Russell Crowe returning for the Gladiator sequel looked like a bad idea at the time, but the story sets up the perfect way to ...

Gladiator dropped in 2000 — that’s over two decades ago. Ridley Scott directed the film, and Russell Crowe went full beast ...

Russell Crowe's $456 million action epic in which he called his co-star "unprofessional" is a streaming hit. Find out where to watch Gladiator.

(L-R) Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Djimon Hounsou, and Russell Crowe at the "Gladiator" premiere in 2000. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty ...

Mescal’s character Lucius is — warning: spoilers ahead — the secret son of Russell Crowe ’s Maximus. His mother, Lucilla (Connie Nielsen, reprising her role from the original film), sent ...

Why isn't Crowe back for the new installment? For one — spoiler alert — Maximus died at the end of the first film. Gladiator II takes place 16 years after his death, and his legacy looms large ...

This time around, the action unfolds 16 years after we closed the book on Russell Crowe's valiant gladiator Maximus, who shuffled off this mortal coil at the end of 2000's "Gladiator," leaving ...

13 Connie Nielsen, Russell Crowe, “Gladiator.” ©DreamWorks/Courtesy Everett Collection Connie Nielsen, who played Lucilla, had her own concerns about the script after being cast.

Without original star Russell Crowe, Gladiator II, Ridley Scott's belated sequel to his Oscar-winning 2000 epic, falls short in just about every way.

The film, starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen and more, is a Roman warrior story of redemption, family and nation, told on a scale big enough to match its ...

The film follows the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus who has been living under a new identity to escape Roman politics.