Paul Mescal's Lucius doesn't match Crowe's iconic Maximus in screen presence or performance quality. Gladiator's grounded story and captivating battle sequences outshine Gladiator 2's chaotic approach ...

According to Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe originally wanted to return as Maximus in Gladiator 2 by somehow reviving the war veteran from the dead. However, creative differences and sub-par plotlines ...

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Gladiator 2. Gladiator 2 includes several elements that are taken from real Roman history, but the extent of its fidelity has often been questioned. The ...

Gladiator 2 was without the biggest star from Gladiator, Russell Crowe, but scribe Peter Craig says this wasn’t always the case. Maximus (Crowe) dies at the end of Gladiator, so it wasn’t a shock to ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Who needs to go to the movie theater this holiday break, when Gladiator 2 is coming to digital platforms tomorrow? That’s right, just one month after this ...

While the wait for Gladiator 2 was more than 20 years for fans who watched the original upon release or shortly after, the box office results perhaps have not been what Paramount was hoping for. The ...