If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been more than two decades since the first Gladiator movie hit theaters, but fans can now stream the original film and Gladiator II online. Released in November, …
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Among all of the preparation Paul Mescal did for his starring role in Gladiator II (out now), the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 swords-and-sandals epic — hitting the gym six days a week and eating unholy amounts of chicken to add 18 pounds of muscle to his frame — some …
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Paul Mescal‘s Lucius is just like his father in the latest trailer for Ridley Scott‘s Gladiator II. In the new clip from the film, the sources of the gladiator’s hunger for vengeance and violence are revealed as he battles inside and outside of the Colosseum. “I don’t fight for power,” …
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Ridley Scott may be two months away from the release of Gladiator II and his 87th birthday, but he’s already cooking up an idea for a third Gladiator flick. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the filmmaker was asked about next projects and flat-out said, “I’d rather get on …
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Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal grab their swords and prepare for battle in the new trailer for Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II. The three-minute (!) clip offers a comprehensive and intriguing look at the long-awaited sequel to Scott’s 2000 historical epic. It’s stuffed with grudges and revenge fantasies, political intrigue and …
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Late Monday afternoon, July 1, a minor piece of movie release news dropped: Part one of the highly-anticipated movie adaptation of the smash musical Wicked would hit theaters a few days earlier than expected. It’s still slated to drop around the Thanksgiving holiday, but in bumping the release date from …
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Ridley Scott has the giggles. The revelation that I’m a New Yorker has prompted the legendary director to launch into a winding tale of the time he was on a traveling scholarship after graduating from London’s Royal College of Art. “They said, ‘Where do you want to go?’ And, being …
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Several crew members working on the Gladiator sequel were hospitalized in Morocco Wednesday following an accident that occurred during a stunt sequence. Variety reports that all of the impacted crew members suffered burn injuries, with four people sent to the hospital as a result of the accident, the details of …
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