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Pedro Pascal in Talks to Join Denzel Washington in Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR Sequel

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Pedro Pascal’s busy year just got busier. The in-demand actor, who has been doing the press rounds for the newest season of The Mandalorian and HBO series The Last of Us, is now in talks to join Paramount’s Gladiator sequel.

The Paramount project is a follow-up to the 2001 best picture Oscar winner that followed Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe), a former general who is sold into slavery and forced to fight as a gladiator under the rule of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), a patricidal self-appointed emperor of Rome.

Pascal would join Paul Mescal, who will lead the movie. Connie Nielsen is set to return as Lucilla, the sister of Commodus. As previously reported, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan are also set for the movie.

According to a previous report, the sequel’s story will center on Lucius (Mescal), the son of Lucilla, played by Nielsen, and the nephew of Phoenix’s Commodus. Djimon Hounsou is expected to return as Juba, a fellow gladiator and onetime ally of Maximus.

David Scarpa, who worked with Scott on All The Money In the World and the duo’s upcoming Napoleon movie, is penning the script. Scott will also produce with Michael Pruss via Scott Free, and Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher via Red Wagon Entertainment.

At the time of the release, Gladiator grossed $460 million at the box office and earned eleven Oscar nominations, winning five statutes, including best picture and best actor for Crowe.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...ator-sequel-pedro-pascal-in-talks-1235476694/
 
Official Trailer for Neill Blomkamp's GRAN TURISMO Starring David Harbour

Based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough, the film is the ultimate wish fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.

 
Sylvester Stallone to Star in CLIFFHANGER Reboot with Ric Roman Waugh Directing

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Sylvester Stallone is ready to scale new heights with a reboot of his 1993 action thriller, Cliffhanger. Ric Roman Waugh, who helmed action movies Angel Has Fallen and Greenland, is set to direct the feature, which will see Stallone reprise his role of mountain climber and rescue ranger, Gabe Walker. The reboot has a script by Mark Bianculli, a writer-consulting producer on Amazon series Hunters.

Neal H. Moritz’s Original Film, best known for the multi-billion-dollar The Fast and the Furious franchise, will produce with production and sales outfit Rocket Science as well Stallone and Braden Aftergood’s Balboa Productions. Rocket Science is launching sales during this month’s Cannes film market. CAA Media will represent North American and Chinese rights.

Written by Michael France with a rewrite by Stallone, Cliffhanger featured Stallone as Walker, a man haunted by a rescue gone wrong, who finds himself called up for a rescue with his former colleagues. That mission turns out to be a fake distress call, however, as a group of international thieves are in the midst of trying to find their stolen loot after a botched air heist. Metaphorical and literal cliffhanging ensues.

The 1993 movie was directed by Renny Harlin and was hit, despite a brutal production that almost bankrupt the lead production company, Carolco, which at two points couldn’t pay the crew.

“Growing up with the biggest action films of the ’80s and ’90s, working on many of them myself, Cliffhanger was by far one of my favorite spectacles,” said Waugh in a statement. “To be at the helm of the next chapter, scaling the Italian Alps with the legend himself, Sylvester Stallone, is a dream come true. It’s going to be a great challenge and blast taking this franchise to new heights, a responsibility I don’t take lightly.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...ger-reboot-set-sylvester-stallone-1235476408/
 


Imagine someone telling you 30 years ago that Arnold, when he was the #1 movie star, that one say he would one day be in the equivalent of TV movies.
 
Official Trailer for MEG 2: THE TRENCH Starring Jason Statham

 
Teaser Trailer for POOR THINGS Starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe

From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

 


Since the forum's search function is still not working I can't look up my post confirming I called this, but I fucking called this.

It was a year or two ago Vin Deseil penned an open letter to Dwayne Johnson practically begging him to return for the F&F's 'final' movie.

Dwayne was being non-responsive due to past beef win Vin.

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My reaction - This is such obvious WWE/Twilight bullshit. Its WWE-like because its so obviously fake to build up a satisfying ending. Its Twilight-like how the headlines about those movies two stars get more attention than the movies themselves, and are more interesting than the movies themselves (because they're horrible), and act as a very effective marketing tool.

So yeah, I called it.
 
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