Gladiator 2 lands late 2024 release date

The release date for Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 has been announced for late 2024.

A follow-up to Scott’s original 2000 box office hit Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe as Roman soldier Maximus, was announced in 2018. During the film, Maximus is forced into slavery and vows to exact revenge on his betrayer Commodus, portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix. Variety reports that the sequel will be released on 22 November 2024, nearly four years after the original.

Russell will not return for the sequel since Gladiator ended with Maximus’s death. This was also confirmed by the actor in an episode of the podcast Fitzy and Wippa. Gladiator 2 will focus on Lucius, the son of Maximus’s lover Lucilla — portrayed by Connie Nielsen.

Variety reports that Aftersun’s Paul Mescal will lead Lucias.

The spinoff will be directed and produced by Scott Free Productions president Michael Pruss, and written by Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher David Scarpa. Scott provided an update on the sequel’s progress in September 2021. The film was being written at the time, and he said it would be “ready to go” once he had finished filming Napoleon.

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A release date for Napoleon, which stars Phoenix as the French military leader, has not yet been announced. According to IMDb, it is currently in post-production. As soon as Gladiator was released, it became a critical and commercial success. In addition to earning $460m (£342.8m) at the box office, Vanity Fair reported the film won five Oscars.

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