Ridley Scott’s Go-To Production Designer Arthur Max Wants Him to Do a ‘New York City-Based Gangster Movie’ Next
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “Gladiator II” production designer Arthur Max is no stranger to working with costume designer Janty Yates.
Over the years, they have worked on a dozen movies together, going all the way back to the first “Gladiator” film in 2004. It’s a partnership which Max affectionately calls “a serious level of collaboration.” From “Kingdom of Heaven” to “Prometheus” to “Napoleon,” director Ridley Scott relies on his trusted department heads to build worlds and design costumes.
This time, Yates and Max return to the arena to dress and design “Gladiator II,” starring Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger.
After his town is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius (Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum and seeks to return to glory of Rome to the people.
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