{"id":179204,"date":"2023-01-06T21:29:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T21:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gladiator-2-casts-paul-mescal-in-ridley-scott-sequel-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T21:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T21:29:59","slug":"gladiator-2-casts-paul-mescal-in-ridley-scott-sequel-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gladiator-2-casts-paul-mescal-in-ridley-scott-sequel-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Gladiator 2 Casts Paul Mescal in Ridley Scott Sequel \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tAre you ready to be entertained, again?<\/p>\n

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\tRidley Scott is readying his long-gestating gladiator<\/em> sequel, with Normal People<\/em> star Paul Mescal in negotiations for the film’s lead role.<\/p>\n

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\tThe Paramount project is set to be a follow-up to Scott’s best picture-winning 2000 feature, which followed Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe), a former general who is forced into being a common gladiator under the rule of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) , a patricidal self-appointed Emperor of Rome.<\/p>\n

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\tAccording to previous report, the sequel’s story will center on Lucius, the son of Lucilla, played by Connie Nielsen, and the nephew of Phoenix’s Commodus.<\/p>\n

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\tDavid Scarpa, who worked with Scott on All The Money In The World<\/em> and the duo’s upcoming Napoleon Bonaparte movie, is penning the script. Scott will also produce with Michael Pruss via Scott Free, and Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher via Red Wagon Entertainment. <\/p>\n

\n\tgladiator<\/em> was a co-production with Universal, with that studio now having the option to co-produce the sequel once the project is packaged. At the time of the release, gladiator<\/em> grossed $460 million at the box office and earned eleven Oscar nominations, winning five statutes, including best picture and best actor for Crowe. <\/p>\n

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\tHeading into the sequel, Scott is coming off of directing Napoleon<\/em>reuniting with Phoenix playing the famed French Emporer with Vanessa Kirby playing Empress Josephine. <\/p>\n

\n\tgladiator<\/em> marks a signifigant milestone for Mescal, who first broke out in the Hulu series Normal People<\/em>earning a BAFTA award and an Emmy nomination for his role. gladiator 2<\/em> would be Mescal’s first time leading a major studio production. after Normal People<\/em>the actor landed roles in a string of festival stand-outs, including Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter <\/em>and Charlotte Wells’ Cannes entry aftersun<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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\tMescal is repped by CAA and Curtis Brown.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n