Ridley Scott may be two months away from release. The second wrestler He's 87, but he's already starting to think of an idea for a third birthday. The wrestler flick.
In an interview with Hollywood ReporterThe filmmaker was asked about his upcoming projects and he said frankly: “I prefer to continue with… The third wrestler“There’s already an idea,” Scott continued, and while he didn’t reveal much, he said he was drawing inspiration from The Godfather Part II.
Scott made similar comments to the French film magazine. premiereHe said he had “already lit the fuse,” and went into more detail. The Godfather Contact. “End The second wrestler Reminds me of The Godfatherwhere Michael Corleone finds himself in a job he doesn't want, and he asks, “Now, Father, what do I do?” So the next story [film] It will be about a man who doesn't want to be where he is right now.
The second wrestler The film is set to hit theaters on November 22 (and Scott's birthday, if you're keeping track, is November 30). The film comes 24 years after the first film. The wrestler The film was a critical and box office success, winning Best Picture and Best Actor (for Russell Crowe) at the 73rd Academy Awards.
The new film follows Lucius (Paul Mescal), a character who briefly appeared in the original film as the son of Connie Nielsen's Lucilla, daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, former lover of Crowe's Maximus, and sister of Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus (Nielsen will reprise her role in the new film). Following the events of the first film, Lucilla sends Lucius off to North Africa without explanation, leaving him alone and bitter, but also remembering Maximus' last battle.
Lucius, now an adult, is forced into slavery, returns to Rome, and becomes a gladiator after the new emperors invade his home. Along the way, he meets Macrinus, a power broker and arms dealer played by Denzel Washington, and ends up on an inevitable collision course with Marcus Acacius, a Roman general played by Pedro Pascal.
