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Ridley Scott is making Gladiator 2.

Posted on 1/6/23 at 1:52 pm
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 1:52 pm
I had no idea, but Discussing Film just tweeted that

quote:

Austin Butler, Timothée Chalamet, Miles Teller and Richard Madden all auditioned for the lead role in Ridley Scott’s ‘GLADIATOR 2’.

Paul Mescal won the role.
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 1:55 pm to
Is he going with the time-travel from the rumored Gladiator 2 script?
Posted by CAD703X
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:00 pm to
bet i can tell you who WONT be starring



This post was edited on 1/6/23 at 2:05 pm
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:01 pm to
This is all I've seen about it:

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Paul Mescal will star as Lucius, the son of Lucilla in Ridley Scott’s ‘GLADIATOR 2’.

The film follows Lucius, during events that take place many years after the first film’s ending.
Posted by Frac the world
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:02 pm to
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:05 pm to
quote:

s he going with the time-travel from the rumored Gladiator 2 script?


It wasn’t really time travel. The gods ultimately curse him with a life of fighting forever. So he ends up in basically all the wars. Supposedly all the way to him being in the pentagon.
This post was edited on 1/6/23 at 2:06 pm
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:12 pm to
Hope it’s not a musical.
Posted by St Augustine
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:15 pm to
Kinda hope it IS a musical.
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:18 pm to
Posted by nicholastiger
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:19 pm to
Didn't he die in the first gladiator
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:20 pm to
quote:

Hope it’s not a musical.


I'm hearing it's more of a "interracial, same sex, romance"
Posted by Bluefin
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:24 pm to
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The film follows Lucius, during events that take place many years after the first film’s ending.

Guess this means it'll take place in the Year of the Five Emperors. Cool story that could certainly make for an entertaining movie.

I suppose the story will be that Lucilla and Lucius lost their status after the death of Commodus, and are probably exiled and/or ordered to be executed by any of the guys who tried to be Caesar.

Kind of hoping it's not a revenge story, as that's not really a departure from the first film, but I always thought Scott's depiction of Rome was awesome so I'll just settle for another movie set in that time.
Posted by Dr RC
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:25 pm to
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Kinda hope it IS a musical.


A musical w/the violence level and production quality of something like Gladiator, Braveheart, or The Last Samurai would be pretty crazy.
This post was edited on 1/6/23 at 2:26 pm
Posted by SammyTiger
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:28 pm to
quote:

Paul Mescal won the role.


And he gets to plow Phoebe Bridgers
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:39 pm to
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:42 pm to
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And he gets to plow Phoebe Bridgers

The current rumor says she is now dating Bo Burnham.
Posted by Monday
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:24 pm to
Now that I saw Russell Crowe in the road rage movie, all of his pictures are unsettling to me.


ETA: This particular picture looks like one they put in the murder mysteries where they are trying to build the character before the murders are committed.


ETA2: "He seemed like a man who loved his family. Little did they know he had a dark secret."
This post was edited on 1/6/23 at 3:27 pm
Posted by GambitAUfan
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 4:29 pm to
Don't like it mate
Posted by Zap Rowsdower
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 4:42 pm to
Would rather a prequel called “Proximo”

Also, I hope “Gladiator 2” is just a working title and not the final one.
Posted by sqerty
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 4:54 pm to
GD movie stars and their good-lookin' families.

His last couple of movies were ummm, lackluster.
Here's hoping he does something better soon. Oh and Gladiator 2 sounds like STS (straight to streaming), but I guess that's everything now.
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