What a year it’s shaping up to be for Ridley Scott, who will finally make his long-awaited return to the sci-fi genre for his new dystopian thriller, The Dog Stars. Scott has recruited some big-time stars such as Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin to star in the film, and after it was previously scheduled to be released in March, it has since been pushed back to August to allow time for additional polishing. Scott had something of a quiet year in 2025 after he returned to the colosseum for Gladiator II in 2024. Last year, he directed only one episode of the Apple TV crime thriller, Dope Thief, before producing all episodes of the Hulu sci-fi show, Alien: Earth. Scott continues to be involved in Alien: Earth Season 2, even if he has no plans to direct an episode of the show.
While Ridley Scott has done more than enough to carve out a name for himself as one of the most legendary sci-fi directors of all time, he’s also branched out into other genres, such as the historical epic. Aside from the obvious films like Gladiator and Gladiator II, Scott has also worked on other big-budget historical epics, such as The Last Duel (co-starring Matt Damon and Jodie Comer). Back in 2005, though. Scott teamed up with long-time The Lord of the Rings veteran Orlando Bloom for Kingdom of Heaven, which has been hailed as his version of Game of Thrones on the big screen. Despite a splash of Gladiator there also, Kingdom of Heaven bombed at the box office, grossing $214 million against a $130 million budget. The film is currently trending on VOD in several countries around the world, and it’s streaming on Peacock in America.
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
What Is ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ About?
An official synopsis of Kingdom of Heaven reads as follows: “A blacksmith turned knight rises to defend Jerusalem during the Crusades, caught between faith, power, and conscience. As Christian and Muslim forces clash over the holy city, he must choose between blind loyalty and moral duty. Ridley Scott’s epic explores honor, tolerance, and the cost of war with sweeping battle sequences and political intrigue.” The film earned a poor 39% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but a solid 72% from audiences on the Popcornmeter. In addition to Orlando Bloom, who stars in the lead role of Balian de Ibelin, Kingdom of Heaven also stars Liam Neeson and Eva Green.
Check out Kingdom of Heaven on Peacock in America, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Ridley Scott’s future projects.
