Editing Ridley Scott (section)

==Television projects==
In 2002, Ridley Scott and his brother Tony were among the executive producers of ''[[The Gathering Storm (2002 film)|The Gathering Storm]]'', a television biographical film of [[Winston Churchill]] in the years just prior to [[World War II]]. A [[BBC]]–[[HBO]] co-production, it received acclaim, with [[Mark Lawson]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranking it as the most memorable television portrayal of Churchill.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/feb/26/winston-churchill-tv-ranked-michael-gambon-richard-burton-albert-finney | title=Close but no cigar: TV's Winston Churchills – ranked | work=The Guardian | date=26 February 2016 | access-date=15 November 2023 | location=London | first=Mark | last=Lawson | archive-date=4 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204172428/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/feb/26/winston-churchill-tv-ranked-michael-gambon-richard-burton-albert-finney | url-status=live }}</ref> The brothers produced the [[CBS]] series ''[[Numb3rs]]'' (2005–10), a crime drama about a genius mathematician who helps the [[FBI]] solve crimes; and ''[[The Good Wife]]'' (2009–2016), a legal drama about an attorney balancing her job with her husband, a former state attorney trying to rebuild his political career after a major scandal. The two Scotts also produced a 2010 [[The A-Team (film)|film adaptation]] of 1980s television show ''[[The A-Team]]'', directed by [[Joe Carnahan]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7856758.stm | title = Ridley Scott to remake The A-Team | work = [[BBC News Online]] | date = 28 January 2009 | access-date = 13 January 2015 | archive-date = 31 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090131020650/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7856758.stm | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | date = 27 January 2009 | title = Fox assembles 'A-Team' | url = https://www.variety.com/VR1117999155.html | magazine = Variety | access-date = 13 January 2015 | first = Michael | last = Fleming | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090305090626/http://www.variety.com/VR1117999155.html | archive-date = 5 March 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Ridley Scott was an executive producer of the first season of Amazon's ''[[The Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle]]'' (2015–16).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Man-In-High-Castle/dp/B00RSGIVVO|title=Watch The Man in the High Castle Season 1 Episode – Amazon Video|website=Amazon.com|access-date=25 March 2016|archive-date=25 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325181318/http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-In-High-Castle/dp/B00RSGIVVO|url-status=live}}</ref> Through [[Scott Free Productions]], he is an executive producer on the dark comic science-fiction series ''[[BrainDead (TV series)|BrainDead]]'' which debuted on CBS in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=BrainDead|url=http://www.backstage.com/resources/detail/productionlisting/braindead-85375/|website=Backstage|access-date=18 August 2016|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818201612/http://www.backstage.com/resources/detail/productionlisting/braindead-85375/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ridley Scott|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/ridley-scott-57300822/|website=Hollywood.com|date=26 November 2014|access-date=18 August 2016|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818212145/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/ridley-scott-57300822/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lloyd|first1=Robert|title='The Good Wife's' creators are back with the imperfect but fun 'Braindead' mixing D.C politics ... and bugs from space.|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-braindead-review-20160609-snap-story.html|access-date=18 August 2016|publisher=Los Angeles Times.|date=13 June 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817094342/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-braindead-review-20160609-snap-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 20 November 2017, Amazon agreed a deal with AMC Studios for a worldwide release of ''[[The Terror (TV series)|The Terror]]'', Scott's series adaptation of [[The Terror (novel)|Dan Simmons' novel]], a speculative retelling of British explorer Sir [[John Franklin]]'s [[Franklin's lost expedition|lost expedition]] of [[HMS Erebus (1826)|HMS ''Erebus'']] and [[HMS Terror (1813)|HMS ''Terror'']] to the [[Arctic]] in 1845–1848 to force the [[Northwest Passage]], with elements of horror and supernatural fiction, and the series premiered in March 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/the-terror-anthology-series-scott-free-1201712908/ |title=AMC Orders 'The Terror' Anthology Drama Series From Scott Free |website=Deadline |date=2 March 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303103310/https://deadline.com/2016/03/the-terror-anthology-series-scott-free-1201712908/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/amc-developing-terror-drama-produced-by-scott-free-tv-360-alexandra-milchan-429627/ |title=AMC Developing 'Terror' Drama Produced By Scott Free, TV 360 & Alexandra Milchan |website=Deadline |date=13 February 2013 |access-date=13 September 2016 |archive-date=15 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915143215/http://deadline.com/2013/02/amc-developing-terror-drama-produced-by-scott-free-tv-360-alexandra-milchan-429627/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Scott was an executive producer for the 2019 [[BBC]]/[[FX (TV channel)|FX]] three-part miniseries ''[[A Christmas Carol (miniseries)|A Christmas Carol]]'', developed by [[Steven Knight]], alongside [[Tom Hardy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/steven-knight-a-christmas-carol-dickens-adaptations-bbc-ridley-scott-tom-hardy-1202215436/|title=Steven Knight To Adapt Charles Dickens Novels For BBC One; Ridley Scott, Tom Hardy Exec Producing|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|work=Deadline|date=28 November 2017|access-date=4 November 2019|archive-date=9 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509140846/https://deadline.com/2017/11/steven-knight-a-christmas-carol-dickens-adaptations-bbc-ridley-scott-tom-hardy-1202215436/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Scott's first television directing role in 50 years, ''[[Raised by Wolves (American TV series)|Raised by Wolves]]'', was released on [[HBO Max]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/ca/media-release/hbo-max/ridley-scotts-raised-wolves-coming-hbo-max |title=Ridley Scott's Raised by Wolves Coming to HBO Max |date=29 October 2019 |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=16 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216172221/https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/ca/media-release/hbo-max/ridley-scotts-raised-wolves-coming-hbo-max |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|date=1 October 2020|title='Raised by Wolves': Ridley Scott Explains That Monstrous Finale|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/arts/television/raised-by-wolves-finale-ridley-scott.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001224004/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/arts/television/raised-by-wolves-finale-ridley-scott.html |archive-date=2020-10-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=11 October 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Scott said his "tendency was to think, 'I don't want to go down that road of androids again'", but decided to take on the project after he read the script and liked it.<ref name=":0" /> The show revolves around androids Mother and Father, who attempt to save humankind on planet Kepler-22b after earth is demolished by war between the Mithraic, who follow a god called Sol, and militant atheists.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kiesling|first=Lydia|title=The Aspirational Android Parenting of "Raised by Wolves"|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-aspirational-android-parenting-of-raised-by-wolves|access-date=11 October 2020|magazine=The New Yorker|date=5 October 2020|language=en-us|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011222155/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-aspirational-android-parenting-of-raised-by-wolves|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2022, it was announced Scott would executive produce the [[Apple TV+]] series ''[[Dope Thief]]'', written by [[Peter Craig]] and starring [[Brian Tyree Henry]], and would also direct an episode.<ref>{{cite web |last=White |first=Peter |title=Brian Tyree Henry To Star In Philadelphia Crime Series ''Sinking Spring'' For Apple From ''Top Gun: Maverick'' Writer Peter Craig & Ridley Scott |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/peter-craig-brian-tyree-henry-ridley-scott-sinking-spring-1235087885/ |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=6 January 2024 |date=August 11, 2022 |archive-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022074803/https://deadline.com/2022/08/peter-craig-brian-tyree-henry-ridley-scott-sinking-spring-1235087885/ |url-status=live }}</ref>