One of the most pivotal scenes in the original “Gladiator” blockbuster was filmed in a place you might not expect: a parking lot. Arthur Max, production designer for both “Gladiator” and “Gladiator II ...

"Gladiator II" features a naval battle that occurs at the Colosseum for the crowd's amusement. The scene is rooted in real-life naval battles that began during Julius Caesar's reign in Rome. But it's ...

Ridley Scott’s penchant for scale is in everything he’s most famous for. Sprawling, Douglas Trumbull’d up vistas of a futuristic Los Angeles, a massive derelict craft in the middle of uncharted space, ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — You can’t keep a good gladiator down. Inspired by the story Maximus Commodus, Lucius participates in gladiator battles in order to get close enough to Marcus so he can kill him.

Paul Mescal was chomping at the bit to do a particularly dangerous equine stunt in “Gladiator II,” one which put him and director Sir Ridley Scott at odds. Mescal, 28, stars in Scott’s sequel to the ...