GLADIATOR 2 First Look - Why Did They Make This?

[@echoesofmalachor3700]

Can’t wait for the sequels of Green Mile and Saving Private Ryan

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

Green Kilometer and Private Ryan's Pension Savings?

[@Jd-zr8bs]

Doing a prequel to Children of the corn as well .Fetus of the kernel

[@jonmurphy4889]

I would not be surprised in the slightest

[@Lightwish4K]

Nah you got that all wrong. Next will be Mrs General Ryan: Revenge of the fallen

[@stevenbarclay1985]

Titanic 2!

[@Agesilaus.88]

Money grab. Watch how they violate the memory of one of the greatest movies ever made.

[@TheDreamfinder99]

Yep. Same as they’re about to do with Mufasa.

[@travisspazz1624]

How does another movie existing violate the original? It's not like the original will vanish from existence!

[@Obi_Wanna_Blow_Me]

Who cares. Just shut up and watch it. You will either like it or you won’t. It’s not the end of the world.

[@kevinkeene1593]

Long-awaited sequel to "Gladiator"? Who the heck wanted a second Gladiator movie? No one that I can think of.

[@sumstuff6956]

If there was ONE film that was perfect and did NOT need a sequel it’s this 😂

[@kevinthomas1511]

100percent agree.

[@GIBBO4182]

The first movie I ever bought on DVD. Fantastic movie

[@sumstuff6956]

@@GIBBO4182Wow! My SECOND lol first matrix dvd then gladiator I still have them lol

[@dingickso4098]

They might do a reboot of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. ..hold up, I shouldn't be giving them ideas.

[@GIBBO4182]

@@sumstuff6956still got mine as well! 😂😂

[@scottharris1985]

The last couple of Ridley Scott movies have not been very good.

[@NoNeed2No]

He got lucky with Alien, Bladerunner and Gladiator. But apart from those he is extremely overrated.

[@R005TERILLUSION]

Ridley has a drinking problem.

[@MrCarpen7er]

@@NoNeed2No And Black Rain for me. The rest is just ok.

[@NoNeed2No]

@@MrCarpen7er Never seen that one, never heard of it lol. I'll have to check it out if you say it's good.

[@Josh-we9xv]

Agree there. Out of the 60+ movies his directed I'd say only 9 of them are good

[@LordFoxxyFoxington]

For god sake... why the hell is Pedro Pascal in EVERYTHING?

[@Jay-jb2vr]

D.E.I

[@KamiAnimeS1]

So, he’s a good actor

[@GIBBO4182]

He’s got the “correct” politics

[@xxx-pliskin-sniper-xxx8538]

​@@KamiAnimeS1Good...so not great or mesmerising or exciting? Just good.....

[@shorey40]

Looks. He can pass as being a half caste of many different races, so that's more girls that crush on him and more dudes that simp him.

[@SharpDesign]

380 million dollars. Imagine what else that could have been used for.

[@taylorburke5388]

A better alien film than Prometheus and Covenant

[@ChaoticYak1]

About 4 other movies. :)

[@ItsaKindOfMagic86]

I'd take that money. I need a new place to live and a new wardrobe and I want a zen garden and to build a large animal shelter.

[@libertasanletum]

I think Scott is intent on being remembered as a great director who shat on every good thing he ever did.

[@NoNeed2No]

"I've shat all over Alien, pissed all over Bladerunner, what's next.... Ah yes, Gladiator!"

[@keithmichael112]

Yeah. For some reason people don't want to see that he's been checked out for awhile now. He's done.

[@mattprihoda1791]

As much as I wish I could disagree with you, you do speak the truth. Why Ridely Scott "Why"!!!!

[@sebraven]

David villneuve directed blade runner 2049 and i loved it

[@kungfuillustrator]

​@@NoNeed2No😂😂😂😂

[@FreeRadical09]

Pedro Pascal has the agent that Henry Cavill needs and Henry Cavill has the charisma and pleasantness that Pascal needs.

[@mattprihoda1791]

OMG Yes!!!

[@kyla3635]

Ok, Cavill definitely did the right thing in firing his last agent. I hope Highlander will be a hit

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

Perfectly said!

[@travisspazz1624]

Imagine watching Game of Thrones and thinking Pascal has no charisma.

[@lastofanancientbreed8616]

@@travisspazz1624a ten year old 3 episode arc

[@alextheblueman-reviewergam9655]

Pedro Pascal is in it. So automatically, I ain't seeing it.

[@GIBBO4182]

I should really separate the art, from the artist…but in his case I’ll make an exception! Can’t stand the guy

[@dang75790]

Guys a bore😂

[@stygianjack9017]

There’s a lot of unnecessary hate for that guy, and I’m all for it.

