Gladiator 2 gets a release date 24 years after the original movie

The Gladiator sequel gets an official release date 24 years after the first movie hit theaters. The upcoming sequel to the 2000 film Gladiator will be released on November 22, 2024, as reported by Variety. It was also noted in a Paramount Pictures announcement that Normal People star Paul Mescal is in final talks to direct the film.

The as-yet-untitled sequel will be executive produced by Red Wagon Entertainment’s Scott, Michael Pruss and Doug Wick. Russell Crowe played Maximus Decimus Meridius in the movie. The actor played a soldier from Rome who was forced into slavery but swore revenge against Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix.

However, Russell’s Maximus died at the end of Gladiator. There is a possibility that Mescal’s character will play Lucius, the son of Maximus’ lover Lucilla, who was played by Connie Nielsen, in the new installment. Meanwhile, the character of Paul, who was played by Spencer Treat Clark in the original, was also the nephew of the evil Commodus, aka Joaquin Phoenix. The release date confirmation comes just days after it was reported that the film will begin shooting in May with filming locations already selected for Ouarzazate, Morocco.

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While the other details of the film have yet to be revealed, the sequel will reportedly revolve around Lucius Verus, the son of the Roman Empress Lucilla and the nephew of Commodus, whom Maximus saved from his uncle in the first movie. However, the 2000 epic Gladiator follows a former Roman general who sets out to exact revenge on the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.