Sir Ridley Scott, who as a TV advertising man learned how to tell stories in less than a minute (his famous 1973 Hovis commercial, featuring a delivery boy on a bike, lasted 47 seconds), now cannot tell a story in less than two and a half hours.

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Sir Ridley Scott, who directed the original 2000 historical drama film, is returning to direct the second instalment, which is scheduled to be released in November 2024.

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