Ridley Scott Says Paramount “Changed The Goalposts” On Bee Gees Biopic: “They Didn’t Like My Deal, So I Said, I’ll Move On”

Armando Tinoco
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Ridley Scott is teasing the Bee Gees biopic he is set to direct at Paramount, which has been delayed.

The Gladiator II director was set to start filming already, but after the studio “changed the goalposts,” the filmmaker opted to work on another film instead.

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“The deal — the studio changed the goalposts,” Scott told GQ. “I said, ‘You can’t do that.’ They insisted. I said, ‘Well, I’m going to warn you, I will walk, because I will go on to the next movie.’ They didn’t believe me, and I did.”

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He continued, “I was being asked to go too far, and I said, ‘No. Next!’ They didn’t like my deal. So I said, I’ll move on. I’m expensive, but I’m fucking good.”

Scott is set to start filming The Dog Stars in April and expects to begin filming the Bee Gees biopic, which is tentatively titled You Should Be Dancing, in September.

The filmmaker teased that the biopic will revolve around a “competition” among the band members, saying, “I liked the working-class side of the Bee Gees. It’s all about competition with brothers…. And then they lose Andy — Andy OD’d at 30. … It’s more about the gift than the luck, right? It’s a fantastic story.”

Scott’s most recent film was Gladiator II, which opened in theaters in November 2024 and which he directed and produced. The film starred Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington.

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