, this feels like exactly the right home for this kind of ambitious television."

Read more at http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/993771-ridley-scotts-raised-by-wolves-ordered-straight-to-series-at-tnt#lckcBOOdmcr6KxSe.99

Quote from: Ingwar on Oct 08, 2018, 07:05:23 PM

QuoteRidley Scott's Raised By Wolves ordered straight to series at TNT
TNT has greenlit straight to series Raised By Wolves, a serialized sci-fi series from master storyteller ??? and filmmaker Ridley Scott

Quotewho will also mark his television directorial debut with the series

Quote from: whiterabbit on Oct 09, 2018, 02:15:39 AM
Din't David mention something about wolves in Covenant... is this an Alien: Covenant sequel? :P

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Oct 09, 2018, 08:20:28 AM
Ha, it'll be a laugh if it's adapted from his original Covenant 2 story ideas.

Quote from: Stolen on Oct 09, 2018, 01:05:37 PM
This surely means that we will never have the conclusion of his trilogy.

Quote from: whiterabbit on Oct 09, 2018, 11:56:01 AM
That or a girl raised by stock brokers.

Quote from: Ingwar on Oct 10, 2018, 09:29:13 PM
Wolski of course.

QuoteCape Town – Award-winning director Ridley Scott is reportedly heading to South Africa to film a new television series.

Quote from: ComingSoon.netTNT has greenlit straight to series Raised By Wolves, a serialized sci-fi series from master storyteller and filmmaker Ridley Scott (The Martian, Blade Runner, Alien: Covenant), who will also mark his television directorial debut with the series. Acclaimed writer Aaron Guzikowski, the visionary behind the highly lauded film Prisoners, will serve as showrunner as well as a writer.

Quote from: Yahoo NewsScott will direct and executive producer the sci-fi series Raised by Wolves for TNT.

Quote from: DeadlineScott right now is directing his first ever TV series, Raised By Wolves, for TNT.

QuoteThe director of Film Afrika Entertainment, Rudi Van As, said the dti's incentive was the life blood of the South African film industry.
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies today commended the partnership of the film industry players and efforts aimed at contributing towards employment creation, enhancement of international profile and increasing the country's creative and technical skills base.

"In the period 2016/17, the film sector created a 6,029 full-time job equivalent and escalated to 9,423 for 2017/18. The South African films created the highest number of jobs at 6,334 whilst foreign films had the highest multiplier for investment," he said.

"During the past financial year, 99 film projects were approved, of which 22 were through the Foreign Film & Production and Post-Production Incentive, with projected investment of R2.2 billion and incentive of R468.5 million, this reflect our determination to realise the objective to encourage and attract large budget films and television production and post production work."

The partnership follows Davies' visit to three foreign films that were currently shooting at Cape Town Studios.

The department of trade and industry (dti) said an about R200 million incentive had been allocated for the three productions — Warrior Season 1, Warrior Season 2 and Raised by Wolves — visited by Davies.

The director of Film Afrika Entertainment, Rudi Van As, said the dti's incentive was the life blood of the South African film industry, which was one of the fastest growing economic sectors.

"We are delighted by the dti's acknowledgement of the huge contribution made by international television series to sustainable job creation in South Africa. The film industry looks forward to continued collaboration with the department in the evolution of an incentive programme which remains competitive," said Van As.

The production of Warrior Season 1 will spend more than R342 million in South Africa for production and post-production over nine weeks, while Warrior Season 2 will shoot over 20 weeks and is expected to spend more than R329 million inclusive of production and post-production.

The qualifying South African spend on production of Raised by Wolves, directed by Sir Ridley Scott, will be about R593 million, with a production shooting period of 22 weeks in 2019 and beyond on location in South Africa with the assistance of a South African company, Film Afrika Entertainment.

These three productions aimed to create 1,078 full-time jobs, as the sectors' jobs are seasonal.

Warrior Season 1 and 2 were produced by the American premier cable and satellite television network Home Box Office (HBO), which also produced Game of Thrones.

Raised by Wolves was produced by a British film and television company Scott Free Productions founded by brothers Sir Ridley Scott and Tony Scott.

Beginning of this month the dti undertook a mission to participate at the American Film Market (AFM) with the intention of introducing black film makers and other service providers in the value chain to the studios.

Quote22 weeks of shooting! Its more than 5 months.

Quote593 million South African Rand = 33.53 million British Pound.

QuoteRaised by Wolves centers upon two androids tasked with raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet. As the burgeoning colony of humans threatens to be torn apart by religious differences the androids learn that controlling the beliefs of humans is a treacherous and difficult task.

Quote from: Ingwar on Nov 30, 2018, 10:11:24 PM
Thanks for fixing that picture 8th. It didn't want to display when I tried. Don't know why.

QuoteArticle says that South Africa film industry spend R593 million (£33 or $42 million) but we don't know how much money TNT and Scott Free invested into the project (if they invested at all). It seems quite high for a TV series.

QuoteThose pictures definitely represent artwork from Wolves.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Nov 21, 2018, 05:29:37 PM
So I guess The Merlin Saga has either been cancelled or been seriously delayed.

Quote from: bb-15 on Dec 01, 2018, 06:59:12 PM

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Nov 21, 2018, 05:29:37 PM
So I guess The Merlin Saga has either been cancelled or been seriously delayed.

I was afraid this would happen with Disney and Scott. Disney wants big hits (mostly through the MCU) while Ridley's movies have an uneven track record. Scott can make OK box office money ("Prometheus") or often just breaks even ("Covenant").
That's not enough it seems.

I hope Ridley's TV series does well.
- But as a fan of the Alien franchise, Scott not doing any Disney funded movie is not a good sign for a "Covenant" sequel.

:-\

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Nov 30, 2018, 09:35:29 PM
Looks like it's set on a desert planet.

QuoteEXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott's Sci-Fi Series 'Raised By Wolves' Hires Alien: Covenant' Production Designer Chris Seagers

QuoteEXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott's Android Series 'Raised By Wolves' Adds 'Prometheus/Alien: Covenant' Costume Designer

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Dec 03, 2018, 04:26:23 PM
Ah.. smart! Thanks Corpo!

I wonder what's up with that Mi-24 Hind cockpit? Maybe they'll turn it into a spaceship?

Quote from: bb-15 on Dec 01, 2018, 06:59:12 PM

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Nov 21, 2018, 05:29:37 PM
So I guess The Merlin Saga has either been cancelled or been seriously delayed.

I was afraid this would happen with Disney and Scott. Disney wants big hits (mostly through the MCU) while Ridley's movies have an uneven track record. Scott can make OK box office money ("Prometheus") or often just breaks even ("Covenant").
That's not enough it seems.

I hope Ridley's TV series does well.
- But as a fan of the Alien franchise, Scott not doing any Disney funded movie is not a good sign for a "Covenant" sequel.

:-\

So far this Raised by Wolves is looking more and more like a spiritual sequel to Covenant. I suspect we might well get an idea of where Covenant II might have gone with this. Of course this won't have any Aliens or characters from the Alien series but Scott wasn't interested in doing Xenomorphs again anyway. He only wants to focus on AI which he'll be doing with this new series.

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Nov 21, 2018, 06:53:45 PM
Isn't Scott only personally directing the pilot?

QuoteKolbrenner also will serve as executive producer on the recently ordered TNT/Scott Free sci-fi series, Raised by Wolves, with its first two episodes helmed by Ridley Scott. The original series hails from Lit client Aaron Guzikowski, who will serve as creator and showrunner.

https://deadline.com/2019/01/adam-kolbrenner-launches-lit-entertainment-group-management-company-prisoners-1202531461 (https://deadline.com/2019/01/adam-kolbrenner-launches-lit-entertainment-group-management-company-prisoners-1202531461)/

Quote from: CristianoRonaldo7 on Jan 04, 2019, 07:11:56 PM
I want Michael Fassbender as Father and Katherine Waterston as Mother

Quote from: toro on Dec 03, 2018, 10:41:30 PM
i'm pretty sure that when he eventually dies, ridley scott will have his conscience merged with ai for the explicit purpose of creating more alien films to piss us off

Quote"I love science fiction because science fiction is casting and opening up a brand-new arena," said Scott, who has had a lot of success in the genre on the feature side with a string of movies, from Alien and Blade Runner to The Martian. In Raised By Wolves, of which Scott will direct the first two episodes, "the way we come into this brave new world is almost like starting it from scratch with nothing; there are six embryos of children, and that's the beginning of evolution of the new race," he said.

QuoteFimmel will play one of the androids, a dude named Father, and it sounds like his female android counterpart (Mother) has yet to be cast.

QuoteFimmel plays Marcus. This marks his first TV series role following his starring turn as Ragnar Lothbrok on History's hit Vikings for four seasons. He has since focused on features with a couple of films in the hopper including Dreamland and El Tonto.

Quote from: Ingwar on Jan 10, 2019, 08:57:55 PM
Or something else. Time will tell.

Quote from: DeadlineRaised by Wolves has its regulars. Seven actors have been cast alongside Travis Fimmel in Scott Free Productions' straight-to-series sci-fi drama for TNT, which will mark Ridley Scott's TV helming debut. Rounding out the principal group are Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Niamh Algar, Felix Jamieson, Ethan Hazzard, Jordan Loughran, Aasiya Shah and Ivy Wong.

Collin (A Conspiracy of Faith) is Mother, an android with a secret past who has been programmed to raise a brood of human children on a faraway planet. In addition to teaching her children to survive, Mother must also keep them from believing in the unreal; to ensure this virgin planet isn't torn apart by the same religious differences that lead the Earth to its ultimate destruction. Mother hopes her family will serve as the nucleus for a peaceful, technocratic colony — a new beginning for humanity. But as she struggles to mold these growing humans, she also begins uncovering secrets hidden within her own programming, secrets that could help her protect her family, but could just as easily destroy them.

Salim (Fortitude) will play Father, an android whose devotion to his human children is matched only by his devotion to Mother. Father is a considerably less complex model than Mother, but thanks to his wisdom and patience, he is no less important to the family's survival. Like many human fathers, Father wants to be funny — especially in the eyes of Mother — but it's a skill he often struggles with. What he is good at is always being there when you need him.

McGrath (Aloft) will play Campion, a scrappy and soulful 12-year-old boy who was raised by Mother and Father since birth. When a ship of humans arrives from Earth, Campion is exposed to followers of religion for the first time in his life, and starts to question whether his android parents really know what's best for him.

