It’s been 24 years, but Ridley Scott finally took us back into the Colosseum for Gladiator II. While it lacks compared to its 2000 predecessor, it also shares many of its strengths. Paul Mescal plays the grown Lucius Verus Aurelius, who was forced to flee Rome after the events of Gladiator. Finding a new life […]

Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend: it’s Admit One Gladiator II (Theaters) Starring: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger Directed by: Ridley Scott Plot: Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius must enter the Colosseum after the powerful […]

Ridley Scott returns to Ancient Rome in November with Gladiator II.  Paul Mescal plays Lucius, who fled to Numidia in the two decades following the events of Gladiator and tries to live in peace with his wife and child.  When Rome invades, his family is destroyed, and Lucius is captured as a slave and sold […]