According to IMDB, The Darkest Hour was released in 2011.
To echo something that Space Sweeper said in the Blade Runner 2 thread a few weeks back, it seems like Ridley likes to go for guys that he can get a decent amount of control over in order to get his vision on screen. Sometimes that works, but I think Prometheus suffered from it (and from Ridley's 'butts in seats' mentality on the cutting-room floor).