I don’t know how or why we have a sequel to Ridley Scott’s Academy Award Winner Gladiator, but here it is in all its glory. It looks quite interesting, I have to say. In my opinion, Ridley’s films are a coin flip. This can go either way. And who knows? Maybe if we’re lucky, we’ll get a Kingdom of Heaven follow up. One can only hope.
Gladiator II looks like it’s expanding on the first film, at least in terms of the fighting arena. We have naval battles in the Colesseum now. Despite the fall of Commodus in the first film (Joaquin Phoenix), Rome still has issues. A young gladiator (Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers) seems to have an issue with General Marcus Acacius, played by Wonder Woman 84 and The Last of Us’ Pedro Pascal. Ridley’s also reunited with American Gangster‘s Denzel Washington, as well as Gladiator‘s Connie Nielsen and Derek Jacobi. Also on hand are Joseph Quinn (A Quiet Place: Day One), Rory McCann (Jumanji: The Next Level), May Calamawy (Marvel’s Moon Knight) and Peter Mensah (300).
Harry Gregson-Williams (Man on Fire, Kingdom of Heaven) will be scoring the film, taking over for Hans Zimmer.
Gladiator II will be in theatres this November.
Through the Shattered Lens 
Great post. “Gladiator 2” is definitely one of my most anticipated movies of the year. I was a huge fan of the first film which was a medieval masterpiece. Ridley Scott’s masterful medieval epic changed the genre. Not only did it educate audiences about forgotten Roman history, but it launched the careers of movie-stars. In the leading roles, both Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix were fantastic. I’m looking forward to watching this sequel but am a little apprehensive. I seriously doubt that it would live up to the high standard which was set by the first film.
Here’s my thoughts on the first “Gladiator”:
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