Denzel Washington is in “ terminal negotiation ” to co - headliner in theGladiator sequel , per a raw intelligence study atDeadline . Paul Mescal is already signed on to the pic , andRidley Scottis returning to direct . to boot , two vets of theoriginal picture , costume graphic designer Janty Yates and production designer Arthur Max are also on board . Yates ’ costume design for the original film garnered an Oscar , and Max ’s body of work resulted in a nomination .
Currently , Washington ’s role is being kept mystical . He andScotthave function together before , when Washington starred in American Gangster . Deadline state that “ after read the playscript , germ close to the project said he was activated about the bad - ass function Scott had pen with him in mind . ”
Russel Crowe ’s Maximus will not be yield . He famously died at the end of the 2000 film , and while the photographic film both gain Crowe an Oscar and launch him into Hollywood leading serviceman stardom , the sequel will not have his return . Mescal similarly will not be taking on the office of Maximus and will instead be playing Lucius , the young son that Maxiumus saved after killing Commodus in the gladiatorial halo at the end of the film .
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Washington ’s role is being kept under wrap .
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