Right here it’s — the primary trailer for Ridley Scott’s anticipated Gladiator II, starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Denzel Washington.
Paramount dropped the trailer this morning. Accompanying captions on socials learn: “From director Ridley Scott, watch the brand new Official Trailer for #GladiatorII starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn, and Fred Hechinger – Solely in theatres November 22.”
Written by David Scarpa from a narrative he created with Peter Craig, the Gladiator sequel is about years after the unique movie and has Mescal taking on the function of Lucius that Spencer Deal with Clark portrayed within the 2000 film. Lucius is the son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and the nephew of Commodus, portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix within the first movie.
The movie’s starry ensemble additionally consists of Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, and Derek Jacobi. Douglas Wick, Scott, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss and David Franzoni produced, with Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Raymond Kirk and Aidan Elliott serving as government producers.
The plot is alleged to observe Lucius, who resides peacefully together with his household in Numidia. However Basic Marcus Acacius’ (Pascal) invasion of town forces Lucius into slavery. Impressed by Russel Crowe’s Maximus, Lucius decides to turn out to be a gladiator and problem the rule of Emperors Caracalla (Hechinger) and Geta (Quinn).
Gladiator II is about to open November 22 in opposition to the primary chapter of Common Footage’ Depraved, together with the Angel Studios drama Bonhoeffer. Most not too long ago releasing A Quiet Place: Day One, which has to this point grossed over $178 million globally, and the John Krasinski-directed IF, Paramount’s slate for the remainder of the yr additionally consists of Transformers One on September 20, horror sequel Smile 2 on October 18, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 on December 20, and the Robbie Williams drama Higher Man on December 25.
Try the Gladiator II trailer above.
Are you entertained?
