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Musician Nick Cave was brought in by Russell Crowe and Sir Ridley Scott to write the version

Chronology

After his homeland was conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now rule Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look into his past to find the strength to return the glory of Rome to his people. In the years since the release of the first film, there have been many attempts to write a sequel.

In the end, Jupiter and other Roman deities instruct him to return to Earth to find and kill Hephaestus, the former deity who betrayed them

His version focused on the more mythical elements of Ancient Rome, and Maximus arrived in the afterlife only to meet other souls who needed to ascend even further. From there he is resurrected as a Christian and returns to Rome to stop the spread of Christianity, while his path crosses that of the new emperor Lucius.

The film would end with Maximus being cursed to live forever

It was supposed to show a montage of a soldier fighting his way through the Crusades, World War II and the Vietnam War, and finally a modern-day Maximus working in the Pentagon in Washington. The studio decided not to release this version, but the script is available on the Internet.

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Emperor Geth: The gods have spoken!