Netflix: One of the best movies of the 2000s is leaving the platform (but it will have a sequel)

– Didn’t you have enough fun? Still need an explanation for how Gladiator, starring Ridley Scott, still ranks as one of the best films of the 2000s? This despite his first impression of lead actor Russell Crowe at a script reading, who moreover nearly missed out on the role of a lifetime!

Because of the power of the story, the quality of the soundtrack or even the brilliance of the performers, the feature film was awarded five Academy Awards, including the Best Picture prize.

A hit usually means a sequel in Hollywood. And if the idea quickly came to the head of the producers, the project has experienced several false starts in the last two decades, both for financial and artistic reasons (the script has been rewritten several times, including several projects in an attempt to integrate Maximus into the film, despite his death at the end of the film).

A new generation of gladiators

Gladiator 2 finally begins filming, still under the direction of Ridley Scott (85 years old). The British filmmaker who is releasing a Napoleonic biopic next fall (starring Joaquin Phoenix) will soon begin shooting the sequel with an all-new cast.

Thus, the distribution will especially gather the young actors Paul Mescal (in the role of Lucius, the young boy of the first film) and Joseph Quinn (in the skin of the emperor Caracalla), but also the legendary Denzel Washington and the main. Pedro Pascal, in roles kept secret for now. Finally, Connie Nielsen will return to the role of Lucilla, mother of Lucius and sister of the late Emperor Commodus.

We will have to wait many more months, even a few years, before we finally discover this second part of Gladiator. But to enjoy the first film, there will be no need to delay, because it will leave the Netflix catalog on May 15th!

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