“The Dog Stars” centers on a pilot named Hig (Elordi) who befriends an ex-Marine gunman while battling a band of scavengers called Reapers. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world where an unnamed pandemic has decimated American society.

Jacob Elordi is reported to be replacing Paul Mescal in The Dog Stars, a dystopian thriller directed by Ridley Scott.

The Dog Stars is billed as a post-apocalyptic thriller about a catastrophic flu virus that wipes out nearly all of humanity.

It looks like Ridley Scott 's post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars won't be a Gladiator II reunion, after all. Due to scheduling issues, Paul Mescal is departing the film, and Jacob Elordi is being courted to replace him. Variety reports that Elordi is in early negotiations to star in the film.

This meeting of the minds didn't happen, but for good reason.

Jacob Elordi could be replacing Paul Mescal in Ridley Scott’s thriller The Dog Stars. The Euphoria actor is in early negotiations to replace Mescal, who had been previously set to star in the 20th Century Studios movie.

Jacob Elordi is reportedly in early negotiations to replace Paul Mescal as the lead of Ridley Scott ’s new thriller, The Dog Stars. The forthcoming movie will be based on Peter Heller’s 2016 post-apocalyptic novel of the same name about a deadly virus that ravages the world, wiping out nearly the entirety of humanity.

Scott said last month that Mescal would like drop out of the 20th Century Studios film due to his busy schedule with Sony's Beatles project.