Julia Roberts, Gerard Butler Eye Ridley Scott Team-Ups

Ridley Scott could soon be a very busy guy. Additionally to creating a follow up to "Edge Runner," the "Prometheus" director is eying two other large budget projects he may potentially helm within the the coming year. The very first film on his docket is really a biopic about Gertrude Bell properly entitled "Gertrude Bell." The Hollywood Reporter has found that Julia Roberts is poised to star within the film, although the deal has not been completed yet. It might be her first live action film since 2010's "The Tourist," and would align together with her own curiosity about worldwide policy. Also on Scott's listing of potential projects is really a movie that may star Gerard Butler. Butler has switched gears from romcoms to action films in the last couple of years, which next flick lines up itself with this ongoing trend. Deadline is confirming that Butler and Scott are intending to create a biopic about Simon Mann, an old British military officer who planned a coup from the leader of Equatorial Guinea. It wound up being turned away in Zimbabwe where Mann spent 5 years imprisonment. Mann and the wife Amanda happen to be shopping the storyline around Hollywood for some time now, but Scott was the director who finally bit. Additionally towards the three films formerly pointed out, Scott can also be still thinking about filming "Gucci," a flick concentrating on the volatile relationship between Maurizio Gucci and the ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani. That flick may potentially star Natalie Portman. Do you enjoy either of these two new projects Scott is circling? Inform us within the comments section below or on Twitter!