Algar (The Virtues) is Sue, a strong, resourceful combat medic who put aside her reservations about coming to this new planet at the urging of her husband Marcus. But as the planet's mysteries and dangers threaten to upend the promise of a new life, Sue questions whether they have compromised too much in the name of survival.

Jamieson (Game of Thrones) will play Paul, Sue and Marcus' 12-year-old son, a boy of unshakable faith in both his religion and his father. Having always felt like an outsider back on Earth, Paul strikes up a complicated friendship — and rivalry — with Campion. Though the two young men begin to learn from one another, they also begin to challenge one another.

Hazzard (The Long Song) will play the highly intelligent Hunter, age 17. His father was a high-ranking member of a powerful religious order back on Earth. But now that the hierarchy he once sat atop no longer exists, Hunter must learn what it's like to be just like everybody else.

Loughran (The Infiltrator) will play Tempest, 17. Raised with a religion she never really believed in, she sees Mother and Father as superior to the human guardians who so often let her down. Soon after arriving in the new world, Tempest discovers she is pregnant; the result of a rape she suffered at the hands of a high-ranking member of her church.

Shah (Call the Midwife) will play Holly, 15, a burgeoning warrior who is trying to find her place in this strange new world.

Wong (Star Wars: Rogue One) will play Vita, 9, the youngest member of the family, but also the most fearless.

The previously cast Fimmel will play Marcus, a roguish, charismatic soldier, who was the ultimate survivor back on Earth. To escape the doomed planet, Marcus and his wife Sue made a dangerous decision that they must keep secret at all costs. But now that they've arrived in the new world, Marcus is struggling to reconcile the sins of his past, even as he continues to embrace the killer instincts that always kept him alive in the first place.

Production on Raised by Wolves — the first series ordered for the Ridley Scott-curated sci-fi programming block on TNT — begins this month in Cape Town, South Africa.

https://deadline.com/2019/01/raised-by-wolves-principal-cast-set-for-ridley-scotts-sci-fi-drama-for-tnt-1202536566/ (https://deadline.com/2019/01/raised-by-wolves-principal-cast-set-for-ridley-scotts-sci-fi-drama-for-tnt-1202536566/)

Quote from: Ingwar on Jan 10, 2019, 05:40:26 PM
Marcus? According to other source he's playing Father. Unless daddy is called Marcus or it's me who's missing something :)

QuoteFimmel will play one of the androids, a dude named Father, and it sounds like his female android counterpart (Mother) has yet to be cast.

Anyhow, he's a good choice.

https://news.avclub.com/former-vikings-star-travis-fimmel-joins-ridley-scotts-a-1831626821

QuoteSA FILM ACADEMY WARRIORS ON RAISED BY WOLVES

We grabbed a quick pic of two SA FILM Academy trainees on set in the Lighting Department on Sir Ridley Scott's epic Raised By Wolves production, serviced by Film Afrika Worldwide.

SA FILM Academy has 17 trainees on Raised by Wolves.

Here, SA FILM Academy trainees Thembelani Ncamisi (on the left) and Thobela James (on the right), strike a pose between set-ups, with Best Boy Phillip Mhlabane.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 02, 2019, 06:00:12 PM
Looks like he'll be sporting his Vikings "look" for this series as well.

QuoteThe previously cast Fimmel will play Marcus, a roguish, charismatic soldier, who was the ultimate survivor back on Earth. To escape the doomed planet, Marcus and his wife Sue made a dangerous decision that they must keep secret at all costs. But now that they've arrived in the new world, Marcus is struggling to reconcile the sins of his past, even as he continues to embrace the killer instincts that always kept him alive in the first place.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 02, 2019, 06:00:12 PM
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtW6dPKnThk/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/BtW6dPKnThk/)

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 02, 2019, 09:49:57 PM
Mmm... wonder what his big secret is?

Quote from: Ingwar on Feb 06, 2019, 11:14:25 PM
Looks like it is. When you look closely you can see white object (set light?) on the right, behind (or within) primitive shed which is definitely part of set. This shed doesn't look like natural part of environment which makes sense from the story point of view. However I can be wrong.

QuoteJust realised that facial scar on Timmel's face is real.

Quote from: Ingwar on Feb 07, 2019, 11:53:28 PM
As a comparison, do we know how much staff worked on Covenant?

Spoiler

  ;D

Spoiler

About 300 IIRC

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Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 08, 2019, 05:52:07 PM

Quote from: Ingwar on Feb 07, 2019, 11:53:28 PM
As a comparison, do we know how much staff worked on Covenant?

Spoiler

  ;D

Spoiler

About 300 IIRC

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QuoteWeek 1 done

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 09, 2019, 05:07:48 PM
What fascinates me about Scott's sci-fi films is his juxtapositioning of advanced high-tech and primitive elements. In Blade Runner for example you had coolie-hat-wearing Asian peasants on bicycles trundling past futuristic-flying-police-cars while in Alien: Covenant you had the contrast between ancient engineer architecture/civilization set against the Engineer and human high-tech ships.

Quote from: Ingwar on Feb 09, 2019, 11:10:32 PM
Who would have predicted flat screens? :)

Quote from: Ingwar on Feb 09, 2019, 11:10:32 PM
Nonetheless I like juxtaposing in movies and books (love steam punk). That's why Dune is probably one of my favourite books.

Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Feb 09, 2019, 11:16:16 PM
Steam Punk is an amazing sub genre of fiction. I also like when you combine it with surrealism / fantasy (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen).

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Feb 09, 2019, 07:11:31 PM
Have they mentioned anything about worldwide distribution yet?

Quote from: CristianoRonaldo7 on Feb 09, 2019, 09:59:45 PM
I read RAISED BY WOLVES has an official release: January 2020. I hope Ridley Scott directs an Epic soon

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 10, 2019, 09:13:02 PM
https://imgur.com/cvY1o6o.jpg

Quote from: Ingwar on Feb 10, 2019, 10:46:50 PM

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 10, 2019, 09:13:02 PM
https://imgur.com/cvY1o6o.jpg

Didn't know Scott was directing satanic movie ;D

Quote from: Ethan HazzardSome of my new crazy sci-fi family #ridleyscott #raisedbywolves

Spoiler

;D
A nice water trailer.

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QuotePrep for #RaisedByWolves had me getting a full life cast which was definitely an experience. Worked with some brilliant people.
The face was about 25 minutes long, breathing through tiny nose holes. Was a very weird experience as they lathered me up with that funky gloop.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 19, 2019, 06:34:45 PM
Huh?  ??? We just saw a trailer not two pages back. But here it is again in case you missed it:

Spoiler

;D
A nice water trailer.

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Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 19, 2019, 06:34:45 PM
Initially they did just a headcast of him. I guess he's probably going to be broken up into bits and pieces?

Quote from: Ingwar on Feb 25, 2019, 09:52:31 PM
At least we know how the official Raised by Wolves logo looks like.

Quote from: abzysalimBlock one - Romeo done. #RaisedByWolves has started beautifully and I'm super excited for the next blocks to come. Big love to @mrsamandacollin for being such a legend.

QuoteSA FILM ACADEMY CUB ON RAISED BY WOLVES
SA FILM Academy Training Manager Karabo IdiEmpras Malefo visited the The Good Hope Centre set on the last day of Block 1 of Raised By Wolves, TNT's highly anticipated serialized sci-fi series from master storyteller and filmmaker Ridley Scott "Director/Writer" (The Martian, Blade Runner, Alien: Covenant), which marks his television directorial debut.
The series is currently in production in and around the City of Cape Town and the environs of Cape Town, Western Cape.

Here is an image of Raised By Wolves Unit Manager and industry stalwart Clinto Du Preez posing with SA FILM Academy Unit trainee, Mzingisi Sigquwo.

QuoteHere is an image of Raised By Wolves Lighting Best Boy Philip Mhlabane, Luvo Zhibodi - who came onto RBW as a trainee and has already been upskilled to Lighting Spark(Thank-you Phillip for your mentorship!) and at the back SA FILM Academy Lighting trainee, Thembeleni Namiso.

QuoteHere is an image of Raised By Wolves Block 2 DOP Ross Emery (Thank-you Ross for your mentorship!) and SA FILM Academy Camera trainee Lerato Mabitsela.

QuoteHere is an image of some of the SA FILM Academy pack on the Raised By Wolves shoot. At Left-back is Grip trainee Loyiso Somhlalo; Middle-back is VT trainee Ernest Mpande; Right-back is Sound trainee Sinethemba Nkomonye; Left-front is AD trainee - Sive Runeli and Right-front is Grip trainee Bulelani Tole.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Mar 01, 2019, 06:03:51 PM
And do you know what "block" refers to within the television industry? Episodes?

QuoteEvery film shoot is divided into five parts:

1. Block – determining where the actors will be on the set and the first camera position

2. Light – time for the DOP to light the set and position the camera for the first shot

3. Rehearse – camera rehearsal of the first set-up with the actors and crew

4. Adjustments – making lighting and other adjustments

5. Shoot – shooting the first scene (then repeat the process)

Blocking a scene is simply "working out the details of an actor's moves in relation to the camera."

You can also think of blocking as the choreography of a dance or a ballet: all the elements on the set (actors, extras, vehicles, crew, equipment) should move in perfect harmony with each other.

Quote from: Ingwar on Mar 01, 2019, 10:48:46 PM

I found this:

QuoteEvery film shoot is divided into five parts:

1. Block – determining where the actors will be on the set and the first camera position

2. Light – time for the DOP to light the set and position the camera for the first shot

3. Rehearse – camera rehearsal of the first set-up with the actors and crew

4. Adjustments – making lighting and other adjustments

5. Shoot – shooting the first scene (then repeat the process)

Blocking a scene is simply "working out the details of an actor's moves in relation to the camera."

You can also think of blocking as the choreography of a dance or a ballet: all the elements on the set (actors, extras, vehicles, crew, equipment) should move in perfect harmony with each other.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 27, 2019, 10:05:42 PM
Seems everyone on the cast is taking pics of their trailer name plates now.  :)

Quote from: Ingwar on Feb 27, 2019, 10:28:37 PM
So many trailers ;D

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Mar 02, 2019, 04:33:04 PM
Possibly another RBW location from 20 Feb, an abandoned/derelict building. The concept art and character descriptions would suggest that there might be flashback scenes to a futuristic, post-apocalyptic/war-ravaged Earth. Same red crane from earlier on can also be seen again in second pic. Concept art wall also showed a photograph of a section of a Hind gunship.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGX_k4h_Ut/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGX_k4h_Ut/)

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Mar 02, 2019, 06:20:11 PM
Very much enjoying all of the BTS updates in this thread, TEP. Thank you for tracking these down and sharing!

