Ridley Scott and his team are currently in the midst of scouting, in order to start shooting Gladiator 2 in May 2023.
What if the sequel to Gladiator really saw the light of day? Evoked in the heart of the 2000s with a screenplay by Nick Cave, after the success of the first film, the project resurfaced in November 2018, when Paramount gave it the green light.
Ridley Scott being accustomed to ads that do not succeed, few people had taken the information seriously. And yet…
Taking up the information revealed by Le360 last November, World of Reel says today that the film has entered the pre-production phase and that Ridley Scott and his team have embarked on location scouting, in order to shoot in May 2023 in Morocco. . And more precisely in the studios of Ouarzazate.
An announcement that goes in the direction of what Ridley Scott said last year, saying that the script was being written and that he could get down to it once his biopic on Napoleon Bonaparte, led by Joaquin Phoenix , Vanessa Kirby and Tahar Rahim, would be over.
All that remains is to wait for confirmation. And casting announcements. The latest news is that the story will center on Lucius, son of Lucilla and nephew of Commodus, which means his interpreter Spencer Treat Clark could be back.
But not Russell Crowe, although the aura of Maximus will no doubt hover over the film, which does not yet have a release date.