According to this source, filming of this Sony Pictures production would have been temporarily suspended. A setback that could be linked to information revealed the day before by several trade media, according to which Ridley Scott reportedly underwent a minor medical procedure last week.
Ridley Scott is going to miss his first honorary Oscar
Doctors would therefore have advised him not to fly during his convalescence. The filmmaker therefore should not attend the Governors Awards ceremony, held on Sunday in Los Angeles, during which he is due to receive an honorary Oscar, the first of his career.
&Aged 88, Ridley Scott had already undergone surgery to have a knee prosthesis fitted in August 2025. Some say that his recent procedure could be related to this previous operation. His representative, Simon Halls, however, told People magazine that it was only a "really minor procedure".
All the Money in Treasure Island
For a second, however, we believed that this suspension could be related to the catastrophic box-office results of his latest productions, whose astronomical budgets are matched only by their disappointed artistic ambitions. We even found ourselves imagining that Hollywood, in a sudden fit of lucidity, had decided to think twice before entrusting a new blockbuster to a filmmaker who, for several years now, has been racking up costly disappointments. But no. It would indeed be a health problem, which one obviously wishes on no one.
The screenplay for Treasure Island was written by Jack Thorne (Adolescence), based on Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novel. Hugh Jackman will play the lead role, alongside Hugh Grant and Owen Cooper. Set in the 18th century, this coming-of-age story follows the young Jim Hawkins, who discovers a map indicating the location of Captain Flint's lost treasure. He then boards the Hispaniola for a perilous sea voyage.
