By Though Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” is still over a month away from release, the filmmaker has already begun working on a third movie in the franchise.
Speaking to Total Film, Scott says he’s already begun writing a follow-up saying: “I’ve already got eight pages. I’ve got the beginning of a very good footprint.”
Asked if he could give any clue as to what the film might look like, he says: “If there’s a Gladiator 3, I don’t think you’d ever go back into the arena. But I had to go back into the arena.”
The chances of a third film will very likely depend upon how well the second is received. Though official screenings of the theatrical cut have yet to take place, test screening and internal versions of the film have reportedly so far been great.
Scott previously teased a third part a few weeks back, telling Collider: “The end of Gladiator II evokes that of the Godfather, with Michael Corleone who finds himself with a job he did not want, and who wonders, ‘and now, Father, what am I doing?’ The next [film] will, therefore, be about a man who does not want to be where he is.”
The update comes as numerous new posters for the film arrived today along with a new featurette and a look at the film’s popcorn bucket designed like Crowe’s helmet from the first film, all in celebration of tickets going on sale.
“Gladiator II” is expected to arrive in theaters on November 22nd.
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