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Gladiator sequel actually being made. While he has been eyeing other projects that include a coming of age Merlin movie at Disney, Ridley Scott has begun forward progress on a sequel to Gladiator, the 2000 film which garnered 11 Oscar nominations and five wins including Best Picture and Best Actor for Russell Crowe. While Crowe’s Maximus character met his end in the classic original film, Gladiator 2 will follow the continuing story of Lucius, the son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), The youth was the nephew of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), the weaselly son of Roman leader Marcus Aurelius who murdered his father seized the throne and wound up in the gladiator ring with Maximus, who though mortally wounded, skewered the emperor before fading into the great beyond to reunite with his slain wife and son. Maximus saved the boy and his mother while avenging his own family, and left a strong impression on the young Lucius. https://deadline.com/2018...202494152/ |
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Reply #1 posted 11/01/18 4:36pm
Reply #2 posted 11/01/18 11:06pm
TrivialPursuit 
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Gladiator was a beautiful film. Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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Reply #3 posted 11/02/18 4:41am
TheFman |
Hollywood should leave done things were they belong, and try to find new ideas.
Why couldn't they just give it a different name instead of cheaply hoping for the millions by naming it 'xxx 2' while all original actors are passed their expiry date and this will have close to nothing to do with the original gladiator? |
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Reply #4 posted 11/02/18 7:04am
TrivialPursuit
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TheFman said:
Hollywood should leave done things were they belong, and try to find new ideas.
Why couldn't they just give it a different name instead of cheaply hoping for the millions by naming it 'xxx 2' while all original actors are passed their expiry date and this will have close to nothing to do with the original gladiator?
I agree. They could name it something else and put Gladiator in the tagline. Just to relate it but not name it, literally, Gladiator 2. It feels cheap. Just have it be in the same universe, the way Conjuring and Annabelle are, or Split, Glass, etc.
Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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Reply #5 posted 11/05/18 10:35am
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But it's almost 20 years old, and the lead character died. What's to sequel? Time keeps on slipping into the future...
This moment is all there is... |
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Reply #6 posted 11/05/18 9:27pm
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onlyforaminute said:
But it's almost 20 years old, and the lead character died. What's to sequel?
 maybe someone needs the $$$$$$$
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Reply #7 posted 11/05/18 11:44pm
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I think Gladiator was overrated and just a OK movie.
Years ago Russel Crowe had approved of Nick Cave's Galdiator 2 screenplay and he really wanted to do that one where he woke up in the afterlife and fighting Gods and eventually becoming the God of War who had a hand in all wars on earth. Pretty great idea. |
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Reply #8 posted 11/06/18 7:06am
NorthC |
TrivialPursuit said:
TheFman said:
Hollywood should leave done things were they belong, and try to find new ideas.
Why couldn't they just give it a different name instead of cheaply hoping for the millions by naming it 'xxx 2' while all original actors are passed their expiry date and this will have close to nothing to do with the original gladiator?
I agree. They could name it something else and put Gladiator in the tagline. Just to relate it but not name it, literally, Gladiator 2. It feels cheap. Just have it be in the same universe, the way Conjuring and Annabelle are, or Split, Glass, etc.
The Son of the Gladiator maybe? |
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Reply #9 posted 11/06/18 7:09am
NorthC |
And I advise everyone who is interested in the subject to read the works of ancient historian Herodianus. The true story of the life and death of Commodus is much more interesting than the movie. |
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Reply #10 posted 11/08/18 2:33pm
namepeace |
The movie was beautifully shot but it doesn't age as well.
There were a batch of movies released that year that arguably hold up better nearly 20 years later, especially Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was the one I most wanted to see a sequel or even prequel to.
I'd go on a summer matinee tho. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Reply #11 posted 11/08/18 4:00pm
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Well I guess we can't complain too bad. They're doing a Breaking Bad movie, I'm like "about what, Heiseinberg is dead?" I don't think they heard me though. It's a big secret if Cranston is in it. Time keeps on slipping into the future...
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Reply #12 posted 11/08/18 11:22pm
JorisE73
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namepeace said:
The movie was beautifully shot but it doesn't age as well.
There were a batch of movies released that year that arguably hold up better nearly 20 years later, especially Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was the one I most wanted to see a sequel or even prequel to.
I'd go on a summer matinee tho.
There is a sequel of it called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.
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Reply #13 posted 11/08/18 11:23pm
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onlyforaminute said:
Well I guess we can't complain too bad. They're doing a Breaking Bad movie, I'm like "about what, Heiseinberg is dead?" I don't think they heard me though. It's a big secret if Cranston is in it.
I read it's about Jesse and some other characters who's story wasn't neatly finished.
And whoknows if Heisenberg is really dead, maybe he just got caught.
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Reply #14 posted 11/09/18 8:04am
namepeace |
JorisE73 said:
namepeace said:
The movie was beautifully shot but it doesn't age as well.
There were a batch of movies released that year that arguably hold up better nearly 20 years later, especially Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was the one I most wanted to see a sequel or even prequel to.
I'd go on a summer matinee tho.
There is a sequel of it called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.
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True, but I don't really count it for purposes of this conversation because Ang Lee didn't direct it.
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Reply #15 posted 11/12/18 1:39am
JorisE73
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namepeace said:
JorisE73 said:
There is a sequel of it called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.
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True, but I don't really count it for purposes of this conversation because Ang Lee didn't direct it.
Have you seen it? How is it?
No I haven't seen it and probably won't because I wasn't that impressed with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
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Reply #16 posted 11/12/18 7:18am
ufoclub 
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well that would kind of ruin the weight of the conclusion of the original movie. |
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Reply #17 posted 11/12/18 9:55am
onlyforaminute
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JorisE73 said:
onlyforaminute said:
Well I guess we can't complain too bad. They're doing a Breaking Bad movie, I'm like "about what, Heiseinberg is dead?" I don't think they heard me though. It's a big secret if Cranston is in it.
I read it's about Jesse and some other characters who's story wasn't neatly finished.
And whoknows if Heisenberg is really dead, maybe he just got caught.
If he's not dead, that's squeezing some serious mileage out of that storyline. Time keeps on slipping into the future...
This moment is all there is... |
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Reply #18 posted 11/12/18 11:37am
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I enjoyed Gladiator, though it did require me to pretend I didn’t know anything about Roman history. I expect any sequel will be the same. "Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge"" ~ Isaac Asimov |
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