Movie director Ridley Scott is believed to have visited Cheddar this week to scout for possible locations to shoot a new film.

Our sister site Cheddar Nub News was told that on October 7 Scott's helicopter landed at Winchester Farm before he spent half an hour in the area looking at locations for a new film.

The English film director and producer has a raft of famous movies under his belt, including Alien, Gladiator, The Martian, Blade Runner, and Thelma and Louise.

It is not known what production he was in Somerset for and according to the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) he is working on a number of projects.

A Western film called Empire of the Summer Moon is currently in pre-production, while also announced are Gladiator 2 and an untitled Alien prequel.

It could also be War Party, an adventure movie with the focus on Navy SEALS, Kitbag about Napoleon Bonaparte, or David - a retelling of the biblical story of David and Goliath.