Ridley and Tony Scott’s Films are Transforming into TV Shows.

Ridley and Tony Scott’s Films are Transforming into TV Shows.

Courtesy of Scott Free Productions

It appears that FX’s “Alien: Earth“, which is set to launch next month, is just the beginning of a wave of TV series that will follow or reboot old films by Ridley Scott and his late brother Tony Scott.

According to David W. Zucker, the CCO at Scott Free Productions, “Alien: Earth” is the first time that Scott Free Productions has adapted any of the Scott brothers’ films for television in his 24 years with the company.

Appearing at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Zucker tells Variety that the company is now exploring other works in the pair’s filmographies.

“We are looking at a number of different right now, and the point of entry is really: ‘What is its reason to be?’ because while it’s certainly IP is ruling the day, and those titles all have different potential values and degrees of familiarity, it still comes down to what’s the foundational premise and concept for a piece that really merits it being brought forward now. And so that kind of development in some ways is the same as original development. It gives you some source from which to build, potentially, but how much of that proves applicable remains to be seen.

With each of those titles, it requires more hurdles out of the gate, because you have to align with the controlling studio and making sure that rights are available, and it demands a partnership and a mutual interest and an alignment going forward. But there are a few of them that we’re exploring now that I think could have some great potential. By end of summer, I think we’ll know if we have some traction going forward with them.

One that likely won’t be included is Tony Scott’s “Man on Fire” as Netflix and New Regency have already shot a new TV series adaptation.

The company’s resume of TV series like “The Good Wife,” “The Good Fight,” “The Man in the High Castle,” “Raised by Wolves,” “The Terror,” “Taboo,” “The Pillars of the Earth,” and “The Andromeda Strain”.

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