'Gladiator 2': Ridley Scott's Oscar winner receives a sequel

"Gladiator 2" officially started with director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Peter Craig, Deadline reports. The story will focus on Lucius, the son of Connie Nielsen's character, Lucilla, from the original movie. Lucius is the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus, the Roman ruler killed by Russell Crowe's Maximus. Crowe's character died at the end of the first film, but the sequel will find Lucius greatly influenced by Maximus.

According to Deadline, the production of "Gladiator 2" could "go very fast". Scott is currently preparing the filming of his first television series, TNT drama "Raised by Wolves". The sequel to "Gladiator" is now seen as his next leadership effort feature. The original "Gladiator" opened on May 5, 2000 and caused a sensation. The film has won more than 400 million dollars worldwide and was nominated for 11 Oscars, awarded with the prize for best film and best actor.

"Gladiator 2" takes shape at Paramount. The studio brought Craig to work on the script. Craig and the studio have joined forces for Tom Cruise's "Top Gun: Maverick", who is filming. Craig's other credits include Ben Affleck's "The Town" drama, "12 Strong" and both "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay".

The film will take Scott back to the sword and sandals genre he'd been visiting for the last time with "Exodus: Gods and Kings" in 2014. Since then, Scott has directed the movie "The Martian", "Alien: Covenant" and the Last year. "All the money in the world". Scott has been a consistent favorite throughout his career, returning not only to the "Alien" franchise, but also producing "Blade Runner 2049".

The cast of "Gladiator 2" has not been announced, nor are other plot details such as the age of Lucius. The original distributor Universal Pictures has the opportunity to co-finance the image. Expect more details on the continuation of the breakup in the coming weeks.

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