[@HD-pc4id]

Because they are creatively bankrupt

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

Gladiator works as a standalone movie. I don't understand how anyone could think it needs a sequel?

[@Right_Said_Brett]

It was the same with Blade Runner. There was never a need or purpose to make a sequel to Blade Runner. Some films are meant to stand alone and be left alone.

[@ishguy524]

That's different that movie blade runner was in influence to sci fi film history

[@johnmichinock752]

@@Right_Said_BrettExcept BR 2049 is a masterpiece. In fact, it’s even better than the original.

[@Right_Said_Brett]

@@johnmichinock752 That's a VERY debatable opinion.

[@MikefromTexas1]

You've never heard of a Roman nose? It's just a name for a certain nose shape. Like Aquiline nose, Button nose, etc.

[@doublep1980]

It gets even better: they've been working on this for years & one of the first script drafts was about Maximus returns from the Underworld, send by the Pagan gods to kill Jesus. I'm NOT making this up, this was a legit story draft!

[@rdf4315]

Well I'm pretty sure the first problem everybody would ask with that story would have been, so will it have time traveling as well because Marcus time would be about 100 plus to nearly 200 years or more after Christ .

[@Combatgoblin83]

Hilarious the way they talk about actors, like he’s actually a capable warrior and not a fucking pansie 😂😂😂😂

[@seanyd5698]

Bored already....and i loved gladiator

[@bigrobotnewstoday1436]

They should have recast fat Russell Crowe kicking ass and make it into a comedy film. LOL

[@Oby1KaToby]

Fighting gladiators from an office chair..

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

Gladiator - fighting around the world

[@never2late_mtb349]

After Napoleon, Ridley should have retired. Actually, he should have retired before. Pedro Pascal? Nah. A little personal story. I was on a flight from Toronto in 2001 and the guy in the seat next to me was Derek Jacobi. An absoluite gentleman, He struck up a conversation and was surprised when I said I knew who he was. But I remembered him primarily from I Claudius and had forgotten he was in Gladiator when he asked if I'd seen it!. FYI; Caracalla was a bit of a twat. He had his brother and all his followers murdered (estimated 20,000 people) His wife and her brother murdered. He was arguably responsible for the treachery that saw his father-in-law executed.

[@Slumbert]

Germans made a serie few years ago. Barbarians. It's about Arminius and the Teutoburg Varusbattle. Fantastic story.

[@logangodofcandy]

Couldn't be conquered by the Roman empire, then all the good Germans move to America and they are easily conquered by "Asians" and "African"

[@RyanG0899]

S2 was shit

[@rdf4315]

First season was good the second season became absolute dog s***.

[@NigerianNinja-d6h]

Titanic 2 is next 😂

[@stygianjack9017]

Titanic 2 has already been made. I shit you not.

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Why did they make this, you ask?? Simple. Money grab, lack of originality, lack of creativity, lack of risk taking, cheap popcorn flick, etc.

[@MikefromTexas1]

100-something millions dollars is not without risk or a "cheap popcorn flick".

[@donovanbradford8231]

Outside of the studio thinking this is what audiences want because they liked it 20 plus years ago

[@DOOMStudios]

The budget is fucking wild 😭😭

[@dingickso4098]

I bet it all went to drugs and alcohol

[@valzalel5203]

Why the hell is it 400 million?!

[@MichaelF-cc8ri]

​@@valzalel5203it's not. $380.

[@secondchance6603]

@@valzalel5203 Fast forward to the end of a movie and sit for 10 minutes as the credits roll by. 50 years ago the same credits would be over in a minute.

[@-C.S.R]

I've been saying for years they should've made a prequel about Proximo! What he did in the past, how he became a slave, how did he become a gladiator, everything he did to win his freedom and then how did he become a slave holder and fight his slaves in the arena? Marcus Arelious would've been in the movie, it would've been epic! And even better make it a miniseries instead.

[@JB0523]

This movie DOES NOT need to exist 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@ItsaKindOfMagic86]

True. The majority of all modern recent reboots, sequels, remakes and requels should not exist either.

[@postaldude255]

That's true, Russel Crowe was iconic as The Gladiator and his story was told and done with a perfect ending. This "sequel" is just pointless.

[@he_was_a_skater_dog]

Well, this role fits Pedro Pascal like a glove, as he constantly sports the look of someone whose last shower was before the fall of Western Rome. That aside, this movie really didn't need to happen.

[@logangodofcandy]

He bathes?

