Gladiator 2: Last News

Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer has revealed the imaginary figure he uses as inspiration for his work.For over 40 years, Zimmer has composed scores for the best-known TV shows and movies and is perhaps best known for his work on Gladiator, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, his many collaborations with Christopher Nolan, and the Dune series.His career is celebrated in the new concert film Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert, released this week (March 19) in cinemas.“I don’t write for directors, I don’t write for producers, and I certainly don’t write for movie studios,” he said to Deadline while promoting the film. “I have this fictitious figure in my head”.He explained: “She’s called Doris.

Paul Mescal‘s next film will be a historical drama centred on a gay romance in which he will star opposite Challengers‘ Josh O’Connor.Variety reported last Friday (February 14) that The History Of Sound – which was first announced in 2021 – has been picked up for theatrical release sometime this year.This makes it Mescal’s next theatrical event after 2024’s Gladiator 2 – the actor is also due to star as William Shakespeare in Hamnet, directed by Chloe Zhao (Nomadland, Eternals), but that has yet to receive a release date.Per Variety, The History Of Sound is about two young men – Lionel (Mescal) and David (O’Connor) – who set out to record the lives, voices and music of Americans in the shadow of WWI. But as they begin the project, the two fall in love.In the past few months, Mescal has also been rumoured to portray Paul McCartney in the planned Beatles biopics by Sam Mendes.

Denzel Washington has said he does not care about being snubbed by the Oscars for Best Supporting Actor for Gladiator 2.The star, who previously won Best Actor for his role in the 2001 crime drama Training Day and Supporting Actor for the 1989 war film Glory, portrayed the character Macrinus in the sequel to the 2000 blockbuster.He lost out to a host of actors who were nominated ahead of the forthcoming 97th Academy Awards ceremony in LA on Sunday, March 2, including Kieran Culkin, Edward Norton, Guy Pearce, Jeremy Strong and Yura Borisov.When asked about the snub in an interview with The New York Times, Washington joked: “Are you kidding me? Awww. I’m happy for all that did, and I’m happy with what I’m doing.”He continued: “Listen, I’ve been around too long.

Christopher Nolan has named Gladiator 2 as his favourite film of 2024, hailing it as “jaw-dropping” and “masterful”.The Oppenheimer director picked Ridley Scott‘s sequel as part of Variety’s list of directors’ top movies of 2024.“Like the best long-awaited sequels, Gladiator II must be a remake and sequel in one, and it’s testament to Scott’s brilliance that he manages to balance the individual pathos of the original with the expansionist demands of the sequel’s central theme, bringing a lifetime of experience in controlling tone,” he wrote.Rather than criticise some of the film’s historical inaccuracies, Nolan defended them adding: “Scott knows we’re not there for insights into Roman culture; we’re there to see our own dark desires at a comfortable remove. But he’s far too experienced a director to get caught making parallels with our time.

A$AP Rocky will star alongside Denzel Washington and Ice Spice in Spike Lee‘s upcoming movie Highest 2 Lowest.The Apple TV+ film – a loose adaptation of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa thriller High And Low – is due for release in summer 2025, with a release date yet to be confirmed.Lee, whose last film was 2020’s Da 5 Bloods, revealed more about the film with Deadline.High And Low starred Toshiro Mifune as a shoe manufacturing executive who ends up in a tense race against time to save his son from a kidnapper. Lee revealed that Highest 2 Lowest will feature Washington in the lead role – this time, as a “music mogul with his own label and his reputation as the best ears in the business.”This will mark the fifth time Lee and Washington are working together, following 1990’s Mo’ Better Blues, 1992’s Malcolm X, 1998’s He Got Game, and 2006’s Inside Man.Lee revealed that Rocky also has “the main role” in the film alongside Spice.

Saturday Night Live saw Paul Mescal turn Gladiator 2 into a musical – check out the moment below.In the first episode of the show since the US Thanksgiving holiday show, Mescal hosted the long-running skit show for the first time. Performing alongside him was singer-songwriter and producer Shaboozey who was also marking his SNL debut.One of the sketches on the show saw Mescal appear in a musical version of Gladiator 2, heavily influenced by the success of Wicked at the cinema.

