Oliver Reed

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon movie with Joaquin Phoenix galloping to Apple

Posted 6 years ago

Apple Studios is getting ready to open its wallet nice and wide after agreeing to finance and produce Kitbag, an upcoming Napoleon Bonaparte biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix from filmmaker Ridley Scott. Phoenix will star as the French emperor and military leader...

Gladiator 2: The Movie That Almost Was

Posted 6 years ago

While Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR memorably ended with the death of Russell Crowe's iconic Maximus, that didn't stop Hollywood from trying to figure out a way to make a sequel, with Russell Crowe returning as its star. In fact, the great...

Joaquin Phoenix to play Napoleon in Ridley Scott’s latest historical epic

Posted 6 years ago

Move over, Terry Camilleri (BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE) because it's time for Joaquin Phoenix to take a crack at playing the part of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Phoenix will reteam with GLADIATOR filmmaker Ridley Scott for...

WTF Happened to Russell Crowe?

Posted 6 years ago

In our latest WTF series, we take a look at some of our favorite stars and filmmakers who have seemingly disappeared or altered their careers over the years to the point that begs the question; WTF happened? Now, before you...

Russell Crowe is skeptical that Gladiator 2 will ever actually happen

Posted 6 years ago

Ridley Scott's 2000 film GLADIATOR became a bit of a defining role for its star, Russell Crowe. The film earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor and it can be argued that he starred in the last critically-acclaimed swords-and-sandals...

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Ridley Scott’s Gladiator to return to the ring for 20th anniversary event

Posted 6 years ago

Are you ready to be entertained? To mark the 20th anniversary of director Ridley Scott's rousing epic, Fathom Events and Paramount Pictures will bring GLADIATOR back to movie theaters throughout the country on April 13, 15 and 19, accompanied by...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Fight Club, Gladiator, Lighthouse

Posted 7 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

Gladiator 2 will take place 20-30 years after the original

Posted 7 years ago

In case you forgot, it was announced late last year that there’s a sequel in the works to the Oscar-winning hit from 2000, GLADIATOR, with Ridley Scott meant to return as director and Peter Craig (THE TOWN, TOP GUN: MAVERICK)...

Ridley Scott moving forward on a sequel to Gladiator

Posted 8 years ago

Over eighteen years after the release of GLADIATOR, it seems that Ridley Scott is finally moving forward on a sequel. Given that the historical epic ended with the deaths of both Maximus (Russell Crowe) and Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), you might...

The F*cking Black Sheep: Venom (1981)

Posted 8 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...

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