Gladiator II

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Gladiator II is a 2024 epic historical film directed and produced by Ridley Scott. The sequel to Gladiator (2000), it was written by David Scarpa based on a story he wrote with Peter Craig. The film was produced by Scott Free Productions and Red Wagon Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington. Derek Jacobi and Nielsen reprise their roles from the first film, with Mescal replacing Spencer Treat Clark. Mescal portrays Lucius Verus Aurelius, the exiled Prince of Rome, who becomes a prisoner of war and fights as a gladiator for Macrinus, a former slave who plots to overthrow the twin emperors Caracalla and Geta. A sequel to Gladiator was discussed as early as J