Paramount has unveiled a primary trailer for “Gladiator 2,” the sequel to Ridley Scott’s movie. A blockbuster that may hit theaters subsequent November.
The movie “is presumably much more extraordinary than the primary one,” director Ridley Scott assured in a video broadcast on the Caesars Palace on line casino, a becoming location with its decor harking back to historic Rome.
Launched in 2000, the primary “Gladiator” gained the Oscar for finest movie, additionally with Ridley Scott on the helm.
After Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix, whose characters succumb within the authentic function movie, a brand new era of actors takes over on this second half, scheduled for November in American theaters.
Paul Mescal performs the gladiator Lucius. This nephew of the evil emperor appeared briefly as a toddler within the first movie.
Pedro Pascal performs a military common. And the mysterious character performed by Denzel Washington appears to be plotting to overthrow the Roman Empire. “Rome should fall. I simply have to provide it a serving to hand,” he had let go within the trailer.
The photographs had been enthusiastically acquired by the viewers. Sufficient to place a bit balm on the hearts of Paramount Photos, one of many oldest Hollywood studios, at the moment dealing with an unsure future. Its mother or father firm has simply began negotiations for a merger with the Skydance studio. And this, whereas 2024 is shaping as much as be a lean 12 months for all of the studios.
The strike by actors and writers that paralyzed Hollywood for six months final 12 months delayed the manufacturing of many movies, which can translate right into a drop within the studio’s worldwide field workplace income.
Paramount executives, nevertheless, delivered an upbeat presentation Thursday on the CinemaCon commerce present, the place studios unveil upcoming releases to U.S. theater operators.
