The largest recorded naumachia came some years later. This reenactment of battle between the “Rhodians” and “Sicilians” was ...

Director Ridley Scott shared a heated behind-the-scenes moment from the film "Gladiator." Scott said Joaquin Phoenix nearly refused to play his villainous role, Commodus, in the 2000 action film.

Update: Since publication, the score is down to a 77%, just under Gladiator now, though still Ridley Scott’s highest scoring movie since The Last Duel While it doesn’t come out for almost two ...

On Oct. 22, Cinemark announced its latest buzzy bucket — one shaped like the Roman Colosseum — for the upcoming epic “Gladiator II.” Dubbed the “Gladiator II Popcorn AR-ena Bucket ...

Gladiator II had a difficult (perhaps impossible) legacy to live up to, but Ridley Scott manages to do enough to keep audiences thoroughly entertained. A sequel to Scott's 2000 hit Gladiator, this ...

The positive response to early screenings will come as a relief to those who hold the original Gladiator in high regard. In the intervening 24 years, director Scott has blotted his copybook ...

Ridley Scott, known for his thoughtful and entertaining films, has arguably taken a different direction in his filmmaking these days. While his earlier works were nuanced and thematically rich ...

By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Gladiator II, directed by Ridley Scott, sees Mescal playing a grown-up Lucius Verus II, a nephew to emperor Commodus from the original film, played by Joaquin Phoenix.

“Gladiator II” is almost here. We give you a sneak peak of the movie that stars Denzel Washington. Gladiator II is the long-awaited sequel to the five-time Academy Award-winning Gladiator from ...

Joaquin Phoenix nearly gave up his villainous role of Commodus in the original “Gladiator.” While discussing the cult classic’s upcoming sequel with the New York Times, director Ridley Scott ...

It's a solid piece of neoclassical popcorn, with Denzel Washington taking command as the villain, but it's ultimately a mere shadow of "Gladiator." It may not be high praise, but “Gladiator II ...

They say “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” But the Romans gave a thumbs down when they didn’t like a gladiator. I’m not legally allowed to do that for Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II ...