Gladiator

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Paul Mescal set to star in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator sequel
The Normal People and Aftersun actor is in talks to play the son of Connie Nielsen’s character in a follow-up to the Oscar-winning hit

Benjamin Lee

06, Jan, 2023 @8:10 PM

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Russell Crowe is to play The Pope’s Exorcist. Hallelujah for the new Nicolas Cage!
The Gladiator star appears to have given up on an Oscar by taking on a series of low-calorie action roles that might once have been offered to the internet’s favourite OTT actor

Stuart Heritage

28, Jun, 2022 @3:51 PM

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Ridley Scott films – ranked!
With The Last Duel out now, and House of Gucci at the end of the month, we rate the top 20 movies by the go-to director for swords, sandals, cyborgs and Sigourney

Peter Bradshaw

04, Nov, 2021 @12:00 PM

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Unleash hell! How Gladiator went from on-set disasters to box office glory
Ridley Scott’s epic is 20 years old this year. It fared well when it came out, despite legion production calamities – including the death of Oliver Reed

12, May, 2020 @2:40 PM

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Did Gladiator really deserve the best picture Oscar?
Ridley Scott’s summer spectacle, which turns 20 this month, was lifted into prestige with a surprise Oscar haul, something that’s tainted its legacy

Scott Tobias

05, May, 2020 @7:35 AM

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Gladiator at 20: how Ridley Scott's epic rejuvenated the historical blockbuster
The Oscar-winning sword-and-sandals Russell Crowe vehicle refreshed old cliches, before ushering in a spate of copycats

Steve Rose

04, May, 2020 @8:00 AM

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Johnny Marr joins Hans Zimmer to score next James Bond film
No Time to Die will be the 25th film in the franchise and Daniel Craig’s final role as 007

Aamna Mohdin

18, Jan, 2020 @1:00 PM

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The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000

Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard

13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

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Trump seems to think he's an emperor – but we are not entertained | Lloyd Green
Commodus was mad and, at least the way Russell Crowe told it, it took a heroic gladiator to bring him down. America has the polls

Lloyd Green

25, Aug, 2019 @5:00 AM

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Gladiator 2 in the works from Ridley Scott
British film-maker will reportedly follow up 2000 Oscar winner with sequel that follows the son of Connie Nielsen’s character

Guardian staff

01, Nov, 2018 @8:26 PM

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Orson Welles' jungle book, Bilbo on mushrooms: the great unmade movies
For every glittering Hollywood project that hits cinemas, there’s a raft that never see the light of day. Here’s five of the most fascinating films you’ll never see

Tom Huddleston

30, Oct, 2018 @3:15 PM

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'Something for the man cave': rich pickings as Russell Crowe's divorce auction nets $3.7m
Actor marks erstwhile wedding anniversary and 54th birthday by selling off movie memorabilia, Australian art, 28 watches and something from the Cretaceous period

Alex McKinnon

08, Apr, 2018 @9:06 AM

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