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Pollice Verso (from Latin: with a turned thumb) is an 1872 painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, featuring the eponymous Roman gesture directed to the winning gladiator. The thumbs-down gesture in the painting is given by spectators at the Colosseum , including the Vestals , to the victorious murmillo , while the defeated retiarius ...
Gladiator was first released on DVD and VHS on November 21, 2000, and generated $60 million in sales within the first week. [43] [44] In September 2009, the film was released by Paramount Home Entertainment on Blu-ray, and in May 2018 it was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray. [45]
True, "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe can’t return as Maximus (for obvious reasons), but “Gladiator II” is packed full of nostalgia, familiar characters and callbacks to the 2000 film.
Macrinus' life inspired Russell Crowe's character Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 feature film Gladiator. [8] Marcus Nonius Macrinus and the fictitious Maximus Decimus Meridius are placed within the same time period. Further, both Marcus and the fictitious Maximus are liked and well known by Marcus Aurelius.
The long anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 film “Gladiator” premiered in theaters on Nov. 22, starring Paul Mescal as Lucius, the exiled son of Maximus and Lucilla from the original ...
Paul Mescal plays Lucius, son of Maximus, in "Gladiator 2." Lucius was also in the first "Gladiator" film, though he was only a child in that movie.
Maximus was a Roman usurper (409–411) in Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, modern Spain and Portugal). He was declared emperor by the general Gerontius , who might have been his father. Gerontius had previously served the usurper Constantine III , who had sent him to Hispania.
The new Gladiator II trailer just dropped online, and with it comes a major reveal: Lucius (Paul Mescal) is, in fact, the son of Maximus (played by Russell Crowe in the first film), and not Lucius ...