ridley scott is the star of the film thelma  louise
in may 2014 scott began negotiations to direct the martian starring matt damon as mark watney
on 20 november 2017 amazon agreed a deal with amc studios for a worldwide release of the terror scotts series adaptation of dan simmons novel a speculative retelling of british explorer sir john franklins lost expedition of hms erebus and hms terror to the arctic in 18451848 to force the northwest passage with elements of horror and supernatural fiction and the series premiered in march 2018