Mel Gibson's decision to turn down the role ultimately resulted in one of Russell Crowe's best performances.

The budget of the upcoming sequel to the Oscar-winning 2000 film, Gladiator, has jumped up almost double from the original projected cost. Early footage of Gladiator 2 has impressed the higher-ups in ...

More than two decades after Gladiator hit theaters, the sequel is making its highly-anticipated debut. Ridley Scott’s 2000 historical epic follows Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe) who is sold ...

Russell Crowe’s role as Maximus in 2000’s Gladiator him as a bonafide movie star — but it’s the fights he had behind-the-scenes that are now making headlines. “The thing is, there was a daily fight on ...

Russell Crowe almost didn't take on the role of Maximus in the 2000 Ridley Scott-directed film, Gladiator After its premiere in 2000, Gladiator went on to win five Academy Awards, but the film’s star ...

See where the cast of the Oscar-winning 2000 film is now on its 26th anniversary, May 5, 2026 Brendan Le is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. Dreamworks/Universal/Kobal ...

As we first reported on ActioNewz.com, the first reviews are in for Sir Ridley Scott's long-awaited Gladiator sequel, and while they're largely positive, it appears Gladiator II will struggle to live ...