Elon Musk has been roundly mocked for calling Gladiator 2 “woke”.When a fan posted a meme suggesting that the visual design was strong but the script was poor, the X owner responded by writing: “Woke lies kill art”.He failed to elaborate or ascertain exactly what element of Gladiator 2 he thought was “woke” or if he has even seen the film.His comment received a backlash from fans, with one writing: “I’ve never seen this chap understand a single film he’s watched. How is a film about a straight white man, with little to no roles for women and minorities, woke?”Woke lies kill art https://t.co/aIzKzxKBgr— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2024Another joked: “The only remotely political message of Gladiator II is that emperors are bad and wealthy plutocrats who whisper in their ear are even worse…oh wait I see what he’s mad about,” while one other added: ““Gladiator 2′ is not woke, sir.

Russell Crowe.Charlie Allan teaches and performs combat in film and television, having worked with Crowe on Gladiator as well as Robin Hood.In August this year, Allan injured his leg while building an access platform to his gym, resulting an arterial thrombosis diagnosis (where a blood clot develops in an artery).Allan is now in need of a procedure known as an Endovascular Thrombectomy. The procedure, which combat expert is hoping to have in Europe, costs around £25,000, prompting the GoFundMe appeal.In addition to sharing the appeal on social media, Crowe also donated £5,000 of his own money to help Allan reach his target.If you ever saw the first Gladiator, the barbarian leader who tosses the severed head of a Roman emissary back towards the Roman line in a display of defiance, is Charlie Allan.

Gladiator 2 actor Fred Hechinger has played down the same-sex kiss storm surrounding the movie.Denzel Washington, who portrays Macrinus in the sequel to the 2000 blockbuster, recently told Gayety, he kissed a male co-star in a since-deleted moment.But director Ridley Scott said that was “bullshit” and “they acted the moment – it didn’t happen”.Washington has also since rolled back his comments, later saying: “It really is much ado about nothing. They’re making more of it than it was.

Ridley Scott has become “lazy” and “rushes” to get things done, according to his Gladiator 2 cinematographer.John Mathieson, who worked with Scott on both his Gladiator films, told the DocFix podcast back in March that Scott’s filming method has become “lazy”, with the director now “rushing” to complete projects.He went on to claim that the director had “changed” and was now “quite impatient” on set, which he felt had a detrimental effect on the finished production. Scott’s last two films, Gladiator 2 and Napoleon have both received mixed reviews from critics.The film was awarded three stars from NME: “If you loved Gladiator, it’s odds-on you’ll enjoy this too.

Gladiator 2 and Wicked hasn’t had the same impact as last year’s Barbenheimer phenomenon, but it has breathed new life into the box office with huge takings.With a combined $270million (£214.6milion) in worldwide ticket sales over the weekend, it was the third-biggest opening weekend of the year, behind Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2. It was also a record for a Broadway musical adaptation.Jon M.

Russell Crowe was meant to reprise his role in Nick Cave‘s cancelled Gladiator sequel, director Ridley Scott has revealed.In the 2000 epic, Crowe portrayed Maximus, a Roman general turned brave Colosseum fighter who expires at the end of the film. However, according to Ridley Scott, Crowe wanted to be brought back for a planned sequel, which was at the time being penned by musician Nick Cave.Scott recalled to PEOPLE: “Russell and I had a go at it around 18 years ago.

Gladiator 2 and Wicked was predicted to have the same impact as last year’s Barbenheimer phenomenon, but experts are now saying that may not be the case.Dubbed the Glicked effect, both movies are expected to take the box office by storm over the weekend after being released in the US on Friday (November 22), similar to Barbie and Oppenheimer last year.Jon M. Chu’s Wicked has also been slated by cinema bosses to be the biggest film of the year, and earlier this month, Deadline predicted that the musical adaptation and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 are set to pull in huge takings on their openings with the former expected to pull in over $80million (£62.8million) and the latter $65million (£51million) domestically.The stars of the respective films have also been on board with a potential Glicked phenomenon, with Gladiator 2 star Paul Mescal telling The Hollywood Reporter: “I don’t wanna jinx anything.

Wicked is on course to be the UK’s biggest film of the year, according to a major cinema boss.The film, which is released today (November 22) in both the UK and US, is expected to take the box office by storm.After the global domination of ‘Barbenheimer’ in the summer of 2023, film fans are also looking forward to the phenomenon of ‘Glicked’ when Wicked goes up against Gladiator 2 in the US too.Both movies are expected to make big box office takings in the coming days when they are simultaneously released much like Barbie and Oppenheimer last year.According to Deadline, Jon M. Chu’s Wicked and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 are set to pull in huge takings on their openings with the former expected to clock up over $80million (£62.8million) and the latter $65million (£51million) domestically.Now, Vue founder and CEO Tim Richards has said he believes Wicked could be the biggest film of the year.“Following the huge success of Paddington In Peru and Gladiator 2, and ahead of Moana 2, Mufasa and other amazing films in the lead up to Christmas, Vue has delivered record-breaking pre-sales for Wicked.“The pre-sales are tracking in line with Barbie’s last year and it looks like Wicked could be the biggest film of 2024.