Quote from: Ingwar on Mar 02, 2019, 08:16:29 PM
If you check Instagram of stunt double for Amanda Collin (Mother), christymorcos you will notice one thing, she's athletic and knows martial arts. Seems like Mother gonna show some kick-ass.

Quote from: Niamh AlgarBlock 1 wrapped #RaisedByWolves lil break & then back more adventures

Quote from: Amanda CollinI sacrificed my hair and got one of the best experiences of my life in return. Thank you Sir Ridley Scott for the journey so far and the whole team around, in front and behind! Beyond my wildest dreams! 2 episodes in the can, 8 more to come! But first -> family time

Quote from: Ingwar on Mar 02, 2019, 10:50:32 PM
Unfinished Ridley Scott projects.

QuoteMatias Varela (Narcos) is set as a series regular opposite Travis Fimmel in Scott Free Productions' straight-to-series sci-fi drama for TNT, which will mark Ridley Scott's TV helming debut.

The series from writer-showrunner Aaron Guzikowski, Scott Free and Turner's Studio T revolves around two androids tasked with raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet. As the burgeoning colony of humans threatens to be torn apart by religious differences, the androids learn that controlling the beliefs of humans is a treacherous and difficult task.

Varela will play Lucius, a loyal soldier, who is trying to make up for the perceived failings of his father, a man whose sense of kindness and mercy were his ultimate undoing. Lucius is so committed to reversing his father's legacy, that he devotes himself to serving the very man who executed him, a man he believes may be a savior to his people.

Varela was most recently seen starring as real-life DEA informant Jorge Salcedo in Netflix's Narcos. He's currently shooting the Swedish limited series Blinded and recently wrapped Jesper Ganslandt's next feature film 438 Dagar, in which he stars opposite Gustaf Skarsgård. His other recent film credits include Assassin's Creed and Point Break. He's repped by ICM Partners and Untitled.

https://deadline.com/2019/03/raised-by-wolves-matias-varelas-cast-ridley-scotts-sci-fi-drama-series-1202577325/ (https://deadline.com/2019/03/raised-by-wolves-matias-varelas-cast-ridley-scotts-sci-fi-drama-series-1202577325/)

QuoteIt [Raised by Wolves Block 1] was fairly unconventional, to say the least! 6 cameras, one take on every scene and 4 days ahead of schedule amazing thing to be a part of!

This is Thabisa, she is magic; the best on set costumier, and I miss her now I'm back in London, and she just sent me this photo which is clearly airbrushed to f**k but I love it nearly as much as I love her #raisedbywolves #ridleyscott

Quote from: christymorcos
Back at it #block2

Quote from: christymorcosI got cloned today!!! Well sort of. Life cast of my head done and dusted!
Did I enjoy having my face entombed in a lump of silicone and plaster? Not gonna lie... its a next level experience, and not for the feint-hearted. Am I extremely excited to see my face in 3D once the cast is done? YESSSSS!!!

QuoteCrew and cast of Raised by Wolves pledged their support for a more sustainable production. #greenpledge #greenerset #filmafrika #raisedbywolves #RBW #greenfilmmaking #sustainableproduction

Quote from: Amanda CollinWe can all help a little and if film sets were like this all over the world, it would make a difference. On this set we have "green wolf" competitions, meat free days and environmental education. Knowledge is power! Proud to be in this wolf pack #raisedbywolfes #greenset #letssavetogether

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Mar 01, 2019, 06:03:51 PM

Quote from: The SA Film Academy"Here is an image of Raised By Wolves Block 2 DOP Ross Emery (Thank-you Ross for your mentorship!) and SA FILM Academy Camera trainee Lerato Mabitsela."

QuoteAnd movie shoot is done
#raisedbywolves
#childsoldiers

QuoteSnow on set #raisedbywolves

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Feb 09, 2019, 05:07:48 PM
What fascinates me about Scott's sci-fi films is his juxtapositioning of advanced high-tech and primitive elements. In Blade Runner for example you had coolie-hat-wearing Asian peasants on bicycles trundling past futuristic-flying-police-cars while in Alien: Covenant you had the contrast between ancient engineer architecture/civilization set against the Engineer and human high-tech ships.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on May 05, 2019, 05:30:01 PM
When I first saw the photo I had to do a double take because I thought they were wearing chainmail.  :laugh:

Quote from: Amanda Collin#bts

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Dec 17, 2018, 04:27:21 PM
Alien Covenant's production designer, Chris Seagers to work on Raised by Wolves.

QuoteEXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott's Sci-Fi Series 'Raised By Wolves' Hires Alien: Covenant' Production Designer Chris Seagers

https://twitter.com/HNEsocial/status/1074654631056302081 (https://twitter.com/HNEsocial/status/1074654631056302081)

QuoteRising star Irish actress @niamh_algar has had an incredible 12 months and is about to embark on a futuristic odyssey in @ridleyscottcg's television series #RaisedbyWolves.
We head to London's #AceCafe to chat about taking on the role of a lifetime in Scott's sci-fi series playing a human medic 200 years in the future.
//
Full feature in @1883magazine #ObsessedIssue see link in bio to order

Quotesand patrol #filmmaking #rbw #atlantisdunes

Quote from: Steve WallGoodbye Raised By Wolves cast & crew. What a pleasure it is to be part of this incredible production. I had a fantastic time in S. Africa....this series is gonna be off the scale....Space!!!

Quote from: Niamh AlgarBase camp with a view!

QuoteHappy Birthday Seth! #RaisedbyWolves family

Quote from: Ingwar on Nov 30, 2018, 08:04:10 PM
22 weeks of shooting! Its more than 5 months.

Quote
The qualifying South African spend on production of Raised by Wolves, directed by Sir Ridley Scott, will be about R593 million, with a production shooting period of 22 weeks in 2019 and beyond on location in South Africa with the assistance of a South African company, Film Afrika Entertainment.

QuoteAnother one of those days #filmmaking #rbw #panavisioncapetown #panavised #panavision #panavisionsa

QuoteJust another day at the office

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jul 19, 2019, 05:34:27 PM
Trouble?

QuoteThe A-lister went onto discuss his new project, where he had a pure fan boy moment over the director. 'It's a Ridley Scott thing which is just amazing,' he gushed before adding: 'I've always wanted to work with him but have never been given the chance to do it.' Giving his fans a bit of a synopsis, Trav went on: 'It's about... the Earth becomes uninhabitable and we find a planet to live on. 'And of course a people do, there's a lot of politics and stuff going on,

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everyone bickers and we all fight and probably have to move to another planet after that.'

Talking about his character arc, the star revealed: 'There's one spaceship left and my character infiltrates it and goes up with the enemy and has to live with the people who killed his family.'

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Quote from: Ingwar on Jul 25, 2019, 11:58:22 PM
I'm not the best person in explaining things ;D

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Boy Emrys finds bird merlin (small falcon) who follows him. Boy names him Trouble. At the end of the book Rhia suggests that Emrys should call himself Merlin but I cannot tell you why.

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Quote from: Ingwar on Jul 26, 2019, 08:32:15 PM
I wonder if Travis will be told off. He spoiled a bit.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jul 28, 2019, 05:11:24 PM
I suspect it will have a double entendre and that in the end it will be the children raised by humans who are in fact the uncivilized ones.

Quote from: Derek Ueckermann#filmmaking #rbw #cederberg

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Aug 16, 2019, 02:32:36 PM
Another stunning location shot from RBW camera ace, Derek Ueckermann.

Quote from: Derek Ueckermann#filmmaking #rbw #cederberg

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1J8IC6j9Dh/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/B1J8IC6j9Dh/)

They are now filming in the Cederberg mountains about 300km's north of Cape Town.
It's a much more arid setting, well known for it's dramatic and almost otherworldly rock formations.
So I guess this is the location we saw in the concept art earlier - on the wall to the far left:





This one is from Niamh Algar:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1MqiyRnH7H/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/B1MqiyRnH7H/)

Some more of the Cederberg mountains from other photographers:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0z0E3bH2-f/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/B0z0E3bH2-f/)

https://www.instagram.com/p/B05uUF0gH7H/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/B05uUF0gH7H/)

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1IgsbcB2am/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/B1IgsbcB2am/)

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1IjaOYJWCo/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/B1IjaOYJWCo/)

Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Aug 16, 2019, 09:31:27 PM
:o Scott has a good eye when choosing filming locations. These rock formations are insane in a cool way. In fact I like it when nature gets drunk and gives us otherworldly geological formations. Here are some nice examples of that.

Murphy's Haystacks, Australia.



Wave Rock, Australia.



That last one reminds me of this  ;D

Quote from: ivywongofficial
Raised By Wolves Presents: Paul & Vita 🐺

Plot: Shooting Aliens on a mysterious virgin planet called 'Arcade'...

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Aug 17, 2019, 10:53:22 AM
Yeah, Scott does all his location scouting himself.

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 17, 2019, 06:20:04 PM
Didn't know that. I always though he had team of people for that.

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 17, 2019, 06:20:04 PM
These landscapes look gorgeous. They're shooting in so many different locations which makes me wonder about the plot. Are they gonna travel somewhere/looking for better place to live? Run from somebody?

Quote from: Winta McgrathA visitor to set today on #RaisedByWolves @tntdrama @warnermedia

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Aug 23, 2019, 04:34:53 PM
Is Fimmel's scar getting worse or is that make-up? He almost looks like Corporal Hicks now in that Blomkamp concept art.  :laugh:

Quote from: Derek UeckermannStage 4 Cape Town Film Studios

And... Action...!! #filmmaking #arri #rbw #panavised #panavision

QuoteIt [Raised by Wolves Block 1] was fairly unconventional, to say the least! 6 cameras, one take on every scene and 4 days ahead of schedule amazing thing to be a part of!

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 25, 2019, 06:26:22 PM
Multiple cameras, one take on each scene and ahead of schedule. Scott's style which I have to say sometimes is worrying. I prefer old-school Scott who took his time during Blade Runner.

