Continuing his current run of making movies in quick succession, Ridley Scott is following the imminent Alien: Covenant with a real-life drama, All The Money In The World. He's been looking to lock down a cast and has Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Williams and Kevin Spacey circling main roles.
If Williams signs on, she'd play Gail Harris, who was at the centre of a 1970s kidnapping case that involved Paul Getty, grandson of the ultra-rich tycoon J. Paul Getty (the role Spacey is pondering). Swiped during a night out, he was kept chained in a cave for six months and a ransom demanding $17 million was delivered to the family.
Unfortunately for the younger Getty, his grandfather didn't think much of his father or his party lifestyle, and, initially believing the teenager might have staged the whole thing himself, at first refused to pay. He was also unmoved by the pleas of Paul's mother, as Gail Harris had divorced his son and snubbed his money to raise her children alone. One of Paul's ears was posted to the family, and eventually a $2.9 million sum was stumped up. It affected Paul for the rest of his life and he died aged 54. Nine of the kidnappers were arrested, and two were sent to prison.
Deadline's report doesn't mention what role Wahlberg might be interested in, but Scott is pushing to get his actors in place soon so he can roll cameras next month in Italy.
Alien: Covenant is due in the UK on 12 May, before heading to the States on 19 May.
Ridley Scott Directing Real-Life Kidnapping Drama All The Money In The World