The moment after director Ridley Scott informally tapped Harry Gregson-Williams to craft the score to the long-awaited sequel Gladiator II, the composer knew his next phone call would be to his early mentor Hans Zimmer, who'd created the music for the original Gladiator film. "As soon as Ridley…

CBS has announced that The Making of Gladiator II, a special examining the process of bringing the long-anticipated Paramount Pictures sequel to life, will premiere on the network at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Monday, Nov. 18, also streaming on Paramount+. This inside look, produced by Paramount Pictures…

Everyone will begin returning to the movies just before Thanksgiving on November 22 as Universal’s Wicked and Paramount’s Gladiator II just hit tracking with respective openings of $80M+ and $65M. Both have potential for upside, and we won’t know if we’re within a Barbenheimer vortex until it happens…

Though Gladiator II finds star Paul Mescal courageously fighting rhinos in the Colosseum, he had to work to summon up that fearlessness to meet Denzel Washington, his Academy Award-winning co-star in the Ridley Scott follow-up. During a Friday appearance on The Graham Norton Show, alongside Saoirse…

Paul Mescal has revealed that he won his role in Gladiator II after one 30-minute Zoom call with director Ridley Scott.  The Irish actor stars alongside Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal and Connie Nielsen in the sequel to Scott's 2000 Gladiator, due for release in November.  Mescal spoke about…

The popcorn bucket wars are heating up. After high-profile entries from Alien: Romulus and Deadpool & Wolverine, Gladiator II has entered the arena — or more accurately, entered with the arena. The movie’s official social media accounts today featured a video of “The AR-ena Popcorn Bucket,&#8221…

As buyers wander the vast halls of the Palais in Cannes this week taking meetings and exploring the next generation of TV shows, they will no doubt be wowed by some supremely premium content. But there is no escaping the fact that, in 2024, financing a show is harder than ever. Reaching greenlight…

Are you not entertained? Because just about everyone who’s seen Gladiator II is taking to social media in praise of Ridley Scott‘s highly-anticipated sequel. Although at least one viewer argued that the followup is “largely uneven and lacks the emotional punch of the first film,” many of the first…

As the biggest festival in one of the world's biggest film markets, the Tokyo International Film Festival has always been held under the glare of painfully high expectations. But taking place towards the end of Asia's crowded autumn festival season, then struggling through the brutal years of the…

Great news ahead of its Nov. 22 opening: Universal’s feature take of stage musical Wicked has posted first day advance ticket sales on Fandango which rank as the retailer’s second best year-to-date behind Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine. As you know that Disney theatrical release posted a first day…

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II is set to be released 24 years after the original film hit theaters, but fans of the saga might not have to wait long for its third installment. The filmmaker has revealed he’s already begun working on the script for the potential Gladiator III. “I've already got…

Paramount and Ridley Scott's anticipated sequel, Gladiator II, has been set as a Royal Film Performance, the studio and the Film and TV Charity announced this morning. The world premiere will be held in London on November 13, with red carpet footage streamed to 30 cinemas hosting regional premieres across…