Nick Cave's Rejected Gladiator Sequel

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	Nick Cave's Rejected Gladiator Sequel

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2ed4f7a8-34b6-4c73-b469-d9ca2ef8b656/83B64926-36B5-4F28-98A1-F06DB5162217/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/adaptation/nick_caves_rejected_gladiator_sequel_115927.asp#comment-9102397" href="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/adaptation/nick_caves_rejected_gladiator_sequel_115927.asp#comment-9102397" style="font-size: 11px;">www.mediabistro.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/adaptation/nick_caves_rejected_gladiator_sequel_115927.asp#comment-9102397"><DIV class="blogdate">Thursday, May 07</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/adaptation/nick_caves_rejected_gladiator_sequel_115927.asp#comment-9102397"><H2 id="a115927">Nick Cave's Rejected <EM>Gladiator</EM> Sequel</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/adaptation/nick_caves_rejected_gladiator_sequel_115927.asp#comment-9102397"><P><IMG height="224" align="left" width="154" src="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/original/41IINPstaoL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" alt="41IINPstaoL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" />Novelist and musician <STRONG><A href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Nick-Cave-profile.html">Nick Cave</A></STRONG> wrote a sequel to <EM>Gladiator</EM> at the request of the first film's lead, <STRONG><A href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Russell-Crowe-profile.html">Russell Crowe</A></STRONG>. The studio turned down the draft. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/adaptation/nick_caves_rejected_gladiator_sequel_115927.asp#comment-9102397"><P>According to <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/06/nick-cave-rejected-gladiator-script">the <EM>Guardian</EM></A>, fans uncovered a copy of the script, that includes Roman gods, time travel, early Christians, and ends with Crowe's resurrected character fighting in World War II and Vietnam. Cave is the author of "And the Ass Saw the Angel" and the upcoming novel, "The Death of Bunny Munro."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/adaptation/nick_caves_rejected_gladiator_sequel_115927.asp#comment-9102397"><P><EM>Gladiator</EM>'s director, <STRONG><A href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Ridley-Scott-profile.html">Ridley Scott</A></STRONG>, explained <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/06/nick-cave-rejected-gladiator-script">in the article</A>: "Russell didn't want to let it go, obviously, because it worked very well. When I say 'worked very well', I don't refer to success. I mean, as a piece it works very well. Storytelling, [it] works brilliantly. I think [Cave] enjoyed doing it." (Via <A href="http://twitter.com/chapmanchapman/">Ryan Chapman</A>)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/adaptation/nick_caves_rejected_gladiator_sequel_115927.asp#comment-9102397"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.mediabistro.com/img/48575CB9-831D-434C-8938-0608B541E3F8" alt="41IINPstaoL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/83B64926-36B5-4F28-98A1-F06DB5162217/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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