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 25, 2019, 07:14:53 PM
In Kigdom of Heaven (probably my favourite Scott's film next to Blade Runner) special features actors did rehearsal while reading the script and talking with Scott:

Quote from: Joaquin PhoenixThe first scene that I did, I was really nervous, and we shot, I don't know, an unbelievable amount of takes. A shocking amount. Over and over again. And at some point at the end, after hours, he finally said, "Okay, we got it." And then later on, when we were working on the film, he told me that he hadn't been putting film in the camera for like the first 30 takes.

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 25, 2019, 07:14:53 PM
20 takes is nothing for David Fincher ;D

QuoteSpeaking at an FYC event for his Netflix original series "Mindhunter" on Friday night, Fincher explained how much time he spent capturing one nine-and-a-half-minute scene for Season 1. Shot with three cameras all running at once, Fincher put his three-person cast and many more crew members through 75 takes before he was ready to call it quits.

QuoteBecause cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki was committed to using only natural light to shoot the film, the window to capture a scene of this magnitude was extremely small. Should the entire one-shot scene go wrong or lose valuable light, the entire sequence would have to wait another day for just the right light.

Quote from: IMDBAndroids are tasked with raising human children on a mysterious planet. Residents of the small town of Eden hope they've left their fugitive pasts behind them but soon discover that it can catch up with them. Special Ops agent is on the run after assassinating a powerful figure in Eastern Europe.

Quote from: DeadlineZone 414 is set in the near future in a colony of state-of-the-art humanoid robots. When its creator's daughter goes missing, he hires private investigator David Carmichael (Fimmel), to bring her home. David teams up with Jane, a highly advanced and self-aware A.I., to track down the missing daughter. Moving through the dangerous iron jungle, they rapidly piece together the mystery, uncovering a crime that leads them to question the origins of Zone 414 and the true purpose behind the "City of Robots." Principal photography is set to begin in November.

QuoteAndroids are tasked with raising human children on a mysterious planet

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 30, 2019, 07:43:44 AM
You're right regarding stunt scenes but I cannot imagine Scott rehearsing for one month to shoot one long scene. Not Ridley :) He would say something like: just shoot the f**ker!

QuoteIs this for real? :)

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Aug 29, 2019, 09:30:57 PM
Zone 414 is set in the near future in a colony of state-of-the-art humanoid robots. When its creator's daughter goes missing, he hires private investigator David Carmichael (Fimmel), to bring her home. David teams up with Jane, a highly advanced and self-aware A.I., to track down the missing daughter. Moving through the dangerous iron jungle, they rapidly piece together the mystery, uncovering a crime that leads them to question the origins of Zone 414 and the true purpose behind the "City of Robots." Principal photography is set to begin in November.

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 30, 2019, 06:47:23 PM
This might be more like cyber noir.

Quote from: Ingwar on Sep 02, 2019, 01:23:52 PM
They're still filming.

QuoteNico Dekker [Cape Town Film Studios CEO] shared interesting anecdotes about Ridley Scott meeting him and the team.

Quote from: Winta McgrathCape Town film studios this morning #RaisedByWolves

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Sep 05, 2019, 09:54:47 PM
Didn't know they're making a Snowpiercer TV series, the movie was quite good, even had John Hurt in it.

Quote#praisesol #notacult #rbw

QuotePraise Sol.
That's all.
#praisesol #rbw #props #capetown #ridleyscott #season1 #rbwprops

Quotematiasvarela
Verified
Sol be praised ☀️

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Sep 06, 2019, 06:56:45 PM
The ancient Incas and Egyptians also worshipped the sun. Sounds like typical Ridley to mix in ancient elements and religions.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Sep 06, 2019, 06:56:45 PM
Hmmm... Matias Varela (who plays Marcus, a soldier) is also on the "praise sol" bandwagon now.

Quotematiasvarela
Verified
Sol be praised ☀️

Marcus is also a common Roman name.

The ancient Incas and Egyptians also worshipped the sun. Sounds like typical Ridley to mix in ancient elements and religions.

Quote from: The Kurgan on Sep 06, 2019, 06:47:25 PM
Sol or sol Invictus was the sun god of the later Roman Empire and the patron of soldiers and there was as a connection between it's emperors especially Aurelian, Rome's philosopher emperor.

Quote from: Anlia van RensburgWatched the reel screening tonight of #raisedbywolves . Blown away!!! So Proud and blessed to be part of it!! WOW Cannot wait for this and all of you to see it!!! #rbw #capetownfilmstudios #TNT #TVSeries #scifi #actress #blessed #grateful #blownaway #excited #screening #reel

Quote from: Ingwar on Sep 08, 2019, 06:07:37 PM
I assume they screened first episodes which means Scott's episodes are finished.

Quote from: Abubakar SalimThat's a delicious wrap on #RaisedByWolves 🐺
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What a beautiful life changing experience. I've made relationships that will last for life on this job and I can not express how excited I am to share the work I've been doing on this with you all.
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Till then, just know that this is a show that will blow your f**king mind.
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Big love!

Quote from: Winta McgrathThat's a wrap! #RaisedByWolves S1 #tntdrama

Quote from: Ethan Hazzard
That's a wrap on Raised By Wolves! Been a mad 8 months in South Africa. Thank you to Sir Ridley, everyone at HBO, TNT, Scott Free and Warner. To all the beautiful cast and crew it's been an absolute pleasure. Can't wait for everyone to see this absolute madness. GET READY TO PRAISE SOL! ABSOLUTE RAGE!!! #raisedbywolves #ridleyscott

QuoteLast day💃🏼. #filmset #tvseries #raisedbywolves #setwives #makeup #costume

Quote from: Ingwar on Sep 13, 2019, 06:58:02 PM
Finally! And I hope that the show will - to quote Abubakar Salimas - blow our f**king mind.

Praise Sol must be the part of the plot then.

Quote from: Derek Ueckermann
Thanks for an amazing journey and epic memories.

Quote from: Sean Stranks
That's a wrap on Raised By Wolves!!!!
85 set days with this fantastic VFX family....
South Africa rocks!

Quote from: Evanus on Sep 15, 2019, 12:20:45 AM
So Luke Scott's doing two episodes, right? Personally I'm a little worried, I wasn't too impressed by his Last Supper video for Covenant. I don't think I've seen anything else he did though. Would've been great if Ridley did the whole thing, although I guess that might've been too much, even for him. :laugh:  How do you guys feel about Luke?

Quote from: Evanus on Sep 15, 2019, 12:33:38 AM
I wonder who else directed episodes for RBW.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Sep 13, 2019, 09:23:19 PM
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2XLTHkD03q/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/B2XLTHkD03q/)

Quote from: Tuscany Rhys
Season 1 Raised By Wolves is wrapped! 🐺
What a journey to work on a Ridley Scott adventure.
Thank you to everyone who made these last 9 months special ✨

QuoteSean Stranks
39 degrees... Truck stuck in the sand... Dyin' of the heat... Worth it... #namibia

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Nov 21, 2018, 05:29:37 PM
My guess is Scott will probably film Raised by Wolves at Cape Town Film Studios (Mad Max: Fury Road, Dredd etc.). Though he should really do the location shooting in Namibia if he wants real otherworldly/alien planet type scenery.

Quote from: Tuscany Rhys
Praise Sol 🙏😂☀ Throwing it back today from this shoot with @aidantobias

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Sep 17, 2019, 04:53:10 PM
Now we'll have to wait for the teaser/trailer.  ;D

QuoteDuring his seven years as an in-house producer at Warner Bros, Kuyper supervised production on big-budget studio movies including George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsy and Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy.

(...)On a completely different tack, Kuyper is currently producing his first TV series, Scott's 10-part Raised By Wolves, about androids raising human children on a mysterious planet. "For the scheduling we had ten hours that we broke up into five blocks," Kuyper explained. "Ridley Scott directed the first two episodes, the second block was his son Luke Scott – it was almost like doing a feature film every five weeks.

"I would be prepping with the next director while the current director was shooting, which was very different for me as a producer because I'm used to working with one director and being with that director in all phases of production – pre-production and planning; during the shoot, solving problems on set and giving encouragement, and then in early post I usually hand it over. Now I was dealing with one director who was shooting, one prepping and another director giving notes on the script."

Quote from: Ingwar on Oct 24, 2019, 10:03:14 AM
On a completely different tack, Kuyper is currently producing his first TV series, Scott's 10-part Raised By Wolves, about androids raising human children on a mysterious planet. "For the scheduling we had ten hours that we broke up into five blocks," Kuyper explained. "Ridley Scott directed the first two episodes, the second block was his son Luke Scott – it was almost like doing a feature film every five weeks.

QuoteRidley Scott's 'Raised by Wolves' Sci-Fi Series Moves From TNT To HBO Max

Raised by Wolves, a serialized sci-fi series from Ridley Scott, will premiere on the direct-to-consumer platform HBO Max. The announcement was made during the WarnerMedia Day investor presentation Tuesday afternoon.

"As we strive to set a high creative bar for HBO Max, there's no better person to set that bar than Ridley Scott as he delivers his first season of yet another incredible vision realized," said Kevin Reilly, chief content officer, HBO Max and president TBS, TNT, and truTV.

"The breathtaking worlds, compelling characters and intricate storylines that Ridley, Aaron and team have created for this project are mesmerizing," said Aubrey.

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Oct 29, 2019, 11:27:16 PM
https://twitter.com/HBOMaxPR/status/1189319984524283906

Quote from: Ingwar on Oct 30, 2019, 05:57:13 AM

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A short clip from the show that played at a WarnerMedia investor relations event Tuesday showed a bleak and desolate planet, where a woman can be seen with a newborn and then several children.

She expresses concern that people -- believing androids shouldn't be raising human children -- will take them away. There are shots of fight scenes as people come to rescue the kids, to which their android protector says: "You are all my children. I'm only here to protect you."

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Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Oct 30, 2019, 04:54:25 PM
Hopefully the switch from TNT to HBO might be due to the quality of the show. I wonder if HBO will be setting this up as the next Game of Thrones?

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Oct 30, 2019, 04:54:25 PM

Quote from: Ingwar on Oct 30, 2019, 05:57:13 AM

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A short clip from the show that played at a WarnerMedia investor relations event Tuesday showed a bleak and desolate planet, where a woman can be seen with a newborn and then several children.

