Set over two decades after the events of the first film, Gladiator II centers on Commodus’ nephew Lucius Verus. The son of Marcus Aurelius and Lucilla, he was once the heir to the Roman Empire, but his life takes a wild turn when he’s imprisoned and forced to fight for his life as a gladiator during the rule of the young emperors Caracalla and Geta.

Normal People star Mescal leads the cast, and he’ll be joined by an impressive group of supporting players, including Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Derek Jacobi, May Calamawy, and Tim McInnerny.

Ridley Scott, the director of the first Oscar-winning film starring Russell Crowe, returned to direct and produce its sequel. David Scarpa wrote the script, drawing inspiration from the characters created by the original screenwriter David Franzoni.

Gladiator II will hit the theatres worldwide on November 15, before being released in North America on November 22.

Gladiator sequel will reportedly focus on Lucius, son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and nephew of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix). In the original movie, Commodus kills Lucius’ father to take over the throne of Rome for himself and throws the boy in the gladiator ring. Spencer Treat Clark played Lucius in the original.

While this is excellent news for everyone who liked Gladiator, we shouldn’t expect the sequel to hit the theaters anytime soon given the fact that the project is still in early development.

Released in 2000, Gladiator tells the story of Hispano-Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe) who gets betrayed by Commodus, the son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and ends up as a slave forced to fight in the gladiatorial arena. The movie was a big hit with the critics while earning $460 million at the box office compared to a $100 million budget. It received 12 Academy Award nominations and won five of them, including Best Picture and Best Actor award for Russell Crowe.

The plans to make a sequel, which would be set fifteen years after the events of the original and would focus on Lucius, were first revealed in 2002. There was also an idea to do a sequel, for which the script was written by musician Nick Cave, where Crowe’s character would be resurrected by Roma gods, but this was eventually rejected as far-fetched.

Set over two decades after the events of the first film, Gladiator II centers on Commodus’ nephew Lucius Verus. The son of Marcus Aurelius and Lucilla, he was once the heir to the Roman Empire, but his life takes a wild turn when he’s imprisoned and forced to fight for his life as a gladiator during the rule of the young emperors Caracalla and Geta.

Normal People star Mescal leads the cast, and he’ll be joined by an impressive group of supporting players, including Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Derek Jacobi, May Calamawy, and Tim McInnerny.

Ridley Scott, the director of the first Oscar-winning film starring Russell Crowe, returned to direct and produce its sequel. David Scarpa wrote the script, drawing inspiration from the characters created by the original screenwriter David Franzoni.

Gladiator II will hit the theatres worldwide on November 15, before being released in North America on November 22.

Gladiator sequel will reportedly focus on Lucius, son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and nephew of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix). In the original movie, Commodus kills Lucius’ father to take over the throne of Rome for himself and throws the boy in the gladiator ring. Spencer Treat Clark played Lucius in the original.

While this is excellent news for everyone who liked Gladiator, we shouldn’t expect the sequel to hit the theaters anytime soon given the fact that the project is still in early development.

Released in 2000, Gladiator tells the story of Hispano-Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe) who gets betrayed by Commodus, the son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and ends up as a slave forced to fight in the gladiatorial arena. The movie was a big hit with the critics while earning $460 million at the box office compared to a $100 million budget. It received 12 Academy Award nominations and won five of them, including Best Picture and Best Actor award for Russell Crowe.

The plans to make a sequel, which would be set fifteen years after the events of the original and would focus on Lucius, were first revealed in 2002. There was also an idea to do a sequel, for which the script was written by musician Nick Cave, where Crowe’s character would be resurrected by Roma gods, but this was eventually rejected as far-fetched.