Scott has made crime films ( American Gangster, The Counsellor ), a fantasy ( Legend ), a war movie ( Black Hawk Down ), a horror film ( Hannibal ), a spy thriller ( Body of Lies ), and a feminist masterpiece ( Thelma & Louise ). There was one film he outright refused to direct, however, and the reason was very close to his heart.

Ridley Scott is back with a sequel to his best picture-winning “Gladiator,” and if it wins the top prize come Oscar night, he will have finally won a statuette of his own as a producer of the film, something he wasn’t on the original 2000 release starring Russell Crowe.

Special effects supervisor Neil Corbould says he left the first meeting with the director thinking, "How the hell are we going to pull this off?" The post A Sea Battle in the Desert? Ridley Scott Made It Happen in ‘Gladiator II’ appeared first on TheWrap.

A specific Ridley Scott trend has been evident throughout his long career, with Gladiator 2 continuing this by improving upon its predecessor.