She expresses concern that people -- believing androids shouldn't be raising human children -- will take them away. There are shots of fight scenes as people come to rescue the kids, to which their android protector says: "You are all my children. I'm only here to protect you."

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Interesting, you mentioned them maybe being on the run from someone or something earlier in this thread with regards to all the different locations.

QuoteRaised By Wolves stars describe working with 'genius' Sir Ridley Scott

The stars of new sci-fi series Raised By Wolves have described the experience of working with its "genius" creator Sir Ridley Scott.

Abubakar Salim and Niamh Algar both star opposite Travel Fimmel in the show, which revolves around two androids tasked with raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet, and which will be helmed by the Alien and Blade Runner director.

The duo are also on Bafta's list of 20 breakthrough Brits for 2019, alongside Sex Education creator Laurie Nunn and Killed By My Debt actor Chase Perdomo.

Salim told the PA news agency: "I was in Montreal and I think the email went to junk first and then I checked my junk and was like 'Oh no, this is real', and then I panicked and was like 'They are making such a mistake'.

Algar added: "I was on set filming up in Leeds and I hadn't checked my email and I rang my mum and told her and then read down on the email where it says 'please don't tell anyone' and had to be like 'Mum, you know that information I told you? Forget that'."

The duo wrapped production on Raised By Wolves in September, and Salim said: "It was an incredible experience, we were in Cape Town from January onwards and it was just a crazy show.

"It's based on sci-fi, it's got Ridley helming it, so it was wild, it was a completely different beast to what I've normally done before so I loved it.

"He's a genius, he's the kind of director who when he makes a choice and it's the right choice, you never doubt it. It was amazing to see him work.

"The nicest thing about him is he's a beautiful soul, he's an easy guy to talk to, he wasn't a difficult man to approach when it came to asking what you feel are stupid questions.

"He would give you time and then of course he would tell you if it was a stupid question, which is great, so honest."

Algar added: "It didn't feel like we shooting TV, it felt like we were shooting a film, a really long film.

"The sets were all built, there was very little green screen or blue screen and you're on set you feel like you are on a different planet, especially being so far away from home, in South Africa.

"He (Sir Ridley) does very few takes and I think that is just because he knows.

"He's created the environment and he has put you in the right frame of mind and ultimately what you're going to bring to it is extra so you only do one or two takes.

"Creatively he just paints the screen, that's what he does, he's come from a design background and you can totally see that in the way in which he directs.

"Seeing on the monitor, it's a painting. It's incredible to see him work and he's got so much energy."

Quote"It didn't feel like we shooting TV, it felt like we were shooting a film, a really long film.

"The sets were all built, there was very little green screen or blue screen and you're on set you feel like you are on a different planet, especially being so far away from home, in South Africa.

QuoteAlgar added: "I was on set filming up in Leeds and I hadn't checked my email and I rang my mum and told her and then read down on the email where it says 'please don't tell anyone' and had to be like 'Mum, you know that information I told you? Forget that'."

Quote from: Ingwar on Oct 31, 2019, 09:41:08 PM
and The Witcher ;D

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Nov 16, 2019, 05:51:52 PM
First footage of Raised by Wolves released:

Scroll to the second video on the Instagram post to view a snippet:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QJoOCBWis/?igshid=g700jw05z1r9 (https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QJoOCBWis/?igshid=g700jw05z1r9)

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Oct 24, 2019, 03:53:55 PM

Quote from: Ingwar on Oct 24, 2019, 10:03:14 AM
On a completely different tack, Kuyper is currently producing his first TV series, Scott's 10-part Raised By Wolves, about androids raising human children on a mysterious planet. "For the scheduling we had ten hours that we broke up into five blocks," Kuyper explained. "Ridley Scott directed the first two episodes, the second block was his son Luke Scott – it was almost like doing a feature film every five weeks.

Yeah, it's pretty much as we had it figured. But confusingly, I initially thought it was Luke who directed the second block but then I saw his name on the clapperboard for episode 10 which falls into block 5. But now Kuyper is saying Luke did direct the second block??  ???

Unless Luke came back again for the last three episodes since there is still three episodes (one-and-a-half "blocks") unaccounted for.

As per IMDb:

Ridley Scott   ...   (2 episodes)
Luke Scott   ...   (2 episodes)
Alex Gabassi   ...   (2 episodes)
James Hawes   ...   (1 episode)

Quotecomposes minimalist, instrumental and experimental music, with influences ranging from classical minimalism to punk rock and black metal.

Quote from: Film AfrikaOn Raised By Wolves and The Watch we eliminated all plastic water bottles (100's of thousands of bottles), plastic cutlery, polystyrene containers and food waste (turned in compost for township gardens) AND introduced meat-free days. Bit by bit, reducing our carbon footprint and caring for our planet - our Film Afrika Ethos demands it. Thank you all for your contribution - you are amazing.

QuoteIt focuses on a rogue female AI who will stop at nothing to raise her children.

QuoteWarnerMedia also renewed its output deal with European satellite TV provider Sky in the latter's core markets including the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. Sky will continue to carry the main HBO service's programming (primarily on Sky Atlantic) through at least 2024, and extended its rights to various programming from Warner Bros. and the former Turner channels. Sky's most recent renewal includes a provision for co-productions between HBO Max and Sky Studios, but there has been no specific confirmation about broadcast rights to other HBO Max original programming.

QuoteHBO Max head of content Aubrey says the first round of shows will include Anna Kendrick's "Love Life," Ridley Scott's "Raised By Wolves," and Kaley Cuoco's "Flight Attendant." #TCA20

Quote"It's monumental, the scale of it is huge. And Ridley is – well, it's Ridley Scott!" she exclaims. "I grew up watching his movies, as did everyone. He's established himself, and the worlds that he has created, as formative experiences for so many people, and it's because he really builds these worlds so brilliantly. We're shooting out in the desert, and the mountains, and all around Cape Town. I can't get over the scale of it. So I think watching it is going to be mind-blowing."

Algar has had a lifelong love affair with boxing, which helps her deal with any worries or anxiety – but it has also come in very handy for her action-heavy role in Raised By Wolves.

"I play Sue, and she's a combat medic caught up in a war between two main armies, all trying to survive because Earth has expelled all of its natural resources and oxygen levels are critical – it's terrifying but it's also what Ridley thinks people are anticipating about where our future might be heading! She and her husband, played by Travis Fimmel, head off, and then there's a parallel story about two androids who are raising human children. I'm so excited about it."

Quote- she's a combat medic caught up in a war between two main armies
- Earth has expelled all of its natural resources and oxygen levels are critical
- there's a parallel story about two androids who are raising human children

QuoteIrish actress Niamh Algar has revealed that she bonded with veteran director Ridley Scott through their mutual interest in boxing.

The Mullingar native impressed the 82-year-old director with a video of her boxing and acting talent that the Gladiator director cast her in Raised by Wolves.

Quote"It's like shooting a doc about an Amazonian tribe never before encountered by civilisation" DP Ross Emery ACS describes Ridley Scott sci-fi series Raised By Wolves for HBO Max about android's nurturing humans on another planet. Full report coming soon
@IBC365

QuoteOne of the series I'm looking forward to most in 2020 is Ridley Scott's "Raised by Wolves": about two androids tasked with raising human children on the planet Kepler-22b after Earth has been turned into a wasteland by religious warfare. It's from HBO.

Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 22, 2020, 09:11:22 PM
Someone said in the prequel section "Let Scott make the movie he wants with no / minimal studio interference". I'd say Raised by Wolves is essentially that. And if Ridley never gets to do the Covenant sequel, this may be considered as a spiritual successor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_successor) to such movie.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Mar 27, 2020, 09:46:16 PM
New poster on IMDb. Not 100% sure if it's an official one but could well be as they will presumably start gearing-up marketing soon:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2MwYjY4NmUtNzI2YS00MWRmLWFkNTEtZTIzN2NjMDY2ZWRmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODQyNDU2MTU@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,666,1000_AL_.jpg

QuoteHBO Max, where some series were impacted by coronavirus-related shutdowns, will have at least a handful original series on tap for May, including shows that migrated from cable siblings TNT/TBS like Search Party and Raised By Wolves.
More at: https://deadline.com/2020/03/streaming-services-quibi-hbomax-peacock-launches-coronavirus-impact-1202892947/

Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 27, 2020, 10:26:21 PM
I hope Ridley is taking care of himself in order to prevent the damn virus.

Quote from: Ingwar on Mar 26, 2020, 10:03:10 PM
If we stay indoors for the given amount of time, they get a handle on it to understand what's going on. The irony is that for the most part, it'll be an experience of mild to severe flu for most people and old geezers like me have gotta watch my back. And I am. I'm being very cautious, I want to return and finish off the film with Matt Damon.

Are you doing anything in particular to pass the time?

I'm a big painter. I resumed painting 10 years ago. My whole grounding is in art school. I paint all the time.

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/ridley-scott-the-last-duel-coronavirus-1203545705/

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Mar 27, 2020, 09:46:16 PM
New poster on IMDb. Not 100% sure if it's an official one but could well be as they will presumably start gearing-up marketing soon:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2MwYjY4NmUtNzI2YS00MWRmLWFkNTEtZTIzN2NjMDY2ZWRmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODQyNDU2MTU@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,666,1000_AL_.jpg

Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 29, 2020, 09:56:53 PM
Can't wait  8)

Quote from: Ingwar on Mar 30, 2020, 09:08:34 AM

Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Mar 29, 2020, 09:56:53 PM
Can't wait  8)

Tell me about it :)

Quote from: windebieste on Apr 01, 2020, 09:31:53 PM
In which case, I expect to see a complete and no holds barred, 100% fully biased report from you.  ;)

-Windebieste.

Quote from: RidleyScott99 on Apr 01, 2020, 09:19:50 PM
Only 1 month. In May, I'm going to see Raised By Wolves from The Greatest Of All Time Ridley Scott.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Mar 29, 2020, 04:11:30 PM
Raised by Wolves' May release is still on for now despite pandemic:

QuoteHBO Max, where some series were impacted by coronavirus-related shutdowns, will have at least a handful original series on tap for May, including shows that migrated from cable siblings TNT/TBS like Search Party and Raised By Wolves.
More at: https://deadline.com/2020/03/streaming-services-quibi-hbomax-peacock-launches-coronavirus-impact-1202892947/

Quote from: RidleyScott99 on Apr 21, 2020, 11:41:52 PM
It's NOT like Netflix. Netflix opens all episodes in the same day. HBO MAX opens 1 episode per week. Awful news!.

