Untitled Gladiator Sequel
Prepare to be entertained.
Country
Production
Budget
$250 000 000
Box office
$462 180 717
Website
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael A. Pruss, David Franzoni, Aidan Elliott, Raymond Kirk, Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, Michael A. Pruss
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Arthur Max, Wayne Simmons, Melkior Serdarevic
Audition
Kate Rhodes James, Salaheddine Benchegra
Short description
The film will follow the continuing story of Lucius, the son of Lucilla.
What's left behind the scenes
- Barry Keoghan was cast as the emperor, but he left the film due to commitments to other projects.
- Almost all of the actors in the film speak with British accents, and only Denzel Washington retained his New York pronunciation.
- There have been repeated attempts to write a sequel script. Once, Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott even asked Nick Cave to do so. His script focused on the mystical aspects of life in ancient Rome. It told of how Maximus goes to the afterlife and meets the souls of the dead. After some time, Jupiter and other gods of the Roman pantheon ordered him to return to the world of the living to find and kill Hephaestus, who had betrayed them. Maximus was resurrected and went to Rome to prevent the spread of Christianity, but during this mission he crossed paths with the new emperor Lucius. The film would have ended with a curse on Maximus, condemning him to eternal life. It would have included scenes of Maximus fighting in the Crusades, World War II, and the Vietnam War, and would have ended with scenes of Maximus in modern times, working at the Pentagon.
- Black actor Denzel Washington plays Marcus Opellius Macrinus, whom some contemporaries called a Moor due to his origin – he was born in the territory of modern Algeria. Although no exact description of his skin color has been found, Macrinus most likely had a light or bronze complexion typical of Mediterranean peoples.
- Baboons in the battle scene with gladiators were portrayed by 12 short stunt performers (some of whom were teenagers), who were replaced with animals using computer technology.
- In the first film of the franchise, rhinoceroses were initially planned to be shown in the arena instead of tigers, but this had to be changed due to the impossibility of taming real animals, and the computer graphics of those years could not convincingly portray rhinoceroses. A rhinoceros does appear in this film.
- Director Ridley Scott said he sold the sets of 'Kingdom of Heaven' to the Moroccan government for $10, as it was cheaper than dismantling them. After the deal was completed, he rented the same sets several more times to film the city at the beginning of the film.
- Darya Sersek and Michael Ireland from Paramount were convinced to give Paul Mescal the lead role in this film by his performance in the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
- Director Ridley Scott recounted that he sold the sets of the movie 'Kingdom of Heaven' to the Moroccan government for $10, as it was cheaper than the cost of dismantling them. After the deal was closed, he rented those same sets several more times to film the city scenes at the beginning of the movie.
- Barry Keoghan was cast in the role of the emperor, but he left the film due to commitments to other projects.
- Almost all the actors in the film speak with a British accent; only Denzel Washington retained his New York pronunciation.
- Numerous attempts were made to write a script for a sequel. At one point, Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott even approached Nick Cave with such a request. His version of the script focused on the mystical aspects of life in ancient Rome. It told the story of how Maximus enters the afterlife and meets the souls of the dead. After some time, Jupiter and other gods of the Roman pantheon ordered him to return to the world of the living to find and kill Hephaestus, who had betrayed them. Maximus was resurrected and traveled to Rome to prevent the spread of Christianity, but while carrying out this mission, he crossed paths with the new emperor, Lucius. The film would have ended with the cursing of Maximus, who was condemned to eternal life. It would have included footage of Maximus fighting in the Crusades, World War II, and the Vietnam War, and would have concluded with scenes of Maximus in the present day, working at the Pentagon.
- Daru Sersek and Michael Ireland from Paramount were convinced to give Paul Mescal the lead role in this film by his performance in the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
- Black actor Denzel Washington plays Marcus Opellius Macrinus, whom some contemporaries called a Moor due to his origin—he was born in the territory of modern-day Algeria. Although no precise description of his skin color has been found, it is most likely that Macrinus had a light or bronze skin tone characteristic of Mediterranean inhabitants.
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