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UNCOVERED: 11 - Caught on Camera

Real history trumps Gladiator II fiction

Real-life rebellions aren't overnight awakenings, and the actual Caracalla wasn't a sickly fop with a monkey

Salon

Christmas gift guide: what to buy for drinks lovers this season

Drinks consultant Douglas Blyde’s picks his favourite Christmas gifts for booze hounds

Evening Standard

Long time Ridley Scott collaborator slams the Gladiator 2 director for being "lazy" and "impatient" with his filmmaking: "Having lots of cameras I don’t think has made the films any better"

Cinematographer John Mathieson has some critiques of Ridley Scott's recent filmmaking habits

Total Film

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Katherine Waterston Also Wants to See Ridley Scott Finish His Alien Saga

The 'Alien: Covenant' stars also reveals whether she'd like to return to the Alien franchise, and what she thinks of the movie's bleak ending.

Inverse

Lorraine Bracco: ‘I got the Sopranos script... I was very, very upset’

INTERVIEW: The actor best known for playing Dr Melfi on ‘The Sopranos’ speaks to Louis Chilton about being a woman in a male-dominated Scorsese film, working with a teenage Leonardo DiCaprio, and her role in the new ‘Stranger Things’-esque movie ‘Monster Summer’

The Independent UK

The Scottish link to Gladiator film’s villainous emperor revealed

IN an alternative version of Gladiator II, director Ridley Scott might have ventured to Caledonia ...

The National (Scotland)

The gladiatrix missing from Gladiator II

Regarded by historians with either denial or disdain, these women warriors have always had to fight for recognition

Salon

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How the gladiators inspired evangelicals’ sense of persecution

With the release of Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II,” audiences will be plunged back into the cinematic excitement of the Roman amphitheater so vividly captured in its predecessor, “Gladiator.”

The Conversation

Hot off Gladiator 2, Ridley Scott's new show gets announced for Apple TV Plus

From ampitheatres to drug dens

WhatToWatch

Gladiator II vs Wicked: Reviews and memes as heavyweight films battle it out at the box office

Two of the biggest films of the year have been released but how do they compare?

Evening Standard

Gladiator III will take inspiration from The Godfather trilogy, reveals director Ridley Scott

If it ever gets made, a third 'Gladiator' film will take inspiration from 'The Godfather Part II', director Sir Ridley Scott has revealed.

BANG Premier

Dune 2 star Timothée Chalamet almost played Paul Mescal's role in Gladiator 2

Lucius could have looked very different on screen

Total Film

Ridley Scott reveals how previous Gladiator 2 script planned to bring back Russell Crowe

Director says Crowe wanted to return for sequel, even though his character dies in original film

The Independent UK

7 best Ridley Scott movies, ranked

Ranking the visionary director's greatest movies, from 'Gladiator' to 'Alien' to 'The Martian'

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The Guardian - UK

Glicked double bill may not match Barbenheimer buzz, experts say

Gladiator II and Wicked getting people into theatres but unlikely to replicate phenomenon of Barbie-Oppenheimer release

The Independent UK

Gladiator 2 viewers in uproar after learning key character is missing

The casting of ‘Moon Knight’ star May Calamawy was announced last year

Reason

Gladiator II Is a Lavish, Empty Spectacle

Ridley Scott heard you liked Gladiator, so he thought he'd give you some more gladiators with your gladiator.

The Independent UK

Ridley Scott explains why emperors in his films are all ‘crazy’ – the answer is in their water

‘Your choice is water or wine. When you drink water, it’s through a lead system that by then could be 200 years old,’ he says

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The Independent UK

Gladiator 2: The incredible true history of Colosseum water battles

Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator 2’ has been accused of peddling ‘total Hollywood bulls***’, but many aspects of the film are backed up by historical record

International Business Times

Gl-icked? Movie Theaters Pin Hopes On Big 'Wicked,' 'Gladiator' Weekend

US movie theaters are hoping the lightning-in-a-bottle magic of last year's "Barbenheimer" phenomenon can strike again this weekend, with the simultaneous release of two of 2024's most hyped films: "Wicked" and "Gladiator II." "Wicked" is the movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, starring pop sensation Ariana Grande, while "Gladiator…

Inverse

Hulu Just Quietly Added the Most Underrated Historical Epic of the Decade

Before you see 'Gladiator II,' you should see Ridley Scott's other underrated historical epic, 'The Last Duel,' now streaming on Hulu.

The Conversation

Dedicated Roman gladiator superfans were the football hooligans of their day

In the amphitheatre of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott trains his lens on fighters and emperors – but no account of ancient gladiators is complete without its devotees.

Marie Claire

Paul Mescal Wasn't Excited to Meet King Charles, and His Reaction Is Going Viral

"Paul Mescal was the only king there."

Evening Standard

Ridley Scott denies that Denzel Washington had a same-sex kiss in Gladiator II

The star claimed last month that his same-sex kiss in the film was cut but has since downplayed his comments

USA Today Sports Media Group

Why Paul Mescal sees doubt about Gladiator 2 as only a good thing

The Gladiator II star knows that expectations can be a good thing.

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