[@jnf94]

Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerard made half that film. Since they're not returning, I know it's not gonna be half as good.

[@wcw2793]

Harry Gregson-Williams apprenticed under Hans Zimmer and is doing the score, but it would've been better if Zimmer and Gerard had came back.

[@jnf94]

When asked why he wasn't coming back, Zimmer said he didn't want to retread Gladiator as he's already done that world. I find that interesting as he's done three pirates movies and then came back to score the lion king live action remake. Bit of a contradiction.

[@boboboy8189]

​@@jnf94even zimmer knew gladiator is masterpiece and it's impossible to top that in current woke era

[@Rezzanine]

​​@@jnf94 he was also involved with the entire Dark Knight trilogy. And both parts of Dune so far (if part two counts as a sequel for these purposes). Curious that he wouldn't return for this. Usually they're more diplomatic and say there were scheduling conflicts etc.

[@BlackpilledBigfoot]

Before 2016, I'd have been hyped. But the dei revolution has put MEGA caution before every new movie.

[@vineetdesai6396]

The thumbnail makes it look like Pedro is going to get stabbed by John Cena with a sword.

[@corwins_pattern_ghost]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bad_dog4648]

I'm normally quite cynical about these things, but I'm really looking forward to this.

[@waynegriffith9124]

I'm just wondering why Pedro bloody pascal is in everything. The guys ok but Christ alive

[@NoNeed2No]

He has the correct politics

[@Rezzanine]

He has an amazing agent.

[@jasonsantos3037]

Not gonna lie the first image of Gladiator 2 looks good but the same question for all of us know just why.

[@rdf4315]

Yeah it looks okay but the story sounds stupid as hell, they should have just did a movie on aurelian restore of the world.

[@P226nut]

I literally laughed out loud when you said this cost 380 million like is Hollywood crazy now? If you’re gonna make gladiator 2 make it Maximus fighting the under world to find his family and make it for $75 million at least that film might be good schlock and just way over the top, but I bet this is not that movie lol

[@GaudiaCertaminisGaming]

Pedro Pascal? The man is human spam.

[@MassEffect1988]

Admittedly Ridley knows how to make a film look visually stunning 👍 but everything else has been off apart from that 😬

[@JazINaBoX]

I am interested now that Denzal Washington is in 😅

[@Senseigainz]

Its a reboot, just you see.

[@therationalblackman957]

Good thing ancient Africa had barbers to give King Denzel a tight fade

[@NoNeed2No]

I wonder if they'll pull an Assassins Creed and have Hip Hop playing when Denzel is on screen too

[@NoNeed2No]

I wonder if they'll do an Assassins Creed and have Hip Hop playing whenever Denzel is on screen too

[@TonyHopper-cm8dx]

380 million? Good Lord. What the hell are they thinking?

[@MrHReviews]

I was slightly off, it was 310 million

[@donovanbradford8231]

I was slightly off it's only 310 😧 that still not a good thing.

[@lindamagagula7476]

​@@MrHReviewsI'm so surprised 😮the movie makes 310 million dollars?? It's crazy.

[@oatlord]

Well. I mean... sure, I'll watch it on streaming. Why not.

[@bedfordshiremodeller4491]

You sad bastard it's not even worth the streaming price

[@ChronicBreakdown]

380 million!!!?? There is no way this will make any money. Also Pedro Pascal is a good actor but I don’t see him as a gladiator.

[@GIBBO4182]

I can’t stand that guy. He’s flavour of the month because he’s got the “correct” politics

[@logangodofcandy]

He was good in that nic cage film. Nic cage can fix anything

[@nathanskywalker1536]

I heard he plays in the game of thrones so him playing in Gladiator 2 could work

[@hughejass9461]

Why? Why did they feel a need to make this movie? Obviously woke politics will be pushed into this and honestly the cost of this is crazy. If it cost $380 million, not even including promotional costs, this will need about $750 million to break even, if not more. The first movie ended perfectly, no sequel was wanted or needed.

[@DarthBalsamic]

I don't know how anyone who saw the original Gladiator would think that this sequel would be good. When I first heard about it I laughed and went on with my day. They need to stop with these awful remakes and sequels.

[@dang75790]

The original was fine, not great . There's no need to watch this.

[@DOOMStudios]

Watch the cinema photography be better than the writing.

[@Jay-jb2vr]

YUP

[@darthyautja3442]

Ridley's films always are spectacular in that regard.

[@davidknight2104]

Gladiator had a perfect ending I never heard anyone saying "I wish we had a second one"

[@Slumbert]

Maximus, Maximus, Maximus gluteus.