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Apr 21, 2020, 04:41:24 PM
But will the first episode be on the service right on May 27th? I'm not seeing anything specifically listing it as a launch title.

Quote@HBOMax
to launch May 27: https://bit.ly/MaxLaunchDate

Launch day premieres include
@AnnaKendrick47
in #LoveLifeonMax, documentary feature
@OntheRecordDoc
, unscripted competition series #LegendaryMax, #CraftopiaMax, all-new Looney Tunes Cartoons, and #NotTooLateShow with
@Elmo

QuotePlenty of summer fun for the whole family:

Release dates include:

Doom Patrol S2 Cockroach 6/25
Search Party S3 Right-pointing magnifying glass6/25
Close Enough Woman and man holding hands7/9
Expecting Amy Baby7/9
House of Ho Money bag7/16
Frayed Kangaroo7/30
The Dog House Dog7/30
An American Pickle Cucumber8/6
Karma Sports medal 6/18
Adventure Time Distant Lands: BMO Robot face 6/25
Esme & Roy Japanese ogre  6/25
Tig n' Seek Cat face 7/23

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on May 17, 2020, 04:23:22 PM
HBO Max has released it's summer programming schedule, but there's no mention of Raised by Wolves!  >:(

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jun 06, 2020, 04:30:04 PM
"It's a completely different beast to Blade Runner, Alien and Prometheus." Interview with Abubakar Salim on Raised by Wolves:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWP3U2RWSYk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWP3U2RWSYk)

Quote from: j0nesy on Jun 06, 2020, 04:52:02 PM
i wonder if this is going to fall in the same potentially "shared universe" as the alien series and blade runner, the synth's names in raised by wolves are even mother and father 8)

QuoteMother must also ensure this virgin planet isn't torn apart by the same religious differences that lead the Earth to its ultimate destruction.

QuoteJamieson (Game of Thrones) will play Paul, Sue and Marcus' 12-year-old son, a boy of unshakable faith in both his religion and his father. Having always felt like an outsider back on Earth, Paul strikes up a complicated friendship — and rivalry — with Campion.

QuoteHazzard (The Long Song) will play the highly intelligent Hunter, age 17. His father was a high-ranking member of a powerful religious order back on Earth.

QuoteLoughran (The Infiltrator) will play Tempest, 17. Raised with a religion she never really believed in, she sees Mother and Father as superior to the human guardians who so often let her down. Soon after arriving in the new world, Tempest discovers she is pregnant; the result of a rape she suffered at the hands of a high-ranking member of her church.

QuoteThe previously cast Fimmel will play Marcus, a roguish, charismatic soldier, who was the ultimate survivor back on Earth. To escape the doomed planet, Marcus and his wife Sue made a dangerous decision that they must keep secret at all costs.

Quote"I play Sue, and she's a combat medic caught up in a war between two main armies, all trying to survive because Earth has expelled all of its natural resources and oxygen levels are critical – it's terrifying but it's also what Ridley thinks people are anticipating about where our future might be heading!

QuoteThrough an HBO Max promotional video, we had a few more seconds to catch a glimpse of 'Raised By Wolves', a new sci-fi series by Ridley Scott. What are you thinking so far? #RaisedByWolves

Quote from: Ingwar on Jun 09, 2020, 08:24:57 PM
Looking great. I can see Travis Fimmel. I'm very intrigued by this series simply because we know almost nothing (except the obvious) about the plot.

Quote from: HollywoodreporterWarnerMedia, iHeartMedia to Produce Companion Podcasts for HBO Max Shows (Exclusive)

Comedy 'Search Party' and sci-fi drama 'Raised by Wolves' are the first TV series to get companion podcasts.
HBO Max's programming is getting the podcast treatment.

WarnerMedia and iHeartMedia have inked a deal to co-produce a slate of companion podcasts for the streamer's upcoming originals and legacy programming. The first two projects will be podcasts about comedy thriller Search Party, which is set to debut its third season on June 25, and upcoming sci-fi drama Raised by Wolves.

"Today's streaming fans are hungry for more content the second they finish an episode of their favorite shows, and podcasts are a great way to keep those fans engaged while also giving our roster of creative talent additional tools to extend the worlds of their shows and stories," said Kevin Reilly, chief content officer for HBO Max.

WarnerMedia's HBO has already dabbled in podcasting, recently releasing companion series to TV shows Chernobyl, Watchmen and McMillions. Like those podcasts, the new shows from WarnerMedia and iHeart will be available to stream on the HBO Max app. (Users can only listen to podcasts if the app is open and the screen is on, but WarnerMedia is planning to build new features that make it easier to listen on the go.) The new shows will also be available via iHeartRadio and other podcast platforms.

The deal, a first-look for iHeartMedia, also gives the companies the option to produce companion podcasts for WarnerMedia Entertainment TV networks including TNT, TBS and truTV. The entertainment conglomerate's Warner Bros. division already has an exclusive pact with Spotify for podcasts based on the DC universe and the studio's other IP franchises.

WarnerMedia and iHeart will both commit marketing resources to promote the podcasts and the TV programming. iHeart will lead ad sales and placement with input from WarnerMedia.

"WarnerMedia Entertainment's networks and brands have long been a marvel in the entertainment industry and we're ecstatic for the opportunity to be a part of their legendary storytelling and to bring this trove of new content to the iHeartPodcast Network," said Conal Byrne, president of iHeartPodcast Network.

Search Party, which aired on TBS for its first two seasons, was created by Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers and Michael Showalter and stars Alia Shawkat, John Reynolds, Meredith Hagner and John Early. Raised by Wolves, which was originally developed for TNT before moving to HBO Max, will be directed and executive produced by Ridley Scott and tells the story of a pair of androids tasked with raising human children.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warnermedia-iheartmedia-produce-companion-podcasts-hbo-max-shows-1299785 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warnermedia-iheartmedia-produce-companion-podcasts-hbo-max-shows-1299785)

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jun 23, 2020, 05:54:54 PM

Quote from: HollywoodreporterWarnerMedia, iHeartMedia to Produce Companion Podcasts for HBO Max Shows (Exclusive)

Comedy 'Search Party' and sci-fi drama 'Raised by Wolves' are the first TV series to get companion podcasts.
HBO Max's programming is getting the podcast treatment.

WarnerMedia and iHeartMedia have inked a deal to co-produce a slate of companion podcasts for the streamer's upcoming originals and legacy programming. The first two projects will be podcasts about comedy thriller Search Party, which is set to debut its third season on June 25, and upcoming sci-fi drama Raised by Wolves.

"Today's streaming fans are hungry for more content the second they finish an episode of their favorite shows, and podcasts are a great way to keep those fans engaged while also giving our roster of creative talent additional tools to extend the worlds of their shows and stories," said Kevin Reilly, chief content officer for HBO Max.

WarnerMedia's HBO has already dabbled in podcasting, recently releasing companion series to TV shows Chernobyl, Watchmen and McMillions. Like those podcasts, the new shows from WarnerMedia and iHeart will be available to stream on the HBO Max app. (Users can only listen to podcasts if the app is open and the screen is on, but WarnerMedia is planning to build new features that make it easier to listen on the go.) The new shows will also be available via iHeartRadio and other podcast platforms.

The deal, a first-look for iHeartMedia, also gives the companies the option to produce companion podcasts for WarnerMedia Entertainment TV networks including TNT, TBS and truTV. The entertainment conglomerate's Warner Bros. division already has an exclusive pact with Spotify for podcasts based on the DC universe and the studio's other IP franchises.

WarnerMedia and iHeart will both commit marketing resources to promote the podcasts and the TV programming. iHeart will lead ad sales and placement with input from WarnerMedia.

"WarnerMedia Entertainment's networks and brands have long been a marvel in the entertainment industry and we're ecstatic for the opportunity to be a part of their legendary storytelling and to bring this trove of new content to the iHeartPodcast Network," said Conal Byrne, president of iHeartPodcast Network.

Search Party, which aired on TBS for its first two seasons, was created by Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers and Michael Showalter and stars Alia Shawkat, John Reynolds, Meredith Hagner and John Early. Raised by Wolves, which was originally developed for TNT before moving to HBO Max, will be directed and executive produced by Ridley Scott and tells the story of a pair of androids tasked with raising human children.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warnermedia-iheartmedia-produce-companion-podcasts-hbo-max-shows-1299785 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warnermedia-iheartmedia-produce-companion-podcasts-hbo-max-shows-1299785)

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jun 26, 2020, 04:34:13 PM
Lots of new film stills courtesy of the RBW fan account:  https://twitter.com/raisedbwfans (https://twitter.com/raisedbwfans)

Not yet sure where he got them from but they all have a "Marché du Film" watermark. So likely from a Cannes film-festival reel.

Amanda Collin as "Mother", an android:





The children that were artificially birthed and raised by two androids:





Vat-grown fetus:



Niamh Algar as "Sue", a combat medic:



Travis Fimmel as "Marcus" a former soldier:



Here is a shot of war-ravaged post-apocalyptic Earth that I was speculating about earlier:



You can see the concept painting of the above shot on the far right (second image from top) below:



More of Earth. A huge starship taking off from what appears to be a sports stadium (stadium exterior shown on the shot above):



This may be the last working starship that Marcus, Sue and the others use to escape Earth.



Note the "Sol" cult banner, obviously a very powerful sect.

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The stadium appears to be Cape Town Football Stadium. Which makes sense as they were shooting the series there:





Though I don't know if CT will also be one of the actual settings in the story or not.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jun 26, 2020, 04:34:13 PM
Vat-grown fetus:

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jun 10, 2020, 04:37:29 PM
Looks like Marcus (Fimmel) is part of the Sol cult then? With their shields, armour and white cloaks they kinda look like futuristic Templar Knights (also a religious warrior-monk order).

QuoteReminiscent here of the Knights Templar, with some Samauri influence added, as Ridley Scott has done in the past. Coincidence that the name of the character appears to
be Payen?! What do you think?

Quote from: Ingwar on Jun 26, 2020, 07:41:58 PM
I wonder where did he take these pictures from. I want more!

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jun 26, 2020, 04:34:13 PM
Niamh Algar as "Sue", a combat medic:



Travis Fimmel as "Marcus" a former soldier:

Quote from: Ingwar on Jun 27, 2020, 07:25:23 AM
Good questions. The best thing about this series is that that we know shit :). Fight onboard is possible or maybe it just "simply" crashed which I find odd (plot device?).

