Looks like Ridley Scott and Jacob Elordi have a plane to catch. Gladiator II hasn’t even left theaters yet, but we’re already hearing that Scott—who’s 87, and seems determined to spend his twilight years making other, younger directors feel self-conscious about their own productivity—has not only lined up his next project (a Bee Gees biopic, […]
Ridley Scott‘s plans to work with Paul Mescal again might be on hold, thanks to the Beatles. During a conversation with fellow filmmaker Christopher Nolan that followed a screening of Scott’s latest title, Gladiator IIat the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Scott said that he plans for his next project to […]
Ridley Scott may have inadvertently revealed some major casting news during a Q&A with Christopher Nolan last night in Los Angeles. During a conversation with Christopher Nolan that followed a screening of Gladiator II at the Directors Guild of America, Scott confirmed his next project will be thriller The Dog Stars. When Nolan asked if […]
[This story contains spoilers from Gladiator II.] In March 2001, Gladiator producer Douglas Wick accepted the Oscar for best picture from Michael Douglas, thus setting the highest possible bar for the, at that point, already discussed sequel to Ridley Scott’s historical epic. At the end of his speech, Wick paid tribute to his family by […]
SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points, including the ending for “Gladiator II,” currently playing in theaters. All hail Macrinus! In a world of political backstabbing, power and ambition, Denzel Washington’s Macrinus enters the arena in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” with troops and guards under a canopy. He reeks of wealth and oozes power. […]
In Gladiator IIDenzel Washington plays a glamorous arms dealer and former gladiator who plots to control Rome. The character, Macrinus, is based on an actual historical figure. But director Ridley Scott says that Macrinus is a bit like a certain modern-day politician. When explaining the character’s (spoiler-free) backstory, Scott told The Hollywood Reporter“[Macrinus] was a […]
Ridley Scott has been trying to squeeze a rhinoceros into the Colosseum for 25 years. Back in 1999, when he was shooting his first Gladiator film, he talked to animal trainers about the possibility of bringing a real 6,000-pound rhino onto his set but was told the horned animals were too difficult to control. Then […]
“Gladiator” director Ridley Scott recently told The New York Times (via Entertainment Weekly) that Russell Crowe told Joaquin Phoenix he was being “terribly unprofessional” on set when Phoenix was getting cold feet and had to be convinced to stay on the movie. Crowe headlined “Gladiator” as Maximus, with Phoenix starring as the villainous Commodus. Both […]
When pitching a movie to Ridley Scott, you had better be quick about it. The 86-year-old has a lot on his plate, after all. “I say, ‘Narrow it down to something very simple and brief — tell me the film in two sentences,’ ” says the renowned and prolific British director of such films as Blade […]
Ridley Scott may not have been present for the first major screening of “Gladiator II” on Friday night on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles, but the 86-year-old director was the favorite topic of conversation for stars Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen and Fred Hechinger in the post-screening Q&A. Mescal — who plays Lucius Virus, […]
