Weeks before the release of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott has suggested that he wants to make his Roman epic into a trilogy. Scott directed the original Gladiator in 2000, and has returned for the new sequel starring Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington.

His name is Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner and Alien, denier of the fact checking legions, loyal servant to the true art form, cinema. Father to three living sons, husband to a living wife. And he will have ideas for more Gladiator movies in this life or the next.

Scott, Hollywood’s perpetual rolling stone even at age 86, may be preparing to unveil “Gladiator II,” one of his biggest epics yet, but at the moment he’s got the Bee Gees on the brain. Scott is developing a biopic on the Gibb brothers. On a recent Zoom call from his office in Los Angeles, he was surrounded by meticulously plotted storyboards.