Advances in CGI means Gladiator 2 can achieve what was too risky in the 2000 original, which is why we're getting 12 baboons, a "real rhino", and a "massive water battle with sharks" ...

For Biddiss – who usually gets most of his negative feedback from nitpicking historical re-enactors – he knows what the purpose of Gladiator II is: ‘We want to be entertained. We’re not ...

Scott knows we're not there for insights into Roman culture; we're there to see our own dark desires at a comfortable remove. But he's far too experienced a director to get caught making parallels ...

Ridley Scott has been fiddling with a 'Gladiator' sequel since the original ... with the one in Malta, where Scott re-created a section of the Colosseum, stretching a quarter of a mile.

Ridley Scott has been fiddling with a 'Gladiator' sequel since the original film arrived in theaters (and won five Oscars) in 2000. But there was one little problem: He killed off his hero in the ...

Christopher Nolan on ‘Gladiator II’: ‘We’re There to See Our Own Dark Desires at a Comfortable Remove’ By Christopher Nolan. Plus Icon. Christopher Nolan Latest. See All.

Over two nights in May, a total of up to 32 people will learn the art of gladiator fighting at the ancient arena, taught by Roman history buffs who specialize in historical re-enactments.

“Gladiator II” isn’t a complete fiasco, and God knows there are worse sword-and-sandal movies, but it isn’t a worthy follow-up to the original. We’re going to need to play a little catch ...