Gladiator 2

The scrapped Gladiator 2 script, penned by Mr. Cave, leaked online. *cough*

From metro.co.uk:
A copy of singer Nick Cave's rejected script for Gladiator 2 has been leaked onto the internet.

Cave was originally asked to write the sequel to Oscar-winning film by director Ridley Scott and star Russell Crowe.

The Guardian reports that the pair had hoped that Cave would be able to come up with a "creative solution" to deal with the fact that Crowe's character, Maximus, is killed off at the end of the film.

The musician's adaptation sees Maximus meddling with Roman gods in the afterlife. He is then reincarnated, spends his time defending early Christians, reunites with his son, and ultimately lives forever.

Maximus goes on to World War II, the Vietnam war and ends up working for the Pentagon.

Unsurprisingly, this version was rejected for being too over the top.

Scott told UGO.com: "Russell [Crowe] didn't want to let it go, obviously, because it worked very well."

"I mean, when I say 'worked very well', I don't refer to success. I mean, as a piece it works very well."

"Storytelling, he [Cave] works brilliantly. I think he enjoyed doing it, and I think it was one of those things that he thought 'Well, maybe there's a sequel where we can adjust the fantasy and bring him back from the dead'."