Ridley Scott to direct 'The Last Duel'

[Ingwar]

Yeah, I was like 'hey, it's Darkness!'.

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Then we see his wife (Johansson) dressed as Let's Dance David Bowie, who played vampire in Tony Scott's The Hunger. Coincidence?

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Mmm... maybe Noah Baumbach has a liking for Scottish films? 

A bit worrying is that the Last Duel's location shoot in Reims appears to have been cancelled. Not sure if this is what caused the film to be delayed?

More than 100 extras were to be found at #Reims ... Alas, the filming of Ridley Scott at the cathedral is canceled

https://twitter.com/LevyGuillaume/status/1217764936186810370

@BenAffleck hey you don't come to reims you and matt damon for the next ridley scott movie next march it's canceled or postponed

https://twitter.com/Doudoudu002/status/1215704356944842752

This tweet might suggest there was an issue obtaining a filming license.

Thank you @ArnaudRobinet for being so useless and making Ridley Scott cancel his plans to come and shoot his next film starring Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck. 🙃

Thank you for ruining my opportunity to be cast and skipping on the chance to put light on the city.

https://twitter.com/winonasrider/status/1219804848679538688

[Valaquen]

I watched Marriage Story recently I must say I cannot wait to see Driver working with Ridley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR9ntzA8xiI

Is it worth the watch? I'm not sure I can watch a movie about a prolonged domestic argument (which is the impression I've gotten about the movie).

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As a Scotsman you should support films that pay homage to the Scotts, Valaquen.

Another day, another location. Berze le Chatel that serves as a nice representation of 14th century architecture. Could this serve as the de Carrouges keep?

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7rCYCzqWhM/

[Ingwar]

Looks like Adam already started practising

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=77&v=2KKRiXcivAQ&feature=emb_title

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Haha... I saw that the other day.



But as a 14th century nobleman he'll probably wear a doublet with tights/hoses and pointy shoes: 



Janty Yates is going to have a field day with all the crazy fashions from those times.

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Preparations for the start of filming are currently underway:

Beynac Castle 🏰 which I could not visit due to the preparation for the shooting of the next film by Ridley Scott (just the man who directed the films Alien, Prometheus, Alone on Mars, Gladiator, Blade Runner, Robin Hood) and so on) 😀! It was weird to come across people from the technical team studying where to install the rails for the cameras and speak American during the ride! This castle having already been used for the shooting of Visitors 2, among others, will be the place of play of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in "The last duel" which will be released in 2021 at the cinema!
I already intended to see this film concerning the last judicial duel in France! But there, the fact that it was filmed in my pretty black Périgord ... I will go as soon as it comes out to the cinema!
Very nice walk despite not visiting the castle. Its surroundings are superb.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B75ShLUK1fU/

I wonder if Beynac castle will serve as Count Pierre's palace which looks kind of similar?

[Ingwar]

Hard to say, they all look alike to me

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Beynac castle looks a bit more "palatial" to me than Berze le Chatel. 

Ian Pirie (Die another day, Gangs of New York, The Dark Knight, The Terror etc.) has been cast as "Henri". Ingwar can you remember a character named "Henri" in the book? The Henry's of France were only kings around the 16th century. The Charles' reigned during the time of the story.

[Ingwar]

Ingwar can you remember a character named "Henri" in the book?

Not at all but the movie isn't based upon the novel so I assume we gonna see some made up characters. Ian Pirie played in The Terror, produced by Scott.

[The Old One]

Another must see.

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Not at all but the movie isn't based upon the novel so I assume we gonna see some made up characters. Ian Pirie played in The Terror, produced by Scott.

It's definitely based on the novel. There is that photo you posted of Matt Damon (who is one of the co-writers) with a copy of the book and the script. Eric Jager is also credited on IMDb as the writer of the book upon which the film is based. They might deviate a bit from it here and there in order to successfully adapt it to film though. Don't know how much The Martian differed from the book? Will probably be something similar here. Don't think it will deviate as much as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep since this is factual history, not fiction.

