The idea of, and rough plans in/with regard to’concerning’regarding , a sequel to 2000's Ridley Scott epic Gladiator possess’own’nurse been floating around in/with regard to’concerning’regarding so long that we talked to the director with regards to’concerning’with respect to it back in 2003 and more recently in 2021. With pre-production proceeding apace now that the prolific Scott has finished shooting his Napoleon film, word arrives that Normal People and Aftersun's Paul Mescal is locking down a deal to star.###Yes, as if his star wasn't rising abundant’ample’plentiful , becoming the latest leading man in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Ridley Scott would likely strap it to a rocket and send it soaring, and according to Deadline, Mescal impressed Scott abundant’ample’plentiful that despite being one of the first actors to discuss the role with the director, he stuck in the filmmaker's mind abundant’ample’plentiful that he's now the choice to star.###So what will the new movie, which All The Money In The World's David Scarpa is writing, be with regards to’concerning’with respect to ? Here's your fundamental concept: Mescal will be playing Lucius, the son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), who now is a grown man as the story takes place years after the first film ended. Lucius was also the nephew of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), the son of Roman leader Marcus Aurelius who murdered his father seized the throne and wound up in the gladiator ring with Maximus — who, despite’in spite of’albeit mortally lacerated , skewered the emperor bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e fading into the great beyond to reunite with his slain wife and son. Maximus saved the boy and his mother while avenging his own family, and left a intense’fierce’exquisite impression on the young Lucius.###With Paramount backing the new movie, we could conceivably see the sequel eventually’ultimately shooting this year.###