This is not the story of the Gladiator II that you will see in cinemas. This is the story of the time Russell Crowe went rogue and commissioned a script for a Gladiator sequel where Maximus returns from the dead to save the early Christian Church from annihilation and is cursed by the gods to live forever.

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CLIPS USED:

Gladiator (dir. Ridley Scott, 2000)

Gladiator: Deleted Scenes with Commentary from Ridley Scott (Dreamworks)

Gladiator: Behind the Scenes (Dreamworks)

WTF With Marc Maron: Nick Cave

Happy Sad Confused: Russell Crowe

Ridley Scott Talks “Gladiator 2” by Nick Cave

MUSIC

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - The Proposition #3

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand

Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrad - Barbarian Horde

Harry Gregson-Williams - Logan Through Time

“Leaving Home”, “Deadly Roulette”, “Morgana Rides”, “Crossing the Chasm”, “Devastation and Revenge”, “Crypto”, “Shadowlands 1- Horizon”, “Gloom Horizon” “Black Vortex”, “Intrepid”, “Cambodian Odyssey”, “Lost Time”, “Ever Mindful”, “Darkling”, “Rynos”, “Synapse”, “Divertisment”, “Peaceful Desolation” & “Unanswered Questions”

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

“Suspended Animation” & “Synapse” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com