Gladiator II is all but ready to debut on the big screen and show audiences what happened decades after the events of the first film, when Maximus Decimus Meridius passed into the Elysian fields.

Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2 begins with a similar note as his 2000 movie, where Hanno (Paul Mescal), who is the son of the ...

Based on what we know about Gladiator 2’s story, we can guess he’s probably talking about Lucius Verus, a child in the first movie who will be all grown up and the sequel's main character.

Fortuna is also the kind of character that Lucius needs around him in order for him to be a more interesting lead. One of the main criticisms of Gladiator II was that Lucius was far less ...