“Gladiator 2” Budget Balloons To $310M

Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” sequel has had a slightly turbulent production with set accidents, a halt midway through due to the strikes, and other incidents. Now a new report at THR indicates that the project, which was initially budgeted at $165 million, has ballooned to nearly double that – closer to $310

Sony Makes Bid For “Cola Wars” Film

Sony Pictures has made a $1.5 million bid for “Cola Wars,” a film in the works about the 1980s and 1990s event of the same name as Pepsi attempts to challenge Coca-Cola’s century-long reign as the world’s top cola. The long-time rivalry between soft drink producers The Coca-Cola Company and