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Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jun 10, 2020, 04:37:29 PM
Looks like Marcus (Fimmel) is part of the Sol cult then? With their shields, armour and white cloaks they kinda look like futuristic Templar Knights (also a religious warrior-monk order).

I see the RBW fan account also picked up on the Templar angle:

QuoteReminiscent here of the Knights Templar, with some Samauri influence added, as Ridley Scott has done in the past. Coincidence that the name of the character appears to
be Payen?! What do you think?

https://twitter.com/raisedbwfans/status/1273758988094656512 (https://twitter.com/raisedbwfans/status/1273758988094656512)

Brett Williams plays a character named "Payen", possibly the guy pictured. Hugues de Payens was the co-founder and first Grand Master of the Knights Templar. Always interesting digging into Ridley's mind.

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Quote from: Ingwar on Jun 27, 2020, 07:25:23 AM
Good questions. The best thing about this series is that that we know shit :). Fight onboard is possible or maybe it just "simply" crashed which I find odd (plot device?).

We never actually found out why David's Juggernaut crashed in Alien Covenant. Could have been Shaw who tried to stop him or could have been a battle with the large ship he docks with or perhaps surface to air missiles, who knows?

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jun 27, 2020, 09:53:01 PM
Yeah, that looks like Mother flying off to the crashed ship we saw in that earlier footage. Apparently she can change her shape, a bit like T-X from Terminator 3 and obviously she can fly as well.

Quote from: David 8 on Jul 10, 2020, 10:49:30 PM
Love seeing all these images and especially that one of Ridley with all the concept art on the wall.

Excitement is kicking in for the arrival of the first trailer!

Quote from: Ingwar on Jul 11, 2020, 08:34:07 PM
Nice one. Haven't seen this interview before. I assume that another 8 means 8 episodes for season 2.

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Quote from: Ingwar on Jul 11, 2020, 08:34:07 PM
Nice one. Haven't seen this interview before. I assume that another 8 means 8 episodes for season 2.

It probably bodes well if they have enough faith in the first season to greenlight the second season already, without having seen any audience ratings yet.

I wonder if Scott will be directing more episodes? Might be something to keep him occupied in between film projects.

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Quote from: Ingwar on Jul 15, 2020, 08:32:05 PM
First picture: sonic weapon? Just check in the clip (1:11):

Quote from: Ingwar on Jul 15, 2020, 08:32:05 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-og_rj0NfI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-og_rj0NfI)

Second picture: you can spot second flying android on the far right.

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Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Oct 09, 2018, 08:20:28 AM
Ha, it'll be a laugh if it's adapted from his original Covenant 2 story ideas.

I'll bet you tree fiddy that he's recycling those Covie 2 ideas for this new show.

QuoteHBO Max launched earlier this year, and one of the first big exclusives coming to the WarnerMedia OTT is Ridley Scott's new sci-fi show Raised by Wolves. DP Ross Emery speaks to Adrian Pennington about the show's high-concept visuals and working with Alien and Blade Runner director Scott.

In Ridley Scott's new sci-fi TV series, two androids arrive on an alien planet with a cargo of human embryos to start a new colony. Rather than go heavy on the high-concept visuals, Scott's approach was almost the opposite: to document the character's survival as if filming a lost tribe in the Amazon. 

"Ethnological" is how DP Ross Emery ACS describes it. "It's almost like shooting a doc about a tribe never before encountered by western civilisation in Brazil or Papua New Guinea. How would you capture their day to day activity?"

Raised By Wolves is one of the star acts scheduled to premiere on new streaming service HBO Max. Scott helmed the first two of the ten episodes (his first direction for TV) and exec produced Aaron Guzikowski's script through his company Scott Free.

"This is not a continuation of the world building done with Alien in Prometheus and Covenant but I still feel this is in the same universe as those worlds," says Emery, who was second unit photographer on The Matrix and Alien: Covenant, and cinematographer on The Wolverine. "Ridley is particularly interested in using androids as an analogue for the human race and questioning what happens if we elevate the humans who created the androids to the status of god."

The notion of androids attaining consciousness is territory Scott has visited before, most poignantly in Blade Runner but also in the Alien series (from the duplicitous secret agent Ash in the original Alien to the hyper evolved but no less duplicitous David 8 in Alien: Covenant).

"No one has ever seen anything like this before," Emery promises.

Scott's regular cinematographer Dariusz Wolski lensed episode one with Emery sharing photography of the others with Erik Messerschmidt, ASC (Mindhunter).

"Ridley is the starting point," Emery says. "He does a lot of concept designs and a lot of his own storyboards. You take that and learn the rules of the world he's building.  For instance, this is a futuristic world where technology is unrecognisable to people from 2019."

Actors often compose their own back story for characters but Scott tasked wardrobe, props and production design to think about the origin of anything that would appear on screen.

"If there was any technology that was noticeably familiar from our world then he would tell us to dial back," Emery says. "We used a lot of artificial light sources, LEDs and organic plasmas, but made sure they had a backstory. How would that light have been brought to the planet?

"It's about not making any misstep. Stanley Kubrick ensured that on Barry Lyndon all the interiors were candlelit so that you can't feel any light that's artificial to the period.

"We're capturing the day to day life of characters who have been washed up on a desert island. They have only managed to take limited resources with them on the space craft so the world is a cross between extremely advanced and the stone age."

Even the planet's name, Keplar-22b, is the same as an actual exoplanet 600 light-years from Earth which NASA has identified as the most habitable yet discovered.

"When you are selling a quite preposterous premise - which all sci-fi can be – then the more you can ground the vision the more believable it will be to the audience," Emery says.

He continues: "Everybody thinks sci-fi and then chooses the most hi-res 8K resolution and large format sensor they can find. We had a lot of discussion about that and decided we don't want to be a crazy 'out there' world. You want it to feel that it has a human touch." 

That led to the selection of ARRI Alexa as the main camera shooting 3.5K ARRIRAW through Panavision Super Speeds and Primos in a fairly conventional manner.

"We had some Steadicam but we didn't want a lot of crazy camera movement. Ridley felt a low-tech capture was more effective for the story."

The dramatized documentary approach, using zooms, also worked for the majority cast of child actors.  "You want them not to notice the camera and to deliver a natural performance," Emery says.

VR rig
With some scenes requiring more than a dozen characters with dialogue, Emery had the editing process on his mind too. "Manufacturing intricate camera moves can end up boxing the editor in in terms of how they want to tell the story," he says.

However, flashback sequences told from the android's point of view, were shot with a VR rig of seven 4K GoPro cameras in 360-degrees.

"It's a way of capturing their world view without appearing like that of the Terminator," he explains. "The VR rig gave an aspherical view of the set, like an ultra-wide 1mm lens. Once you move it through a space you are changing perspective all the time and you have the ability to see the actor's ears and feet and what is directly above them. It took a lot of unlearning traditional camera rules." 

The VR sequences were used in post to zoom in, pan or tilt into any part of the image to convey the android's attempt to rationalise what has happened in the past.

Subtle shooting
Raised by Wolves was shot in studios at Cape Town and on location in a remote desert location north of the city.  To reduce the VFX count, therefore the budget, they favoured a 100m x 30m painted backdrop, over bluescreen.

"That meant we could use mist and smoke effects, which is something you can't do so well on bluescreen," Emery says.

As the story develops, the camera framing alters subtly too to reflect the android's growing awareness of their existence.

"They are not necessarily becoming human but as the AI experiences more it begins to process the emotional reactions from the humans. There's one essential question: are android's capable of emotion? The answer is that they can process the stimulai the same way as humans and come up with a reaction to it which, in its simplest terms, is that of an emotion."

To chart this development, the camera shifts progressively closer to the performances of Amanda Collin and Abubakar Salim as Mother and Father.

"We see them first on long wide lenses but progressively we shoot them more like a human being, or a character in an emotional state," Emery says.

Working with Ridley Scott is a dream come true for the Australian whose recalls being taken to see Blade Runner as a 16-year old by his father (the cinematographer Ossie Emery ACS).

"That film got me wanting to become a cinematographer," he says. "Getting to work on Alien: Covenant and to shoot the alien with all its teeth and gel was such a buzz.

"In my job I get to watch an awful lot of films and it's remarkable how the power of an image stays with you. I think that's a particular talent that photographers and cinematographers have, a powerful visual memory. Even if you're out shopping for milk and you notice the way the sunlight comes through the window, or how a car's headlights turn around a corner, you'll file it away and sometime somewhere you can recall it for use in a scene."

Quote from: Ingwar on Jul 29, 2020, 04:26:12 PM
"This is not a continuation of the world building done with Alien in Prometheus and Covenant but I still feel this is in the same universe as those worlds," says Emery, who was second unit photographer on The Matrix and Alien: Covenant, and cinematographer on The Wolverine.

QuoteScott's regular cinematographer Dariusz Wolski lensed episode one with Emery sharing photography of the others with Erik Messerschmidt, ASC (Mindhunter).

Quote"We're capturing the day to day life of characters who have been washed up on a desert island. They have only managed to take limited resources with them on the space craft so the world is a cross between extremely advanced and the stone age."

Quoteflashback sequences told from the android's point of view

Quote from: Stolen on Aug 03, 2020, 07:21:08 PM
Here we go..

We are ready for the new chapter of iconic sci fi.

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Quote from: Evanus on Aug 03, 2020, 08:35:56 PM
Well.. screw the general public!  :P

Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Aug 03, 2020, 08:33:19 PM
Iconic to us maybe, but not to the general public.

Quote from: j0nesy on Aug 03, 2020, 09:42:47 PM
so when are we thinking for release? sometime in autumn? ???

Quote from: RidleyScott99 on Aug 04, 2020, 04:42:41 AM
This October the first episode. It will be 1 episode every week. 10 episodes. 10 weeks.

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This October the first episode. It will be 1 episode every week. 10 episodes. 10 weeks.

Source?

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Quote from: RidleyScott99 on Aug 04, 2020, 04:42:41 AM
This October the first episode. It will be 1 episode every week. 10 episodes. 10 weeks.

Source?

pretty sure ridleyscott99 is the ridley scott

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 05, 2020, 05:35:27 PM
TRAILER!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAg6RTQEfeM

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Aug 05, 2020, 04:12:54 PM
Is that in chronological order Ingwar?

