Collage of a xenomorph in Alien Covenant, Ridley Scott, and the Bee Gees
From a Bee Gees biopic to a new Alien movie to a potential Gladiator III, Ridley Scott has a handful of exciting upcoming movie projects in the works. Scott is known as one of the hardest-working filmmakers in Hollywood. He hardly ever stops to take a break; by the time he finishes one project, the next one is underway. His latest movie, Gladiator II, is a mega-budget historical epic with impressive blockbuster scale. Last year, he released a different mega-budget historical epic, Napoleon.
This project was initially reported to reunite Scott with his Gladiator II star Paul Mescal, who was set to play the lead role. However, Scott has since cast doubt on whether Mescal will appear in the film due to his busy schedule. Mescal recently signed on to play Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes’ ambitious four-part biopic of the Beatles.
✕ Remove Ads 3 Bee Gees Biopic After finishing his work on The Dog Stars, Scott will try his hand at a genre he’s never attempted before: the biopic. Ever since Bohemian Rhapsody grossed almost $1 billion, Hollywood has been determined to turn the life story of every musician with name recognition into a blockbuster movie. Scott has a biopic of the Bee Gees set up at Paramount Pictures.
2 Gladiator III ✕ Remove Ads Given that Gladiator II is largely just a remake of the first one, there’s been some discussion about whether or not Gladiator even needed a sequel. But now that it’s been released to critical and commercial success, Scott is already floating ideas for a third movie. The ending of Gladiator II certainly leaves the door open for another story. Lucius defeats Macrinus and takes his rightful place on the throne of the Roman Empire.
Posts1 As he was enthusiastically talking up Gladiator III, Scott unwittingly spoiled the ending of Gladiator II. Scott compared the ending of Gladiator II to the ending of The Godfather in that Lucius, much like Michael Corleone, ends up taking a powerful position he never wanted. Scott said that Gladiator III would be similar to The Godfather Part II in charting how Lucius adjusts to the demands of his new job.
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