Los Angeles (AFP)
Robots and spaceship: Ridley Scott, director of "Alien" and "Blade Runner" takes up his favorite themes for his return to the small screen with a dystopian series "Raised by Wolves", broadcast on the HBO Max platform.
This highly anticipated sci-fi series, which releases on September 3, follows two androids ("Father") and ("Mother") tasked with raising human children on a new planet after the destruction of Earth.
The futuristic dystopia with biblical overtones is Ridley Scott's first foray into television as a director since his BBC debut in the 1960s.
"I read the script, the script was inspirational," Scott explained. "I thought to myself - I can't let this one slip away, I have to do it. It was that simple."
At the heart of the scenario, written by Aaron Guzikowski ("Prisoners," "Butterfly"), is played out a religious war between atheists and followers of the cult of Mithras, having caused the annihilation of humanity, and threatening the peace of the refuge. robots and their survival.
Familiar with galactic storylines, Ridley Scott, who directed and produced the first two episodes of "Raised by Wolves", told reporters his biggest challenge was "not to repeat himself" and "to make it different." .
It is true that barely five years ago, the American-British director filmed actor Matt Damon on the red planet in "Alone on Mars".
Sleek aesthetics, latex costumes and androgynous David Bowie characters, Ridley Scott has managed to keep this space drama up to date according to actor Abubakar Salim, who plays the robot "Father".
"We had the impression of working with him on a new project, rather than on another + Alien + or another + Blade Runner +", underlined the actor.
"It was part of this evolution + what does it mean to be an android? + Can they feel, or not feel ... How does that translate, what is our error code?", A- he added.
HBO, the American cable channel belonging to the WarnerMedia group like HBO Max, already had a sensation in 2016 with another series exploring the themes of artificial intelligence and the end of humanity: Westworld.
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