Gladiator 2
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Release date: November 22 (in theaters)
Stars: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen
Director: Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott doesn’t seem to mind risking the reputations of his classics by delivering sequels, and so we await Gladiator 2, which features Paul Mescal as Lucius, the son of the original film’s Lucilla (Connie Nielsen). While we harbor major concerns about this follow-up, the casting rocks, from Oscar-nominee Mescal to red-hot Pedro Pascal and Joseph Quinn, and from franchise newcomer Denzel Washington (reuniting with Scott for the first time since American Gangster) to Gladiator veterans Nielsen and Derek Jacobi, who reprises his role as Senator Gracchus. [Ian Spelling]
