{"id":1835012,"date":"2023-02-04T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T15:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1835012"},"modified":"2023-02-04T10:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T15:07:07","slug":"gladiator-star-russell-crowe-shares-details-about-upcoming-ridley-scott-sequel-its-not-a-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gladiator-star-russell-crowe-shares-details-about-upcoming-ridley-scott-sequel-its-not-a-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGladiator\u201d Star Russell Crowe Shares Details About Upcoming Ridley Scott Sequel: \u201cIt\u2019s Not a Remake\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgladiator-star-russell-crowe-shares-details-about-upcoming-ridley-scott-sequel-its-not-a-remake%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1835012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Maximus is unlikely to appear in the sequel because he died at its end. <em>Gladiator,<\/em> Russell Crowe (the actor who played the part), says that there are no plans for him to return, not even for a flashback. Part two will instead focus on Maximus, a young boy Maximus saved while he was a child.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_197531\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197531\" class=\"wp-image-197531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-03.36-boundingintocomics-63dc814fb400f.png\" alt=\"Gladiator enters the arena\" width=\"1000\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-03.36-boundingintocomics-63dc814fb400f.png 999w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-03.36-boundingintocomics-63dc814fb400f-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-03.36-boundingintocomics-63dc814fb400f-768x358-1.png 768w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-197531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator 2000: Defeating the undefeated<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2023\/02\/02\/sarah-michelle-gellar-claims-female-led-marvel-films-face-heavy-criticism-because-audiences-only-want-male-superheroes-its-a-very-backwards-way-of-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Michelle Gellar: Female-Led Marvel Films Facing Criticism, Because Audiences Only Want Male Superheroes \u201cIt\u2019s A Very Backwards Way Of Thinking\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, we\u2019ve had dinner and talked about it and all that stuff. So I know roughly how he\u2019s [Ridley Scott] shaping the story,\u201d Crowe stated on <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fitzy-wippa-1\/russell-crowe-iv?in_playlist=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The <em>Fitzy &#038;<\/em> <em>Wippa Podcast<\/em><\/a> About what he knows. \u201cBut yeah, if you remember, there was a young kid who wanted to beat the Gladiator, which leads to the \u2018My name is\u2019 speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crowe doesn&#8217;t know much about the film, but he knows what it is. \u201cSo that young kid has grown up, and he\u2019s now the Emperor. I don\u2019t know what else happens at that point, so that\u2019s the idea. So it\u2019s not a remake. And it\u2019s not a direct sequel. It\u2019s not like the day after, you know, 30 years later or something,\u201d He concluded.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_197532\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197532\" class=\"size-full wp-image-197532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-03.45-boundingintocomics-63dc8377b2867.jpg\" alt=\"Maximus vs the Undefeated\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-03.45-boundingintocomics-63dc8377b2867.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-03.45-boundingintocomics-63dc8377b2867-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-03.45-boundingintocomics-63dc8377b2867-768x410-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-03.45-boundingintocomics-63dc8377b2867-750x400-1.jpg 750w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-197532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russell Crowe, Maximus vs. The Undefeated in Coliseum Gladiator (2000-2001)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2023\/02\/02\/doctor-who-showrunner-russell-t-davies-blasts-modern-television-writers-i-read-their-scripts-and-theyre-rubbish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Doctor Who\u2019 Russell T Davies blasts modern television writers: \u201cI Read Their Scripts And They\u2019re Rubbish\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ridley Scott will be returning to direct from a script written by his collaborator <em>All the Money in the World<\/em> David Scarpa. Scott said that the sequel, which is not directly related to Napoleon, has been in production for at most five years. <em>Kitbag<\/em> Staring <em>Gladiator\u2019s<\/em> villain Joaquin Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, I love doing period films. I love the research. I love to create sort of smells of the period,\u201d Scott said: <a href=\"https:\/\/comicbook.com\/movies\/news\/gladiator-2-director-ridley-scott-praises-script-russell-crow-sequel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Deadline<\/em> In 2021 via <em>Comicbook.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> \u201cI think what we did with the first <em>Gladiator\u2026I<\/em> don\u2019t like being critical of other things that have happened before, but I wasn\u2019t the biggest fan of Hollywood Roman epics, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44717\" class=\"wp-image-44717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/JoaquinPhoenix-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/JoaquinPhoenix-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JoaquinPhoenix-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/JoaquinPhoenix-768x432-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/JoaquinPhoenix.jpg 1280w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-44717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator as Emperor Commodus (2000)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2020\/05\/10\/hollywood-elite-including-willem-dafoe-joaquin-phoenix-and-adam-driver-pen-letter-calling-for-radical-transformation-of-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood Elite, Joaquin Phoenix and Adam Driver Send a Letter to Call For \u201cRadical Transformation\u201d Of Society<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThey felt artificial and so, when I was asked to consider a script, the script was not very good.\u201d Scott recalls being given an illustration titled \u201cFor Those About to Die\u201d In which a man is \u201cabout to tuna fork this poor bastard\u201d The Coliseum. After seeing the film, he was convinced and wanted to make it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got this thing in his neck, and he\u2019s looking up for permission to kill\u2026\u201d Scott said: \u201cthat\u2019s never been done properly before. Never. I said, I\u2019ll do it. He said you will? I said yes. Did you want to read the script? I said no, and we went off and hit the ground running around the table, and evolved the new material.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_197534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197534\" class=\"size-full wp-image-197534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-04.05-boundingintocomics-63dc88180a02f.png\" alt=\"Screenshot-blood in the arena\" width=\"1000\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-04.05-boundingintocomics-63dc88180a02f.png 1000w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-04.05-boundingintocomics-63dc88180a02f-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.03-04.05-boundingintocomics-63dc88180a02f-768x326-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-197534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladiator (2000): Undefeated Bleeds<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The casting process is underway. Paul Mescal (Irish actor) will star as Lucius, the young son of Lucilla Nielsen (Connie Nielsen). Crowe mentioned him as the main character the movie meets up with after 30 years. Ridley Scott also worked behind-the scenes with other names, including the former. The release date has not been set.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/09\/fx-alien-series-from-noah-hawley-and-ridley-scott-to-begin-shooting-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noah Hawley Updates on Upcoming Ridley Scott Production \u2018Alien\u2019 FX Series<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maximus is unlikely to appear in the sequel because he died at its end. Gladiator, Russell Crowe (the actor who played the part), says that there are no plans for him to return, not even for a flashback. 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