[@thatsfxguy]

I was half expecting Biggus Dickus from these stills 😅

[@GIBBO4182]

Was going to comment “another movie no one asked for” and it was literally the first thing you said! 😂😂😂

[@maciekgutkowski8075]

This will bomb like Furiosa did

[@dshodaw]

"Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good." - J.R.R. Tolkien. This is just another cheap, inferior product based on an amazing original, with a hack main actor. They fired Carano from The Mandalorian, but gave Pascal a pass for calling half the nation racist.

[@autisticlegionnaire3624]

Ridley Scott has made some of my favourite movies. After Napoleon however, I thought Joe Biden had been let loose behind the camera.

[@mrnicktoyou]

Pedro is one of those white men who goes by as non-white because of his name and the language he speaks, which movie studios love. Explains why he gets hired for everything now, because he brings diversity but not really.

[@SonnyBLightSun]

The first gladiator was 103 million and it was beautiful.

[@marcomarterer7232]

I hope Ridley does something different like a Mortal Combat Tournament in Rome because I don´t think any one wants to see a reimagining of the old plot.

[@PettyCrow-n9c]

This is one of those movies where you hire your friends, get the studio to pay you boat loads of cash, and pay your friends millions

[@BlackRobo-yq2ic]

Nobody asked for Top Gun: Maverick either, but then the movie which was pretty much a rehash of the first, was a sucess.

[@corwins_pattern_ghost]

Very true....

[@PrivateCitizen84]

Disagree Maverick was way less homo erotic, but had way more DEI. A rehash of the first movie wtf!?

[@Deltaworks23]

@@PrivateCitizen84 DEI in Maverick? I don't know about that. They didn't turn the aging white male ace pilot into a washed up loser getting girl bossed by a snarky "woman of color."

[@Rizzo1812]

It was a rip off of 633 Squadron .

[@chrishouk5796]

I'm excited they are doing a sequel to Gladiator - said no one ever!!

[@Hannahgirl193]

Pedro Pascal is as interesting as watching paint dry

[@mr.l5783]

Theres no reason for this film to exist. Especially from a story standpoint.

[@corwins_pattern_ghost]

Absolutely a movie made to use the member berries of the original. Totally unnecessary sequel.

[@MrS-pe6sd]

This is something I would like to see Tom Hardy in

[@TheRoswellCode]

And Mark Strong IMO

[@Antonychief7]

Gladiator was an amazing movie, it doesn't need a sequel at all

[@SmartCookie2022]

Some said the same about Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) the sequel to The Robe (1953). Regardless, the sequel was a massive commercial success. I'm willing to give Ridley the benefit of the doubt as he has made some good movies recently, such as The Last Duel (2021).

[@Rezzanine]

I liked the Martian a lot. And even Prometheus in terms of vision and atmosphere (ignoring obvious character/plot device problems).

[@JckSwan]

Just make another Rome historical epic, it doesn't need to be a sequel. They've been largely absent for 20 years.

[@NoNeed2No]

Probably why they felt the need to attach the Gladiator name to this one

[@pduidesign]

They never should have called it gladiator 2

[@mattiaslarsson5647]

Excactly

[@namugriff]

Think if they based it on a real Gladiator fight were both were given their freedom at the end of the fight, could be an interesting film.

[@Hollyclown]

That shot is great meme material!

[@ironsquirrel9272]

In the original movie Ridley Scott changed the script and opted to kill Maximus to prevent the movie from being ruined by pointless sequels.

[@jonmurphy4889]

The budget is almost as much as what the first film made!!! That is Fuckin ridiculous!!

[@Xarick]

Now if they managed to somehow depict the colloseum naval battle.. i'd be interested.

[@myleelorna6368]

Thumbnail They both look terrified of that gladius. 😂😂

[@myleelorna6368]

Shadows and Dust Shadows and Dust

[@treadlightly76]

Looks gay. I will not support the Roman nose. The original is irreplaceable. Hollywood however is.

[@sarrjel]

$380 million dollars is a lot of money to throw at a movie that doesn't need a sequel. What would've made a good movie is Rome Going through the Dark Ages with the Black Plague. That probably would've been cool to watch. I'm a bit reserved on my opinion. The formula sounds very much like the first one, mixed with Game of Thrones, The Spartacus graphic novel mini series and the 300 movie. A prince becoming a slave to becoming a gladiator and becoming Rome's Emperor sounds a little ridiculous.

[@MissPerriwinkle]

paul mescal is gr8 but the other guy aint.....(mescal is super popular these days. his work is awesome) denzel in it is very cringe.....