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Quote from: RidleyScott99 on Aug 04, 2020, 04:42:41 AM
This October the first episode. It will be 1 episode every week. 10 episodes. 10 weeks.

Source?

pretty sure ridleyscott99 is the ridley scott

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 05, 2020, 06:09:03 PM
https://twitter.com/RottenTomatoes/status/1291070576212107265

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 05, 2020, 05:35:27 PM
TRAILER!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAg6RTQEfeM

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Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Aug 05, 2020, 04:12:54 PM
Is that in chronological order Ingwar?

Source doesn't say it. I just copy-pasted it.

Be ready for September 3!

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 05, 2020, 04:10:17 PM
Titles of episodes according to Writers Guild of America West

"Faces", written by Karen Campbell
"Infected Memory", written by: Heather Bellson
"Lost Paradise", written by: Donald Joh
"Mass", written by: Sinead Daly
"Nature's Course", written by: Aaron Guzikowski
"Pentagram", written by: Aaron Guzikowski
"Raised by Wolves", written by: Aaron Guzikowski
"The Beginning", written by: Aaron Guzikowski
"Umbilical", written by: Aaron Guzikowski
"Virtual Faith", written by: Aaron Guzikowski

https://directories.wga.org/project/1198904/raised-by-wolves

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Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Aug 03, 2020, 08:33:19 PM
Iconic to us maybe, but not to the general public.

THE MARTIAN was a huge success so the general public loved it more than PROMETHEUS and COVENANT. The Most successful Ridley Scott movies in terms of the general public are THE MARTIAN and GLADIATOR. In that order.

Quote"This is not a continuation of the world building done with Alien in Prometheus and Covenant but I still feel this is in the same universe as those worlds," says Emery, who was second unit photographer on The Matrix and Alien: Covenant, and cinematographer on The Wolverine. "Ridley is particularly interested in using androids as an analogue for the human race and questioning what happens if we elevate the humans who created the androids to the status of god."

Quote from: kwisatz on Aug 05, 2020, 09:04:53 PM
Looks like weird Scott is back. Is good. I missed him (The Counselor doesn't count).

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 05, 2020, 08:33:01 PM
Just found this ...

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Aug 05, 2020, 06:18:08 PM
Can you grab a high-res still of that creature on the dome Mr. Jones?

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 05, 2020, 11:00:29 PM
Is this the same creature chasing a child?

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QuoteHe kinda went AWOL after Legend.

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Tut-tut, One-trick pony.

Quote from: kwisatz on Aug 06, 2020, 01:59:39 AM
Scott's pretty obsessed with disastrous facial deformations tbh. Probably to compensate for the lack of sex scenes.

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QuoteDistorted face mean - distorted soul or distorted psychological image, because faces are directly related to our perception of persons, thus by destroying someones face, you destroy his or hers identity ... etc.

Quote from: SiL on Aug 06, 2020, 01:36:55 AM
It's almost like artists develop distinct styles they like to use to communicate with! :o

;D

Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 06, 2020, 06:42:01 AM
Probably will have som big ideas. And i like the kinda horror vibes i get from it.

Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 06, 2020, 02:02:27 PM
Well Prometheus is a more fast paced movie comparing it to the Original Alien.

The nature of a TV-show is that you got more time for character development. Some shows might even have to much character and not enough story.
But TV-series has a lot of tropes, filler episodes, multiple storylines, flashbacks etc. It just depends on how good they execute them.

And you say you dont hope we end up with 10 hrs of Prometheus, but remember that Prometheus was very split between who liked it and who didnt. So saying 10 hrs of Prometheus is not necessary a bad thing just because it wasnt to your liking ;)

Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Aug 06, 2020, 08:07:40 AM
Do we have any idea of international release for this?

Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 06, 2020, 08:21:41 AM
Im sure there are ways to find it online once its released ;)

HBO MAX is US only?
Well its not coming to Norway. So i am like, all right screw you i will find it somewhere else.
All this US only shit makes me think they dont want to make money.

Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Aug 06, 2020, 03:44:34 PM
3. Wait for the Blu-Ray

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 06, 2020, 02:23:45 PM
Prometheus is a fascinating mess of a movie. The script in nonsensical and the editing is even worse, but visually it is unparalleled and I'm very intrigued by the ideas it presents (even if they thematically contradict the intention of the original film). Covenant, in my opinion, improved on Prometheus by getting even weirder with the material, and actually competently putting the movie together. Where Prometheus played things safer, Covenant went wild, detached itself from any pre-conceived notions people might have held about the franchise, and told a story that explored some concepts that I find really exciting.

I'm all for this being eight or so hours of an unhinged Ridley throwing his ideas at the screen. I just hope that, if there is a season two, Ridley actually remains involved and directs a couple more episodes. I know he's a busy man with a hundred projects up his sleeve and would never stick around to be a proper showrunner, but him directing a few more episodes if this is a hit would be very exciting. If this does get a second season, I also wouldn't be shocked if the budget is expanded on from this first one; remember, this first season wasn't actually made for HBO Max. This was a TNT show, so basic cable.

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 07, 2020, 03:36:09 AM
Concept artist that worked on the series.

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Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 07, 2020, 09:47:07 PM
Carlos Huante worked on the series:

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Odd Studio as well:

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What is she holding there? Some kind of African musical instrument?

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 11, 2020, 08:17:28 PM
Sorry Nightmare Asylum, but I just deleted my post to which you had replied. I just found better quality pictures.

Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 11, 2020, 09:54:47 PM
Looks like some kind of custom made lute. Similar to this replica of an ancient Egyptian lute but much bigger. She probably made it by herself or found it?

Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Aug 11, 2020, 10:45:15 PM
The last two remind me of David's lab.

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Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 13, 2020, 06:29:29 AM
On a different note. I kinda miss the look Ridley got when using Red camera. I always prefered the look of the RED as suppose to the Alexa. That more green/yellow-ish tint. But now this is just getting nerdy :P

Quote from: Ingwar on Jun 06, 2017, 08:02:16 PM

QuoteFor the production, Wolski paired Arri Alexa XT and Mini cameras — recording ArriRaw files — with Angenieux Optimo DP Rouge 16- 42mm (T2.8 ) and 30-80mm (T2.8 ) zooms, a Panavision 19-90mm (T2.8 ) Primo Compact Zoom, and Panavision PVintage primes.

QuoteHow does that factor of 3D versus 2D influence your selection of camera?
Wolski: We definitely started using the Red Epic on Prometheus because its size made the 3D rigs much smaller and more flexible. For Alien: Covenant all the cameras were Alexas, which has really become the most reliable, consistent camera as far as I'm concerned. The problem with all these new cameras coming out is that things are changing so fast you have to spend all your time testing, figuring out the workflow and everything else.

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Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 13, 2020, 06:33:37 PM
From my experience shooting with RED and Alexa there is a subtle difference in color science.
Now you can grade the image to look alike by changing the Tint, but if you keep the original color science there is a difference.

This is getting geeky now. But the Alexa kinda has a more orange look to warmer hues, while the RED has more of a yellow lime ish look.
I associate it most with Fincher actually.

And you are correct about the look on Covenant vs Prometheus. I noticed from the first trailer that they changed cameras.
I will post one picture from Covenant and some other pics from other Ridley projects shot on RED for comparison.

Couldnt find any pictures, but notice the opening scene of All the money in the world also.

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Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 13, 2020, 06:33:37 PM
This is getting geeky now. But the Alexa kinda has a more orange look to warmer hues, while the RED has more of a yellow lime ish look.

Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 14, 2020, 01:15:42 AM
From the BTS pics i have seen from The Martian, it looks like it was all shot on RED.
And IMDB does not list the Alexa,

I actually like that lime tint that you sometimes get on the RED.
I mostly shot with the Angenieux 25-250, fun vintage lens.

But we made one sci-fi space, Prometheus/Covenant inspired film when i went to film school. Wanted to get experience with cheating the sets and get most value of the studio we occupied.

Too bad i casted some bad actors thought.

But again, always been inspired by Ridley. The way he uses his sets, if i didnt have my Ridley knowledge we would never have managed to do it.

I am getting sligthly off topic now :P

Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 14, 2020, 06:34:45 AM
That doesnt even make sense. The RED is more compact then the Alexa.
They had pretty big rigs thought. But the Alexa shoots in 3,2k and the RED Dragon shoots in 6K.

Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 14, 2020, 10:40:36 AM
...Or MAYBE they just completley WRONG because it doesnt make any sense at all.

Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 14, 2020, 09:24:06 AM
Well sorry i just dont belive that they used the Alexa at all mate.
There is no info online to support the claim that they even used it so.

Quote from: TC on Aug 14, 2020, 09:49:56 AM
Incidentally, Prometheus was also native 3D. Covenant was intended for the same treatment but I believe budget cuts got in the way. Besides, post-3D had gotten much better by then.

TC

QuoteAnother difference between Covenant and Prometheus is that you didn't shoot in 3D this time.

Scott: I wanted to shoot Covenant in 3D, but somebody supposedly wiser than us up there decided that the days of 3D might be over, and therefore we didn't do that. Now, of course, it's finished and somebody mumbled, 'Can we do this in 3D?' I said, 'Well, it's a bit late, dude.'

Wolski: For me, it was great going back to old-school filmmaking and shooting Covenant in 2D. The first Alien was 2D. I do think that initially my experience with 3D was a big part of why Ridley was interested in me for Prometheus. That was a huge challenge, shooting 3D with those multiple cameras Ridley favors. At that time there was a big trend toward shooting everything in 3D, and I think it was largely because of economics — because Avatar had made so much money. Everybody thought the whole world was going to turn 3D, but I never believed in that.

Scott: I don't think 3D is going to go away. I love it, because we actually see in 3D. In your head, you've basically got two cameras side by side separated by the width of your nose. When you film and project 3D properly, it's not a barrier; it's taking you back to something you've been used to since birth. There's still a lot to be explored there. One thing that would have been nice to do on The Martian would have been to shoot all the interiors in 2D, then when he goes outside flip to 3D. But we can't do that yet.

Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 14, 2020, 12:46:40 PM
No

Quote from: Ridlazz921 on Aug 14, 2020, 10:59:19 PM
Hell i am shooting on the BMPCC 4k with vintage lenses too. We got the 4k, we are not gonna switch to the original BMPCC camera when we got the 4k :P