{"id":54604,"date":"2024-07-09T15:03:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2069119"},"modified":"2024-07-10T00:24:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T22:24:18","slug":"gladiator-2-trailer-release-sees-paul-mescal-battle-in-bloody-arena-in-epic-blockbuster-sequel","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/gladiator-2-trailer-release-sees-paul-mescal-battle-in-bloody-arena-in-epic-blockbuster-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Gladiator 2 trailer release sees Paul Mescal battle in bloody arena in epic blockbuster sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Director Sir Ridley Scott returns to helm this blockbuster sequel to the Oscar-winning film. <\/p>

By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 09 July 2024 at 13:03 PM<\/p>

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The much-anticipated trailer for the epic sequel Gladiator 2<\/a> has finally been released.<\/p>\n

The epic footage follows the glorious first-look images from the film<\/a> which showed off Normal People star Paul Mescal completing his transition into a full-blown movie star in his lead role as Lucius Verus.<\/p>\n

The sequel is set decades after the original 2001 film<\/a> with legendary director Sir Ridley Scott helming the story of Lucius, the son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) who was sent into hiding in Numidia as a child.<\/p>\n

Having grown up away from the dangers of Rome, Lucius has a family of his own with a beloved wife and child.<\/p>\n

However, the arrival of a Roman army led by the general Marcus Acacius (Pedro Pascal) sees Lucius\u2019s home decimated and he is brought back to Rome as a prisoner of war and forced to fight as a gladiator in the arena \u2013 where he will be unexpectedly be faced with the mother who long thought him dead\u2026<\/p>\n