[@Ghosthound_X]

Fine? FINE? 🤣Youre giddy for a new Alien movie by Disney that was almost on a streaming service exclusively. But you can't understand why a legendary director has come back to make a sequel to one of HIS greatest movies of all time and a historical one at that 😂.

[@sethkaicer319]

So he was hired for his flaming mane of Roman nostril hair😅

[@ItsMaamgamestop]

Refuse to watch anything with Pedro Pascal....I'll pass

[@JurassicRod]

Hollywood are so out of ideas. This and yet another Hellboy? Pointless.

[@maceelliott3150]

Whenever I see Pascal, I just picture a grown man crying in his free time while applying lipstick. I picture a man enthusiastically having his wife dress him in pastel sweaters. I cannot take this guy seriously in any role. He’s weird and off putting. Like John Wayne Gacy.

[@wurm4676]

They couldn't just do a separate movie about gladiators?

[@paulwoodford1984]

Lost me at pedro pascal. can’t stand that actor. 380 million for this. so dumb lol. the first film was perfect. And made with a lesser budget and still looks amazing. i,shine how bad this cgi will be

[@tomasz9429]

Money laundering continues as the global economy plunges deeper into recession. 10/10.

[@Scruffynerfherder10]

what do you wanna bet they all have american accents, like in napoleon, absolute travesty, Ridley, just go away, stop making movies, you cant do it, its not your thing anymore.

[@simbaking6338]

I never knew they were serious about making a Gladiator sequel...This is no doubt just another cash grab & with that enormous budget, it is destined to flop at the box office as no one demanded a sequel to a movie that had the perfect ending..

[@StefunnyStrange]

As a black person & also a fan of Denzel, I’m just sick of them putting black people in every damn thing. If you’re black & disagree with me, you’re a narcissist for needing to be included in everything at all times. It kinda takes me out of the story when every movie or show looks like modern-day NYC. It ruins the immersion. Why can’t Rome just look like Rome?!? It’s not racist to exclude POC from your casting when the setting is in ancient Europe for f*ck’s sake! That’s called common sense, not racism. The Rings of Power & The Witcher did this too. It’s so awkward & embarrassing to watch as a black person bc you know they’re doing this to virtue signal about diversity, not to tell a great, believable story. Please stop doing this, Hollywood. I beg you.

[@kellybrincks]

Who's been waiting on a sequel? The story completed its arc. Screw this.

[@SirChubblesSteen]

A movie that didn’t need a sequel

[@wojciechpatalas6660]

There are so many epic stories that could be shown on screen and yet they have decided to beat the dead horse once again. Lack of creativity, knowledge of history and simple self esteem is staggering in today’s Hollywood.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

“Gladiator 2” is going to be a massive critical and financial failure. It looks like nothing more than a mediocre rehash of “Gladiator”.

[@MrS-pe6sd]

I’m guessing they’ll have to make the main character black or female or gay or trans or all of the above. And they’ll do that instead of writing a good story… like every other movie

[@DoomSlayer-3666]

Creativity is lacking

[@tychomonolith9998]

380 million!? Talk about setting yourself up for failure!

[@MrS-pe6sd]

I was just telling my friend the other day that what they really need to do is remake Gladiator but with a modern social justice perspective. Lol

[@thomasbaxter1371]

I don't know if you are in the know but this film has been getting incredible reviews from those who have seen it. I think a lot of folks are going to be very very surprised when this is released.

[@andrewbateman5382]

The original was great didn't need a sequel and way to clean for the man that created alien dirty truckers in space, he lost his way when he did prometheus everything now is clean and not world buildingly weathered and used.

[@Godzilla00X]

They should've set it in the future so it's like a mad max world where they fight other warriors, robots, mutants, and monsters. Gladiator 2: All or Nothing

[@mikecinema7443]

That is actually a great idea but Hollywood is creatively bankrupt and only capable of reheating leftovers.

[@TallicaMan1986]

Just make another Thunderdome then.

[@NoNeed2No]

Gladiator 2: Gladiatorer

[@paulwhittaker5494]

That movie exists... ( Its called Arena & It was made in 1989... )

[@mikecinema7443]

@@paulwhittaker5494 I think they remade that with Samuel L Jackson back in 2011.

[@johnjames4007]

Emperor Caracalla and Geta were brothers, but they were not twins. A movie about Caracalla, a terrible tyrant, could be interesting, but tying gladiators to it misses the mark entirely.

[@ColonelMetus]

I hope it has a diverse cast

[@vineetdesai6396]

This movie will flop because of the Budget alone.

[@benhughes6507]

But. . BUT. . . What if it's absolutely f**king great!!!!