Despite Marcus Aurelius' death in Gladiator, Lucius continued fighting for this dream in Gladiator 2, leading many to wonder if it was a real ideal. For the most part, the dream of Rome is fictional.

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From long-awaited sequels like “Gladiator II” to gritty historical dramas like “Blitz,” Variety’s FYC Fest: The Shortlist provides a lens into the artistic subtleties of filmmaking ...

Since the brutal death of his father, Lucius has lived in exile in Numidia, a Roman province in North Africa where his mother, Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), had long ago sent him for safety.

Paul Mescal's Lucius and Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger's co-emperors are some of the returning and based-on-real-life characters present in 'Gladiator II.' ...

Enter: Mescal as Lucius, the son of Maximus -- the main character from "Gladiator," played by Russell Crowe -- and Lucilla, the elder child of the late Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Within minutes, the plot of ‘Gladiator II” is clear to those who remember the film’s prequel, or are familiar with the action genre. Much like its predecessor, “Gladiator II” foregrounds its intense ...

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And I, like Lucius, the main protagonist of “Gladiator II” who was also roughly 12 when he watched Maximus die, “never forgot it.” Given my adoration for “Gladiator,” I was heartbroken to discover ...

Living in exile since the events of "Gladiator" the (now adult) prince has been living as Hanno, a warrior for the North African kingdom of Numidia. Rome's reach is too far for Hanno/Lucius to ...

Gladiator 2 has put together $272 million in foreign markets, nearly $10 million more than the original’s $263 million. Russell Crowe starred in the original Gladiator and even won an Oscar for ...

From long-awaited sequels like “Gladiator II” to gritty historical dramas like “Blitz,” Variety’s FYC Fest: The Shortlist provides a lens into the artistic subtleties of filmmaking ...