Ridley Scott must be regarded as one of the oldest and most prolific legendary directors in Hollywood, as a big director who pioneered the "Alien" series, created a modern war film model with "Black Hawk Down", and pushed the Hollywood epic blockbuster back to the peak with "Gladiator", his career has long been successful, but the old man is now more than 80 years old and still maintains a strong creative force. In a recent interview, the old man revealed some of the progress of "Gladiator 2".
The old man said that the script for Gladiator 2 was already in the works, so when he finished making that Napoleon movie, he would start shooting Gladiator 2.
Many people should be surprised by the Gladiator 2 project, after all, as a perfect epic blockbuster, its story is so complete that it seems that there is no need to make a sequel. However, in fact, the discussion of "Gladiator 2" was already there when "Gladiator 1" was a great success at the box office and word of mouth, but over the years, several versions of the script have been changed, and there has not been much substantive progress. In 2018, the official announcement of the creation of a sequel, and then Ray confirmed his return as a director, and according to foreign media reports, "Gladiator 2" will be set 20, 30 years after the first part, but there are many theories about the protagonist of the film, some say that it may revolve around the grandson of the old king Marcus, Lucius, because he is an important role in the first part, and this role has a lot to show.
It is also said that the sequel will revolve around the son of Maximus, the protagonist of the first part, and there are rumors that "Hammer Brother" Chris Hemsworth is expected to play this role. But given that Maximus's only son is dead in the film, is it necessary to set up an illegitimate child for Maximus in the film?
There are also claims that maximus, the protagonist of the previous film, would somehow be "resurrected".
In short, the specific plot and setting of the film have yet to be exposed, but the only thing that can be determined is that Mr. Ray is indeed going to return to shoot "Gladiator 2" in person.
As for the Napoleonic film mentioned above by the old man, called "Soldier's Bag" (Kitbag), it is a biographical film that will show napoleon's rise from the perspective of Napoleon's wife, and it sounds like it will be a costume epic blockbuster that the old man is best at, and the film has been set to be Joaquin Phoenix and Judy Comer.
And the old man will launch two movies at once this year, one is "The Last Duel", a costume film about the duel between a knight and a squire, and the film is scheduled to be released in North America on October 15 this year. The other is "Gucci Family," which focuses on the scandals of famous fashion families and is scheduled to be released in North America on November 24.
Of course, everyone is more concerned about the new "Alien" movie that the old man has promised for a long time, but it seems that the old man will at least have to finish Napoleon and "Gladiator 2" to start other projects, and will also participate in the filming of the second season of the science fiction series "Alien Catastrophe". So when exactly will it take us to see the legendary Prometheus 3, or Alien Awakening? I can't say for sure.
This period of time is the promotion period of "The Last Duel", the old man should participate in various promotional activities, and in a series of interviews, there will definitely be people who will ask him questions about the "Alien" movie, after all, the progress of "Gladiator 2" this time has been set out. Therefore, I look forward to the recent old man to reveal some progress on the new "Alien" movie.