This has been a busy two days for Paramount Pictures.
The company was sold yesterday to David Ellison’s Skydance company and partners for $28 billion. The deal will close next year.
That should be around the time director Ridley Scott releases his “Gladiator II.” From the looks of the just released trailer, Ellison will be at all the awards shows and definitely the Oscars.
Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and Pedro Pascal star in the sequel to the film that gave Scott a Best Picture. But he doesn’t have a Best Director prize after decades of filmmaking. (He lost in 1992 to Steven Soderbergh for “Traffic.”) Will this be it? Looks pretty good.
“Gladiator II” will be released on November 22nd.
