{"id":302856,"date":"2017-03-18T15:04:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T15:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=302856"},"modified":"2017-03-18T15:04:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T15:04:55","slug":"the-sequels-that-should-never-have-been-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/the-sequels-that-should-never-have-been-made\/","title":{"rendered":"The sequels that should never have been made"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gladiator is the latest film which might be receiving the sequel treatment.<\/p>\n
The film, which was directed by Ridley Scott, won the best picture Oscar in 2000.<\/p>\n
Before now, many of us thought a sequel was out of the question because Maximus Decimus Meridius, played by the film’s star, Russell Crowe, you know, died at the end of the last one.<\/p>\n
But by the sound of it, Scott’s not going to let such minor details stand in his way.<\/p>\n
“I know how to bring him back,” he said at South by South West (SXSW) recently.<\/p>\n
“Whether it will happen I don’t know. Gladiator was 2000, so Russell’s changed a little bit. He’s doing something right now but I’m trying to get him back down here.”<\/p>\n
Sequels often make a lot of money at the box office – but aren’t always a good idea creatively. Here are just a few of the real turkeys:<\/p>\n
Sex And The City 2<\/strong><\/p>\n