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A legendary musician wrote a bonkers Gladiator II movie that was never made | Digital Trends

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A legendary musician wrote a sci-fi sequel to the blockbuster Gladiator that never saw the light of day
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  • David Bowie penned a script for Gladiator II that envisioned the film as a dystopian sci-fi saga, a far cry from the historical epic of the original
  • The script, which Bowie wrote in the early 2000s, was never produced, leaving his ambitious vision for the Gladiator franchise to languish in development hell
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David Bowie, Russell Crowe, Paul Mescal, Gladiator, Gladiator II
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