Paul Mescal Battles For Revenge In Ridley Scott’s Roman Sequel

Are you not entertained? Watch the brand new trailer for Gladiator II, and we promise that you simply most definitely might be. Over 20 years after Russell Crowe’s Maximus stepped into the sector in Ridley Scott’s award-winning, prompt basic historic drama, the director is returning to Rome. The brand new film will concentrate on Lucius, son of Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla from the primary movie, performed now by Aftersun and All Of Us Strangers’ star Paul Mescal. Take a deep breath, and watch the trailer now:

Phew. Nonetheless with us? That’s three minutes of pure gladiatorial adrenaline, indicating that even at age 86, Scott can nonetheless ship a movie of actually epic proportions. It begins with a flashback to the primary film, a voiceover from Mescal’s Lucius setting the scene. “I keep in mind that day,” he says. “I by no means forgot it – {that a} slave may take revenge towards an Emperor.”

Removed from dwelling, he’s taken beneath the wing of Denzel Washington’s Macrinus, ultimately despatched into the sector as a weapon towards merciless new Emperors Caracalla (Fred Hechinger) and Geta (Joseph Quinn), towards whom a rise up is forming. We get glimpses of him developing towards Marcus Acacius (Pedro Pascal), the military normal whose blood he’s out for, plus an precise rhino, in some immense-looking battle sequences. The gods have spoken. Swords on the prepared, everybody – the large display is about to turn into a battle floor.

Gladiator II is in cinemas from 22 November.