Gladiator is about a general-turned-gladiator named Maximus (Russell Crowe), who was created just for the film. He is likely a fictionalized combination of the historical general Marcus Nonius ...

Ridley Scott will always print the legend. As should be abundantly clear after “Napoleon,” “Robin Hood,” and “Kingdom of Heaven,” Ridley Scott is interested in history as a vehicle for studying ...

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Gladiator II. Twenty-four years after Gladiator, Ridley Scott has returned with a sweeping sequel to his epic tale. Thanks to cutting-edge CGI, Rome’s ...

Ridley Scott's long-anticipated return to ancient Rome is a pale shadow of its Best Picture-winning predecessor. Almost 25 years later, Scott returns to ancient Rome with a sequel that’s bigger in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russell Crowe as Maximus in 'Gladiator' (2000). Ridley Scott's 2000 film Gladiator was a sensational tale of honor and betrayal in ...

Some of the problems of Gladiator II manifest themselves right at the picture’s outset. Mescal’s Lucius is deeply in love with his wife, Arishat (Yuval Gonen). Anyone who’s seen a picture like ...

See where the cast of the Oscar-winning 2000 film is now on its 26th anniversary, May 5, 2026 Brendan Le is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. Dreamworks/Universal/Kobal ...

Paul Mescal as Lucius, left, and Pedro Pascal as Marcus Acacius in 'Gladiator II' Paramount Pictures Sir Ridley Scott didn’t make his first feature film (1977’s The Duellists) until he was 40 years ...