As a great director who created the “Alien” series, created a modern warfare film template with “Black Hawk Down”, and pushed Hollywood epic blockbusters to the peak with “Gladiator”, Ridley Scott has already completed his career.
He must be regarded as one of Hollywood’s oldest and most prolific legendary directors.
But Ridley Scott is now more than 80 years old and still maintains a strong creative power.
In a recent interview, he revealed some of the progress of Gladiator 2.
The old man said that the script for “Gladiator 2” is already being created.
So when he finished filming that Napoleon movie, he would start filming “Gladiator 2.”
Many people should be surprised by the “Gladiator 2” project.
After all, “Gladiator” is a perfect epic blockbuster, its story is so complete, it seems that there is no need for a sequel.
However, in fact, the discussion of “Gladiator 2” was already there when “Gladiator” was a big success at the box office and word of mouth.
It’s just that after so many years of changing scripts, there hasn’t been much substantial progress.
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In 2018, the official officially announced the creation of a sequel, and then Ridley Scott confirmed his return as the director.
And according to media reports, “Gladiator 2” will be set 20 or 30 years after the first one.
However, there are many theories about the protagonist of “Gladiator 2,” and some of them may revolve around Lucius, grandson of the old king Marcus.
Because Lucius is an important character in the first part, this character has a lot to show.
It is also said that the sequel will revolve around the son of the protagonist Maximus in the first part, and there are rumors that Chris Hemsworth is expected to play this role.
But in view of the fact that Maximus’s only son is dead in the film, is it necessary to give Maximus an illegitimate child in the film?
It is also said that Maximus, the protagonist of the previous movie, will be “resurrected” in some way.
In short, the specific plot and settings of the film have yet to be exposed.
But the only certainty is that Ridley Scott is indeed going to return to filming “Gladiator 2” in person.
As for the Napoleon movie he mentioned above, called “Kitbag”, it is a biographical movie.
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The film will show the rise of Napoleon from the perspective of Napoleon’s wife.
This sounds like it would be a period epic blockbuster that the old man is best at.
The film has set the protagonists as Joaquin Phoenix and Jodie Comer.
And Ridley Scott will release two movies at once this year.
A “The Last Duel”, it is a costume movie about a duel between a knight and a squire. The film is scheduled to be released in North America on October 15 this year.
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The other is “The House of Gucci”, which focuses on the scandal of a famous fashion family. The film is scheduled to be released in North America on November 24.
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Of course, everyone is more concerned about the new “Alien” movie that Ridley Scott has promised for a long time.
But it seems that he will at least finish filming Napoleon and “Gladiator 2” before embarking on other projects.
And in the middle will also participate in the shooting of the second season of the sci-fi drama “Raised by Wolves”.
So, when will we have to wait before we can see the legendary “Prometheus 3”, which is “Alien”?
I really can’t tell.
This period of time coincides with the promotion period of “The Last Duel”, and Ridley Scott should be involved in various promotion activities.
In a series of interviews, someone will definitely ask him questions about the “Alien” movie, after all, the progress of “Gladiator 2” this time has been set out.
So, expect Ridley Scott to reveal some more about the progress of the new “Alien” movie in the near future.
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