‘Gladiator II’ First Images Reveal Sequel’s First Plot Details
The first images of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator IIare here, and with them we finally have a better sense of what this long-in-development sequel is all about. Previously we didn’t know much more than the fact that the film focused on the adult version of Russell Crowe’s character’s son from the original film. Crowe’s Maximus died at the end of the original Gladiator, one big reason it took over 20 years to put together a sequel.) Now played by Paul Mescal, Maximus’s son Lucius apparently “has a wife and child, and lives a relatively peaceful life with them until conquerors from his homeland begin...