![]() But alas, those two are in a DIFFERENT afterlife. While Mordecai tries to tell Maximus about the rules of this world, Maximus screams a lot that he wants to see his son and wife. That is until the ghostly Mordecai wakes him up and tells him he’s in some kind of informal afterlife. Let’s find out if Maximus and his breastplate are any good this time around. If not, it’s 300 grand you can shave off of profit participation. If the script is amazing, the studio could get Crowe back onboard and make hundreds of millions of dollars. It’s a tiny investment for a potentially huge payoff. Which is why they paid Nick Cave to write this script. ![]() If it’s within the realm of possibility, they will explore it. They’ve had meetings about a sequel to Rogue One. They’ve had meetings about a sequel to Titanic. So if a movie makes money – ANY movie – there will be an attempt to sequelize it, no matter what. Hollywood needs you to buy more tubs of popcorn. ![]() Why then, would you even bother writing a sequel? The answer is simple. There is a problem with the movie that doesn’t make it ideal for a sequel though. Not only is he an underdog (AUDIENCES ALWAYS LOVE UNDERDOGS) but he’s the most badass underdog in cinema history. However, in retrospect, I see why so many people loved it. These were pre-obsessed-with-screenwriting days and all I remember thinking was, “This really wants to be Braveheart but isn’t.” I was never the biggest Gladiator fan when it came out. Which has led to the pinnacle of this script’s 15 year journey – a Scriptshadow review.ĭetails: 102 pages (in a weird font that may be obscuring the page count) Apparently his pitch beat out every other writer in town, which is why he got to write this. He wrote 2012’s “Lawless,” and he’s credited as the screenwriter for the upcoming remake of The Crow. Many people who have read it have used superlatives such as, “Crazy!” “Ridiculous!” and “Bananas!” I hate to burst everyone’s bubble, but they’re not using the most accurate superlative, which would be: “Bad!” The script was written by Nick Cave, who’s best known as a musician, but who occasionally dabbles in screenwriting. ![]() Premise: Maximus is brought back to life to stop a nasty henchmen from killing all the Christians in Rome.Ībout: This script has become famous (or infamous) based on the fact that it got written in the first place. Wanna see Maximus surf the internet? You get to in Gladiator 2 (no, I’m serious!) ![]()
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