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Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 is set to collect a massive $50 million rebate from the Malta Film Commission, the biggest ever given in Europe.
Although the production of Gladiator 2 is currently on pause until the SAG-AFTRA strike concludes, the movie is set to receive quite a bit of money from the Malta Film Commission. According to the Times of Malta’s report, Gladiator will receive a EUR46.7m rebate, which is over $50m in U.S. Dollars. This is a good deal, but it seems to be more beneficial to Gladiator. The report notes that industry insiders say “
only a fraction of the film’s entire spend eventually ends up working its way into the Maltese economy.” The report notes that industry insiders say “only a fraction of the film’s entire spend eventually ends up working its way into the Maltese economy.” The Gladiator 2 rebate has broken the record as the biggest ever given in the EU.The first Gladiator movie was shot in Malta over twenty years ago and reportedly left around EUR21 million in the Maltese economy. The rebate plan was not in place when the first movie was shot, so the government did not have to return any money. “
This year, we’re giving a sequel EUR46.7m against a local direct expense of not more than EUR55m, so as a nation, we’d be lucky if we managed to end up with EUR10m in our economy,” said a top insider. The Malta government has claimed that the movie industry has injected EUR85 million into Malta over the last year, but hasn’t explained how that money made its way into the economy.Related
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Ridley Scott is directing the Gladiator
). The film stars Paul Mescal (Aftersun) as Lucius, the young boy who idolized Maximus (Russell Crowe) in the original movie. The cast also includes Denzel Washington (The Equalizer 3), Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things), Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman), May Calamawy (Moon Knight), Lior Raz (The Crowded Room), Peter Mensah (Spartacus), Matt Lucas (Wonka), Fred Hechinger (The White Lotus), and Derek Jacobi (Murder on the Orient Express). Russell Crowe isn’t involved in the new Gladiator movie, but he did express a slight amount of jealousy about the experience Mescal has ahead of him.Gladiator 2 will hit theaters on November 22, 2024.
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