After 19 years since the first film, the sequel to Gladiator has been confirmed with Ridley Scott as director. In addition, according to HeyUGuys, there are already more details about the film and the timeline on which the story will be based.
“We’re working with Ridley, that’s one we wouldn’t touch unless we felt in a way to do it was legitimate. We’re working with an amazing writer as well, Peter Craig,” said Laurie MacDonald and Walter F. Parkes added that the film “picks up the story 30 years later… 25 years later.”
According to the media that broke the news, there are rumors that the plot will follow Lucius, son of Lucilla and nephew of Commodus. Although no one would expect the return of Russell Crowe as Maximus due to the end of the first film, Ridley Scott revealed that he knows how to bring him back to the sequel, Entertainment Weekly reported.
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“I know how to bring him back… I was having this talk with the studio — ‘but he’s dead.’ But there is a way of bringing him back. Whether it will happen I don’t know. Gladiator was 2000, so Russell’s changed a little bit. He’s doing something right now but I’m trying to get him back down here,” Ridley Scott said.
In 2009, Scott assigned Nick Cave to write the script for the sequel. However, producers confirm that they will work with Peter Craig as a screenwriter. Craig is recognized for his work in films such as The Hunger Games saga, 12 Strong and Blood Father.
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The film will be produced by Paramount Pictures, Parkes + MacDonald Image Nation, Red Wagon Films and Scott Free Enterprises. So far there is no official confirmation on the release date for this sequel.
