Gladiator II

[Nightmare Asylum]

Gladiator
Gladiators
Gladiator 3
Gladiator: Resurrection
Prometheus
Gladiator: Covenant

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You forgot to add the last one, Gladiator: Romulus

[Kradan]

Prometheus

Whoever directed that one, Ridley will see him in court

[Wweyland]

So is that like Alien vs. Gladiator?

You forgot to add the last one, Gladiator: Romulus

[Gazz]

We are all just living in Barry Keoghan's world at this point. Here for it.

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/krolljvar/status/1636760404897722368

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https://twitter.com/krolljvar/status/1636760404897722368

I wonder if he will play an older Juba?

I imagine Djimon Hounsou and Spencer Treat Clark are probably a bit nonplussed at Ridley's casting choices.

[Ingwar]

Frank Lucas is back I doubt he's gonna play order Juba. I'm pretty sure he'll portray new character.

[Ingwar]

Once Mescal was locked for the project, Scott and Paramount Pictures President & CEO Brian Robbins and Co-Presidents Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland pushed hard for a star for the other major role in the film and took a shot with Washington, the two-time Oscar winner. When the offer was first presented there it was unknown whether he would actually do it; Washington is known for his great taste in projects and doesn't sign up for anything. But after reading the script, sources close to the project said he was excited about the bad-ass role Scott had written with him in mind.

I wonder how legit this is.

https://deadline.com/2023/03/denzel-washington-gladiator-sequel-cast-paul-mescal-ridley-scott-1235302321/

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Deadline is usually quite legit. But then again, what actor doesn't want to work with Scott? Good script or not.

Though that article does make it sound like Scott wrote the script...

[Ingwar]

Yeah, which he didn't unless he had some influence on Scarpa and therefore "bad-ass role" written with Denzel in mind. I still hope that Djimon Hounsou comes back.

[Ingwar]

Gladiator 2 to be shot in Malta.

Thousands of extras needed for Gladiator Malta sequel

Denzel Washington expected to star in 'once-in-a-generation production'

Thousands of extras will be recruited for the sequel to the blockbuster Gladiator, with shooting in Malta expected to start in the beginning of summer.

After months of rumours about whether Malta will once again play host to Ridley Scott's gladiatorial epic, industry insiders confirmed the production for the film will start around June and the shoot will run for about four months.

"It's a once-in-a-generation production. This is going to be big," one source said.

The new film comes 23 years after the release of Gladiator that starred Russell Crowe as Maximus, a former general forced into becoming a gladiator under the rule of the self-appointed Roman emperor Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix.

The film won the Oscar for best picture, and Crowe took home the prize for best actor.

More than two decades later, "thousands" of extras will be engaged for the filming of the sequel, especially to shoot the gladiator scenes.

The production will be largely shot at Fort Ricasoli, the large fortification in Kalkara, which also served as the main setting for the original film.

Production will be a 'much bigger' one than the original 2000 film
Preparations at Fort Ricasoli are already taking place, with large scaffolding being mounted. Sources said the production will be a "much bigger" one than the original 2000 film, and the tank facilities are also expected to be used for one of the battle scenes.

Over the past few weeks, several billboards promoting jobs within the film industry were erected along the streets.

Meanwhile, Variety magazine revealed last Thursday that A-lister Denzel Washington is in final talks to join the team of the Gladiator sequel.

Washington and Scott previously worked together in the 2007 biographical crime film American Gangster.

The film is expected to have Oscar nominees Paul Mescal  and Barry Keoghan among the lead roles. Mescal is expected to play Lucius, the son of Maximus lover Lucilla, as a grown man.

David Scarpa is penning the script for the sequel.

Paramount has set a November 2024 release for the epic.

Scott was again in Malta last year, shooting part of his upcoming historical epic Napoleon. Last October, Scott's executive producer Aidan Elliot had said it was a "no-brainer" for them to choose Malta for previous films thanks to the lucrative cash-back scheme.

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/gladiator-sequel-filmed-malta.1020169

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Malta is not really a big surprise, thought they might go back there.

"It's a once-in-a-generation production. This is going to be big," one source said.
Production will be a 'much bigger' one than the original 2000 film
Sources said the production will be a "much bigger" one than the original 2000 film

   

Bloody hell, did someone just give the Guv'nor $200 million to make a movie?

and the tank facilities are also expected to be used for one of the battle scenes.

The real colosseum was apparently often flooded with water and they had these "naval battles" playing out in it. I wonder if Scott is going to do this?

 

[Ingwar]

Guv'nor goes full hardcore!

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Gladiator cost a $100 million to make back in 2000. According to the inflation calculator, it would be $175 million today.

Now imagine that "Production will be a 'much bigger' one than the original 2000 film" line...

I'm fully expecting Scott to wave that Naumachia painting by Ulpiano Checa under the noses of his production staff, shouting: "This is what I want, this is what I want!"