"Gladiator 2" Begins Production in Morocco, Eyeing Atlas Studios Sets

The time is for location scouting, but also for negotiations with the Atlas Studios on the sets to be used as filming locations for several scenes of Gladiator. Arthur Max, the designer in charge of overseeing the decor of most of the filming sets for British director Ridley Scott’s films, "has requested that the decor of Jerusalem, now the property of the Atlas Studios, be reused in Gladiator 2," confides to Le360 under cover of anonymity one of the members of the executive production team of Gladiator 2.

"The team is in full negotiations, because the rate that has been proposed has been considered a bit excessive, given the fact that it is Ridley Scott’s decorator in person who made this decor, so from there, they were expecting to have the right to a certain ’kindness’," he explained. For now, British director Ridley Scott has not yet revealed the synopsis of the film.

Released in 2000, Gladiator is one of the greatest historical epics in cinema history alongside Spartacus and Ben-Hur. The film was awarded five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor.