Ridley Scott to start filming ‘Gladiator 2’ with Joaquin Phoenix in 2023

Although it took several years to wait, ‘Gladiator 2’ is finally a reality, and Ridley Scott has found the perfect story to continue the world of the first part with Joaquin Phoenix and Russel Crowe. Now, the sequel already has a date to start recording, and it will be the following year when the British director will start one of the most anticipated second parts of his career.

According to information from World of Reel, ‘gladiator 2’ registrations will start in May 2023, and the negotiations confirm that they will take place in Morocco. Now, the pre-production team is working on the final details before calling in Joaquin Phoenix and the rest of the cast for the highly anticipated sequel which will arrive 24 years after the original.

After finishing the recordings of ‘Napoleon’, Ridley Scott will reunite with Joaquin Phoenix in ‘gladiator 2’, as they announced a few months ago, where they confirmed that the sequel would start soon after. In early November last year, the ‘Blade Runner’ director confirmed that the script for the sequel was ready, and a year later, pre-production has already begun.

The story of ‘gladiator 2’ is written by Peter Craig, screenwriter of titles such as ‘The Town’ or ‘The Batman’. As for the story, Lucius, nephew of Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix, will be the protagonist of the plot, although it is unknown if it will be Specter Treat Clark to return to give life to his character, after more than 20 years of doing so. . .

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What is known about “Gladiator 2” by Ridley Scott

Probably one of the busiest directors with the most projects under his name in production is Ridley Scott who, after finishing with ‘Napoleon’, his next big film will be ‘Gladiator 2’ which will reunite him with Dariusz Wolski , a photographer he has collaborated with since ‘Prometheus’, the prequel to ‘Alien’. There were rumors at the time that Chris Hemsworth could join the sequel, but nothing has been confirmed.

As for Scott’s future, at 85 he has over 20 projects that he’s involved in in one way or another. One of the most interesting is a prequel to ‘Alien’ still untitled, in addition to the series of this same universe with Fede Álvarez. “Blade Runner 2099” which he will executive produce, as well as Sinking Spring, a drama series starring Brian Tyree Henry.

After several years of constant production, Ridley Scott was finally able to put all the pieces together to come up with a sequel to “Gladiator” in which Russel Crowe’s character of Máximo Decimus Meridius did not matter in the plot, as he was the character principal. problem for a long time.