Tag: Gladiator
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‘Gladiator 2’: Ridley Scott’s Oscar Winner Is Getting a Sequel, Here are the First Details
“Gladiator 2” is officially moving forward with director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Peter Craig, Deadline reports. The storyline will center on Lucius, the son of Connie Nielsen’s character Lucilla from the original film. Lucius is the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus, the Roman leader killed by Russell Crowe’s Maximus. Crowe’s character died at the end…
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First Look: Josh O’Connor, Annette Bening and Bill Nighy in ‘Hope Gap’ (exclusive)
Project wrapped UK shoot earlier this month.Screen can reveal the first look at Josh O’Connor, Annette Bening and Bill Nighy in William Nicholson’s family drama Hope Gap for Origin Pictures.Principal photography wrapped on the project earlier this month after shooting for five weeks in the eponymous Hope Gap in Seaford, Sussex as well as in…
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Oscars 2018: the Australian contenders and their chances
While 2017 had a record 14 Academy award nominations for Australians, this year’s list is a lot shorterFrom Nicole Kidman’s prosthetic nose to acting royalty Cate Blanchett, nothing swells Australian pride like a national icon sweeping the Academy Awards.Geoffrey Rush was the first (living) Australian to win an Oscar in the best actor category. Russell…
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Visual Effects Oscar Nominees on Their Top Digital Secrets
This year’s visual-effects category displays so much expertise that each nominated film had at least one Oscar winner or nominee on its team.John Nelson, who won for “Gladiator” and led the group behind “Blade Runner 2049,” says, “I was lucky that everybody wanted to work on this movie.”Nelson adds, “It’s hard to live up to…