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In the years since the release of the first film, there have been numerous attempts to the continuation is written

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After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now rule Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look back at his past to find the strength to restore the glory of Rome to its people..

Musician Nick Cave was invited by Russell Crowe and Sir Ridley Scott to draft the version

His version focused on the more mythic elements of ancient Rome and would have seen Maximus arrive in the afterlife, only to be confronted by other souls yet to ascend further.

He was eventually tasked by Jupiter and other Roman deities to return to Earth to find and kill Hephaestus, the former deity who had betrayed them

From there, he is resurrected as a Christian and finds himself on his way back to Rome, on a mission to prevent the spread of Christianity, as he crosses paths with the new Emperor Lucius.

The studio decided not to proceed with this version, but the script is available to read online

The film would end with Maximus cursed to live forever, featuring a montage of the soldier fighting through the Crusades, World War II, and the Vietnam War, eventually revealing a modern-day Maximus working in the Pentagon in Washington.

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