Experience Ancient Rome resurrected in ‘Gladiator II’
Sir Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II is already gathering fantastic reviews, with audiences stating that it is the blockbuster movie of the year and an all-mighty epic that confirms that Scott is still the reigning champion of blockbuster cinema.
Now audiences have the chance to get an incredible insight into the world of Gladiator II through the release of some utterly fantastic featurettes that highlight the film’s colossal world-building and the work and the effort that was needed to bring this grand story back to cinema screens.
Three new featurettes have recently been released. The first, titled ‘The Making of An Epic’ draws on Scott’s Gladiator, the massive impact that it has had on the world, and how Scott and his team now seek to resurrect the grandeur of Ancient Rome and tell the new chapter of this classic story.
A second featurette follows, which charts film composer Harry Gregson-Williams’ work on the new score for the film. A pupil and collaborator of the great Hans Zimmer, Gregson-Williams discusses how he’s looking to expand on and marry the work of Zimmer in Gladiator, often regarded as one of the most original cinema scores ever produced, along with looking to build out the character journey of Paul Mecal’s Lucius with that of Russell Crowe’s Maximus.
Finally audiences get the chance to experience the sheer physical extremes that Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal put themselves through to be worthy of the Colosseum, and they both brought an incredible level of intensity to their parts.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Over two decades after the events of Gladiator, Lucius (Paul Mescal) — the grandson of Rome’s former emperor Marcus Aurelius and son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) — lives with his wife and child in Numidia. Roman soldiers led by General Marcus Acacius (Pedro Pascal) invade, killing his wife and forcing Lucius into slavery. Inspired by Maximus, Lucius resolves to fight as a gladiator under the teaching of Macrinus (Denzel Washington), a former slave who plots to overthrow the young emperors Caracalla and Geta.
Gladiator II is shaping up to be a true epic for the cinema screens and audiences will be able to experienceSir Ridley Scott’s grandiose vision when it arrives in cinemas on November 14.
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