Gladiator 2 Production Descended into Chaos
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- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 23, 2024
- With accidents on the set, complaints about animal abuse and now reports that the production went wildly over budget, sources tell Rambling Reporter that Ridley Scott’s long-anticipated Gladiator sequel is leaving Paramount execs “terribly vexed.”
- Initially budgeted at $165 million, sources say that figure has ballooned to something closer to $310 million. (Paramount insiders insist the net cost of the 49-day shoot was under $250 million.) “It’s a runaway,” says one source. “It’s not being managed.”
- In July, PETA sent an open letter to Scott filled with “whistleblower” reports about horses and monkeys being abused on the set - reports that sources close to the production deny, noting that the Humane Society was on-site during filming.
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