Ridley Scott is seeking to Coppola’s Godfather trilogy for inspiration on how his personal Gladiator saga can finish with III.
SPOILER WARNING: This text will comprise some spoilers for Gladiator II, significantly in the way it could arrange Gladiator III.
It’s no shock that Ridley Scott plans to provide Gladiator II a director’s minimize. Neither is it a shock that he needs to develop on the universe even additional with a Gladiator III. However what is likely to be is the inspiration behind the way forward for the movies, as Scott is wanting in the direction of one of many biggest trilogies ever.
For Gladiator III – which we should always be aware hasn’t formally been greenlit – Ridley Scott is taking inspiration from Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather saga, significantly because it pertains to the central character’s arc. As he advised The Hollywood Reporter. “There’s already an idea. I always had this idea that The Godfather ends with Michael not wanting the job. He sits there, and there’s this push-in on Al. He’s already had his hand kissed. He’s betrayed his wife with lies. [Lucius] isn’t quite that evil at all. He’s wondering, ‘Father, what do I do?’ Paul not wanting the job is a good place to start.”
For his half, Paul Mescal – who performs Lucius, son to murdered father Maximus – has stated he’s “massively down” for a Gladiator III however hopes it gained’t be one other quarter-century till we get it. And with Ridley Scott at 86 proper now, he positively gained’t have time to let his plans for Gladiator III sit.
Whereas we await the ultimate field workplace numbers to come back in, Gladiator II is monitoring round $60 million, which might be properly over what 2000’s Gladiator made on opening weekend. With that, we will in all probability anticipate the sequel to fare higher on the general field workplace as properly regardless of the unique pulling in over $450 million worldwide. With numbers like that, a Gladiator III does appear to be a given, particularly with how Gladiator II ended. Scott even stated that he needed to maintain Lucius alive and kill off his mom Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) to assist develop the character, suggesting it would assist propel actions for an additional movie.
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