Director Ridley Scott, who has long been thinking of producing this sequel, is working on Gladiator 2. Released in 2000, the nearly 3-hour movie was a big hit, generating $ 460 million and winning many Oscar nominations.
Gladiator will have a sequel. This is what the Deadline website announces that director Ridley Scott has begun working on a second episode. The first, released in 2000, had a great success, winning eleven Oscar nominations, five wins including best film and best actor with New Zealand's Russell Crowe and generating $ 460 million in revenue.
The film revisited at the time the genre of the peplum, marked by Spartacus in the 1960s. Gladiator 2 should follow the story of Lucius, the son of Lucilla but it is not known yet if Maximus, played by Russel Crowe and who dies at the end of Gladiator, will return.
"I will try to bring him back"
The director of 80 years would like in any case to bring him back. He who thinks since a little while already to make this continuation. Speaking of Maximus, he told Entertainment Weekly, "I know how to get him back." "I already had this conversation with the studio:" But he's dead, it's impossible ... "There is a way to find him. After, will this project really see the light of day? I do not know. Gladiator was released in 2000 and Russell has changed since. There he is working on a project, but I will try to bring him back later. "