Close up: What's next for Ridley Scott?

The big story Prometheus is proving to be a big hit. Despite being on the receiving end of some critical brickbats (as well as some effusive praise), over the extended bank holiday weekend it took £9.92m – more than the total gross of any of the Alien movies, and the biggest debut for any Ridley Scott film . So what's next for the director? According to an interview he gave to Esquire magazine, it could well be a big-screen retelling of the story of Moses. "It's going to happen," he told interviewer Eric Spitznagel. "What's interesting to me about Moses isn't the big stuff that everybody knows. It's things like his relationship with Rameses [II, the pharaoh]. I honestly wasn't paying attention in school when I was told the story of Moses. Some of the details of his life are extraordinary." But with Spielberg already lining up a " Braveheart-ish version of the Moses story ," is there room for another retread of the biblical tale? We'll have to wait and see. In the news Joe Eszterhas claims to have received death threats over Mel Gibson race row Janet Jackson to make documentary about transgender community Benedict Cumberbatch to appear in Steve McQueen's Twelve Years a Slave Isle of Man set to acquire nearly 20% of Pinewood Shepperton Studios Justice League movie back on as Warner Bros hires writer Will Beall On the blog Ill Manors just wants a little respect for our gangsters Prometheus looks like it has longer legs than Alien at the UK box office Why The Black Panther can hold its head up high Cine-files: Everyman, Hampstead, London A brave new world of non-US film stars Has One Shot blown it by changing its name to Jack Reacher? Clip joint: Mothers Watch and listen The Guardian Film Show: Prometheus, The Turin Horse and Top Cat Peter Jackson's Hobbit vlog offers an elf-sized glimpse of an ogre-like project The Bourne Legacy trailer: will it bring you running? Shadow Dancer: watch the trailer The week in film - in pictures Further reading Open thread: What's the most frightening film you've ever seen? Jennifer Westfeldt: Not just Don Draper's other half… Mads Mikkelsen: the blockbuster villain with leading-man ambitions Red Tails offers the best – and worst – of George Lucas In the paper Friday's G2 Film & Music takes a close look at musicians' appearances in films. Decca Aitkenhead interviews Plan B about his directorial debut Ill Manors , Kylie Minogue speaks to Xan Brooks about her role in Holy Motors , and there's a run down of the ten best and worst pop-star-as-movie-actor moments. Saturday's Guide features an interview with Robert Pattinson, John Patterson assesses, and Infomania gives all the key facts and figures of Spielberg's Jaws . And finally • Follow @guardianfilm on Twitter • ... and like us on Facebook