Ridley Scott Confirms He Is ‘Toying With’ Plans For Gladiator 3

His title is Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner and Alien, denier of the very fact checking legions, loyal servant to the true artwork type, cinema. Father to a few residing sons, husband to a residing spouse. And he can have concepts for extra Gladiator films on this life or the subsequent. Or, as a less-committed-to-the-bit journalist could report it, in an interview with French movie journal Premiere forward of the discharge of his upcoming swords-and-sandals epic sequel Gladiator II, Sir Ridley Scott has revealed {that a} third journey to Historical Rome could be very a lot on his thoughts already.

Speaking to Premiere over Zoom, the legendary British filmmaker — whose long-awaited Gladiator sequel is about to chronicle how Lucius (Paul Mescal), son of slave-turned-gladiator Maximus, confronts the ability buildings of Imperial Rome — talked up his hopes to show his Roman duology right into a full-blown trilogy. “I am already enjoying with the thought of Gladiator 3,” stated Scott. “No, significantly! I lit the wick… The top of Gladiator II evokes that of the Godfather, with Michael Corleone who finds himself with a job he didn’t need, and who wonders, ‘and now, Father, what am I doing?’ The following [film] will due to this fact be a couple of man who doesn’t need to be the place he’s.” Including gas to the Gladiator 3 fireplace, Mescal added in his personal Premiere interview: “Sure, Ridley advised me about it, however solely yesterday! So I am ready to see what’s going to occur, however it pursuits me, in fact. However we should not rush something: historical past should stand.”

After a close to quarter of a century look forward to Gladiator II, which Scott himself described to Empire as “probably the greatest issues” he is ever made in final month’s situation, speak of a 3rd movie already has us coming over all Elysian Fields. However with solely a few enthusiastic quotes to go off of for now, and Scott already busy engaged on his upcoming Bee Gees biopic, it might be a while but (hopefully not 24 years, although) earlier than we see Mescal’s Lucius re-enter the colosseum. First, we have to see Mescal’s Lucius simply enter enter the colosseum (rhinos, ships, and all) — which we shall be doing when Gladiator II hits cinemas on 22 November.