Pleasure for the much-anticipated Gladiator 2 has gone into overdrive after the film’s trailer was launched.

Director Ridley Scott, contemporary from releasing Napoleon, has returned for the follow-up to his 2000 Oscar-winning epic, which can concentrate on Paul Mescal‘s Lucius, the son of Lucilla, who was performed by Connie Nielsen within the unique.

Mescal, who obtained an Oscar nomination in 2022 for Aftersun, beforehand stated he shall be “profoundly depressed” if the brand new movie makes him much more well-known than he already is – however the Irish actor might want to begin making ready because the trailer for the film has now landed.

Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, and Stranger Issues’ Joseph Quinn are additionally set to star, with Nielsen reprising her function from the unique.

Within the trailer Mescal is requested, “The place have been you born?” by Washington’s character Macrinus as he responds, “I don’t know, I by no means knew a mom nor a father.” Subsequent scenes present the colosseum, flashbacks and the Emperor and his allies strategising.

Promotional materials for the film describes the plot as follows: “Years after witnessing the demise of the revered hero Maximus by the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Mescal) is compelled to enter the Colosseum after his house is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist.

“With rage in his coronary heart and the way forward for the Empire at stake, Lucius should look to his previous to search out energy and honor to return the glory of Rome to its individuals.”

The discharge date for the film has additionally been confirmed with its theatrical launch set for 15 November this yr.

Russell Crowe expressed discomfort with the thought of a follow-up to his unique, as he refuted claims that he would seem in a flashback.

“As a result of, in fact, I’m useless and I’ve no say in what will get completed,” he stated in an interview with Kyle Meredith, occurring to elucidate that he’s not a fan of what he has heard of the brand new movie’s plot.

“A few the issues I’ve heard I’m like, ‘No, no, no, that’s not within the ethical journey of that specific character,’” he stated.

“However I can’t say something, it’s not my place, I’m six ft underneath. So we’ll see what that’s like.”

Requested whether or not he had spoken to Crowe concerning the function, Mescal, 28, stated: “I don’t know what we might speak about.”

He continued: “I’d love to listen to his tales from filming, however the character is, like, completely separate”.