Paul Mescal has addressed the possibility of returning for Gladiator 3, saying he would be “massively down” to star in it.Ahead of the release of Gladiator 2, director Ridley Scott told The Hollywood Reporter that plans for a third film had already been put in place.“I’d rather get on into Gladiator 3. There’s already an idea,” he said at the time.Mescal, who stars as Lucius in the newly-released sequel, has now expressed his interest in reprising his role.“Oh yeah, massively down,” he told Variety.

Gladiator 2 star Paul Mescal has lost a trivia battle about himself to a superfan.Dubbed “Paul biggest’s fan” his opponent Larissa, who runs the popular @paulmescalpics fan account on Instagram, went to head to head with the actor on some basic biographical questions.Mescal got off to a good start in the “Who Knows Paul Best?” game getting the first question correct.But he proceeded to get several questions wrong, including what his first-ever film was and what year he graduated from drama school. You can view the trivia battle below.A post shared by Paul Mescal Pics (@paulmescalpics)When he realised that he actually graduated from drama school in 2017 instead of what he thought was 2015, Mescal admitted: “I got my own life wrong there.

Denzel Washington has recounted a murder story from his childhood.In a new interview with Esquire, the Gladiator 2 star spoke about how his friend’s brother killed someone during his younger years.The actor said he was around 11 or 12 and living in New York when the incident happened. Changing the names to avoid their identity, he was told his friend’s brother was “crazy and he’s a killer” at the time.Washington said: “I think he was Green Beret, those guys that would cut throats behind enemy lines.

Ridley Scott has said Denzel Washington‘s claim that a same-sex kiss got cut from Gladiator 2 is “bullshit”.It comes after Washington, who portrays Macrinus in the sequel to the 2000 blockbuster, told Gayety, he kissed a male co-star in a since-deleted moment.He said: I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out. They cut it. I think they got chicken.“I kissed a guy full on the lips and they, I guess they weren’t ready for that yet,” he added, before joking that in the sequence he “killed him about five minutes later”, describing it as a “kiss of death.”But at the recent Hollywood premiere of the movie, Scott told Variety: “No that’s bullshit.

Ridley Scott has revealed that he almost made Gladiator II into a musical, but it ultimately never came to fruition.The filmmaker told Deadline that the Gladiator sequel was going to be a musical and see Russell Crowe reprising his role of Maximus – despite the character dying in the first film.The concept involved Nick Cave, who worked with Crowe to come up with a storyline focusing on Maximus “being sent back to Earth by the gods to kill Jesus Christ and his followers because he was stealing their thunder,” but Scott decided it was “bloody silly.”The director explained: “Nick Cave did a great job of invention and Russell was fully engaged. We all were, but I was the one dragging my feet.

Paul Mescal plays the lead role of Lucius in Gladiator 2, but his character’s origins have been redefined from the original film.Set over two decades after the events of the 2000 original, Gladiator 2 follows Lucius – the son of Lucilla and Maximus – who, after being forced into slavery, follows his father’s path by becoming a gladiator.Other members of the cast include Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington.Lucius (Spencer Treat Clark) has a small role in the original film. He is the young son of Lucille (Connie Nielson), who is the sister of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix).

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator to receive a sequel, but it seems like another follow-up might be around the corner.Set over two decades after the events of the original film, Gladiator 2 follows Lucius (Paul Mescal) – the son of Lucilla and Maximus – who, after being forced into slavery, follows his father’s path by becoming a gladiator.Alongside Paul Mescal, the film’s cast includes Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington.While talks of a sequel began as early as June 2001, the film was released over two decades later on November 15, 2024 in the UK.Paramount has not officially announced a sequel to Gladiator 2, but Ridley Scott has said he’s “already toying” with the idea.“No seriously! I’ve lit the fuse,” Scott told France’s Premiere magazine. “The ending of Gladiator 2 is reminiscent of The Godfather with Michael Corleone finding himself with a job he didn’t want, and wondering, ‘Now, father, what do I do?’ So the next [film] will be about a man who doesn’t want to be where he is.”As such, assuming Gladiator 2 is a box office success, it’s very likely a sequel is on the cards.While there’s no release date for a third film, it sounds like we won’t have to wait another 24 years at least.In an interview with Total Film, Ridley Scott confirmed he has already made progress on the script.