Following his brilliant, tactical upset victory in the Battle of Carthage recreation, the mysterious "Spaniard" is summoned to the center of the Colosseum floor. Fascinated by this unknown warrior, ...

For obvious reasons—his character died in the 2000 movie, for starters—Gladiator star Russell Crowe didn't return as Maximus in Gladiator II. Last year, the Oscar-winner said that he'd be open to ...

Sitting in a near-empty theater on opening weekend of Gladiator II, I couldn’t help but think of an early line from filmmaker Ridley Scott’s epic 2000 masterpiece Gladiator: “People should know when ...

Gladiator II (2024) is the next installment in failed historical fiction, disappointingly delivered by the director who once brought us Black Hawk Down (2001), American Gangster (2007), and Blade ...

See where the cast of the Oscar-winning 2000 film is now on its 26th anniversary, May 5, 2026 Brendan Le is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. Dreamworks/Universal/Kobal ...