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THE ROAD BACK TO THE COLOSSEUM
With Ridley Scott’s Gladiator sequel seemingly finally ready to go, we unleash 23 years of development hell
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INTO BATTLE
With 2000’s Gladiator earning half a billion dollars, work swiftly began on a sequel. The original film’s screenwriter, John Logan, wrote a story exploring, somehow, the return of Maximus (the afterlife was involved), while also focusing on his son Lucius. Ridley Scott, it would become apparent, could not let go of Maximus...