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There is a Sir Henry Percy mentioned in the book who was responsible for driving the French (including Jean de Carrouges) and the Scottish raiders out of England. Maybe that could be the role Pirie will play? Pirie looks like quite a bruiser.

They also mention King Henri I who built the priory where the duel takes place, but that was in 1060, hundreds of years before the story takes place.

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[Ingwar]

It's definitely based on the novel.

By novel I meant narrative fiction. Movie will be based upon historical book.

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All signs are currently pointing to the start of filming next week in Sarlat, France.

Sarlat is a remnant 14th century medieval city in the Périgord Noir region that might stand in for medieval Paris:





Sources:

Dordogne: Ridley Scott expected next week in Sarlat?

Dordogne: Ridley Scott expected next week in Sarlat?
British director Ridley Scott could land next week in Sarlat, in the Périgord Noir. In the city in any case, the traces of the imminence of the shooting multiply
francebleu.fr

https://twitter.com/laleonarde/status/1225031647948693505

Sarlat in full effervescence ... Actors (Matt Damon) of the film of Ridley Scott and the director of the film himself could indeed - according to our information - arrive in black Périgord from next week!

https://twitter.com/axasarlassur/status/1224932798609469440

Dordogne: filming of Ridley Scott's future film to start soon

https://twitter.com/witfm/status/1225057760229806080

Castings of choristers and dancers in the Dordogne for the future film by Ridley Scott

https://twitter.com/SO_Dordogne/status/1224989686948605952




Could this be the first set photograph of The Last Duel at de Beynac castle? The castle itself is real but I think the wooden structure (called "hourds") is a set structure build specifically for the film. Hourds were temporary structures built on top of castle walls when a siege was imminent. They have arrow slits for crossbowmen to fire down at the besiegers as well as trapdoors on the floor for pouring down boiling oil and napalm.

So I guess this will probably stand in for Wark Castle, which was besieged in the book.

Building 🏗 sets for the ridley scott film "the last duel"

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8JoVOpK-Jx/

[Ingwar]

The filming of the film "The last duel" of Ridley Scott with Matt Damon and Ben Aflleck is being prepared in Sarlais! It should start on February 17/18 and end on February 28.

Well, France Bleu Périgord reveals that scenes from the film will be shot at the Château de Beynac and in its old town. But also in the church of the village of Beynac where a wedding scene should be performed.

Ridley Scott was also present this Wednesday to inspect the premises. On site, the teams are in any case in full preparation work.

A real beehive is activated around the entrance to the Château de Beynac and in its courtyard. Roadies, decorators, carpenters. In all, over fifty people. On the surrounding wall, hourds, a sort of defensive wooden balcony are being erected. For example, a film painter is responsible for making the elements of wooden decors more real than life.

The shooting will also take place in several rooms of the completely redecorated Château de Beynac . The production has a sense of detail since a boar's head was sent as well as hanged false hares.

Real old furniture was brought in, as Yannick tells us, a mover: " We assembled all the furniture coming from England and Ireland, in the great hall of the castle and also in the room of the future characters of the film. massive furniture which comes from castles of England, it is beautiful to see "he says.

The village church, for its part , was completely emptied and then redecorated with furniture to apparently create a wedding scene. But the shooting will also take place at the Château de Fénelon as well as on the central square of the bastide of Monpazier.

A medieval market scene will be filmed there, as told by the mayor of Monpazier, Fabrice Duppi: " It will be on the Place des Cornières, which is the jewel of Monpazier, so we are very proud that it is highlighted through We are very proud to welcome this filming with a director such as Ridley Scott, it is a great recognition for our village classified as the most beautiful village in France "says the mayor

Finally 5000 square meters of warehouses would have been rented to Sarlat, to store the decor and costumes for the film by Ridley Scott!

https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/culture-loisirs/dordogne-le-chateau-de-beynac-en-pleine-transformation-pour-le-tournage-du-film-de-ridley-scott-1580918183