As the afterglow of a brooding literary turn begins to recede, new constellations have gathered above Jacob Elordi. The actor, who recently wandered through aristocratic shadows on screen in Wuthering Heights, now looks skyward. Awaiting him is a collaboration stamped by scale and spectacle under Ridley Scott.

This forthcoming venture, in fact, drifts far from manor houses into a speculative wilderness, where survival, solitude, and vast science-fiction landscapes reshape his cinematic horizon.

Jacob Elordi now prepares to move onwards from Catherine Earnshaw, and towards a world where romance might be a luxury.

Jacob Elordi is set to lead Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars, an adaptation of a post-apocalyptic novel set after a devastating global pandemic. He portrays Hig, a civilian pilot patrolling the ravaged skies above Colorado, clinging to routine and memory as humanity thins. Scheduled for theatrical release on August 28, 2026, the film blends intimate grief with expansive desolation.

Scott’s instinct for scale and atmosphere is likely to have shaped the survival narrative into something both epic and inward. 

Scott’s science fiction touchstones, like Blade Runner and Alien, each had redefined futuristic dread through visual precision, something that The Dog Stars might pick up. His return to dystopian terrain through the film also suggests a fusion of stark survivalism and philosophical science fiction long associated with his cinematic authorship. 

The ensemble surrounding Jacob Elordi strengthens the film’s emotional architecture as well. Josh Brolin joins as Bangley, the hardened survivalist whose pragmatism anchors Hig’s fragile world, and Margaret Qualley appears as Cima. 

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With a Ridley Scott number, Jacob Elordi's resume will have yet another gem to flaunt under his belt. 

Jacob Elordi’s career has traversed some strikingly vast terrain. In Euphoria, he embodied volatility through Nate Jacobs, a portrait of suppressed rage. His romantic vulnerability surfaced in The Kissing Booth series as Noah Flynn.

Privilege curdled into menace in Saltburn, while tenderness defined his Elvis Presley in Priscilla, and a slight lack of parental guidance that turned into his role as the Creature in Frankenstein. Hig introduces endurance stripped of glamour, guided by grief, instinct, and moral solitude. 

This union between Jacob Elordi and Ridley Scott signals a measured ascent into prestige science fiction. The Dog Stars demands restraint rather than spectacle from its lead, situating performance more steeped in silence from Elordi. In fact, the role extends a trajectory from youthful intensity toward weathered gravitas for the actor, marking a passage into more contemplative cinematic frontiers with a seasoned filmmaker's support. 

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