Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We don’t know the specific reason they broke up. The movie hints at some possibilities, none of which have to do with Lucius. It’s ...

Russell Crowe’s Maximus nearly appeared in Gladiator 2 through a flashback sequence. In a recent interview, writer Peter Craig revealed an early draft featuring the character. Although filmmakers cut ...

One of the most pivotal scenes in the original “Gladiator” blockbuster was filmed in a place you might not expect: a parking lot. Arthur Max, production designer for both “Gladiator” and “Gladiator II ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

Inside his dimly lit, candle-strewn campaign tent in Germania, the dying Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) summons his most trusted general, Maximus (Russell Crowe), for a secret, fateful ...

It is rare that a movie sequel can live up to the original and while I’m not sure whether Gladiator II equaled its predecessor it certainly came close. Of course, the original film centered around ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

More than two decades after Gladiator hit theaters, the sequel is making its highly-anticipated debut. Ridley Scott’s 2000 historical epic follows Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe) who is sold ...

Twenty-four years ago, the world witnessed Russell Crowe’s Maximus Decimus Meridius become a hero in the arena in Gladiator. After being sold into slavery, Maximus becomes a gladiator, rising the ...

“Lucius, take your father’s strength. His name was Maximus, and I see him in you.” Gladiator never revealed exactly what led to Maximus and Lucilla breaking up many years before the start of the film.