Jacob Elordi to Replace Paul Mescal in Ridley Scott's Post-Apocalyptic Film THE DOG STARS
Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) is in negotiations to star in Ridley Scott‘s post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars, and he will be replacing Paul Mescal (Gladiator 2), who had to drop out of the project due to scheduling conflicts with Sam Mendes‘ Beatles anthology.
The Dog Stars is based on a 2012 novel by Peter Heller, and the story centers on catastrophic flu virus that wipes out nearly all of humanity.
The film follows “a civilian pilot lives a lonely life on an abandoned Colorado airbase with his dog and a tough ex-marine, in a near future where an unnamed pandemic has decimated American society. The two men couldn’t be more mismatched but depend on each other to fend off roaming invaders.
“When a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside the pilot that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail.”
Elordi would play the pilot named Hig “who befriends a cranky gunman as they try to outlast a roaming band of scavengers called Reapers.”
The screenplay was written by Mark L. Smith (Twisters) and Christopher Wilkinson (Ali) it’s set up at 20th Century Studios. Scott is expected to shoot the film after his Bee Gees biopic for Paramount.
Source: Variety