Gladiator 2 won’t even be out but, and Ridley Scott may be getting fairly near his 90s, however he is already engaged on a script for a 3rd one.
After a 24 12 months hole, the 2000 historic epic basic Gladiator is lastly getting a sequel, with Ridley Scott nonetheless on the helm, a powerful factor contemplating the director is 86 (and he’ll be 87 subsequent month, too). That is fairly the watch for a sequel, particularly one so straight linked as it’s, but when Scott will get his method you most likely will not be ready so lengthy for the third one. Whereas a 3rd movie hasn’t formally been introduced in any capability, in a current interview with Whole Movie (within the journal’s last challenge, through GamesRadar) Scott shared that he is presently engaged on a script for it, even when he hasn’t written all that a lot of it but.
“Iβve already obtained eight pages,” Scott mentioned. “Iβve obtained the start of an excellent footprint.” There’s clearly not an excessive amount of there but, however the director does clearly have an thought as to the place he is going with it, saying, “If thereβs a Gladiator 3, I donβt suppose youβd ever return into the world. However I had to return into the world⦔ What meaning for the upcoming second movie, and this hypothetical third movie, is not clear, however I am certain all you die arduous Gladiator followers (there must be a few of you, proper?) it’s going to be an attractive remark.
Scott additionally spoke in regards to the legacy of the unique Gladiator, saying, “The primary film actually positively touched the creativeness in a method I didnβt fairly count on. As a result of once they heard that Ridley is doing a Roman epic β a sword-and-spear-and-sandal film β there was lots of sniggering. As a result of as much as that date, theyβd at all times been very, , old-style Hollywood. And I knew what to do.”
Gladiator 2 is out November 15 within the UK, November 22 within the US.