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Deadline is reporting that Prometheus director, Ridley Scott, will direct the pilot episode for new Showtime series, The Vatican. It’s being described as “a provocative contemporary genre thriller about spirituality, power and politics set against the modern-day political machinations within the Catholic church. Said to evoke The Sopranos and Upstairs Downstairs, the series will explore the relationships and rivalries as well as the mysteries and miracles behind one of the world’s most hidden institutions.” This better not get Dan Brown levels of wacky, but we are kind of hoping Scott will throw a Space Jockey into the mix.