Japan anime has a strong presence with Keiichi Hara’s fantasy Lonely Castle In The Mirror and Tomohisa Taguchi’s The Tunnel To Summer, the Exit Of Goodbyes.
Hungarian director Aron Gauder, who won the Crystal for Nyócker! in 2005, returns to Competition with Four Souls Of Coyote, about four Native American teenagers who oppose an oil pipeline project close to their ancestral land. Two 2023 Berlinale titles have made the cut: Chinese director Liu Jian’s Art College 1994 and Sepideh Farsi’s The Siren. Jim Capobiano and Pierre-Luc Granjon’s Leonardo Da Vinci-inspired family animation The Inventor – featuring Stephen Fry, Daisy Ridley and Marion Cotillard in the voice cast – also debuts in Competition. The film, which world premieres in Annecy, is among 11 titles competing for the festival’s Crystal award.Īnother three French productions debut in Competition: Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s hand-drawn mother and daughter tale Chicken For Linda! Jéremie Périn’s sci-fi adventure Mars Express and Jéremie Degruson’s Toy Story-inspired buddy comedy The Inseparables.įurther world premieres include Kirk Henry and Neil Boyle’s shipwreck tale Kensuke’s Kingdom, featuring Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkins in the voice cast. We can certainly see Keoghan as a Commodus-style troublemaker.Īnd that’s without mentioning the other big star draw for the new movie –– ‘ Gladiator 2’ also marks Scott’s reunion with ‘ American Gangster’s Denzel Washington, though again his role is being kept quiet beyond it being described as “bad-ass”.Malta Film Commission Launches Mediterrane Film FestivalĪ Cat In Paris and Phantom Boy director Alain Gagnol co-wrote the screenplay for the feature lead produced by Paris-based Sacrebleu Productions. ‘ Aftersun’s Paul Mescal is starring as the adult Lucius, while ‘ The Banshees of Inisherin’s Barry Keoghan, meanwhile, is playing the primary antagonist, Roman Emperor Geta (a fictional take on a real-life ruler). Maximus saved the Lucius and Lucilla while avenging his own family and left a strong impression on the young boy. Commodus wound up in the gladiator ring with Maximus who, though mortally wounded, skewered the emperor before fading into the great. He, you may recall, was the son of Lucilla ( Connie Nielsen, who is returning for the sequel) and the nephew of Commodus ( Joaquin Phoenix), the son of Roman leader Marcus Aurelius who murdered his father and seized the throne.
But even as he fights for his life, he ends up getting revenge on those who wronged him.Īs for the sequel, it’ll shift the story forward to focus on Lucius.
The original, of course, told the story of Roman General Maximus (played by Russell Crowe), betrayed by his rulers and thrown into life as a gladiator. Not Yet Rated What do we know about the ‘Gladiator’ sequel so far?
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