Unlike its predecessor, Gladiator II ends with its hero still alive. Director Ridley Scott has already confirmed that he has ideas for a hypothetical Gladiator III, which would presumably continue the ...

Draped in flowy silk capes and adorned with rattling, chunky gold, and silver rings, Denzel Washington embodies the flashiest villain and the colosseum’s bullpen organizer, Macrinus. In Gladiator 2, ...

Yes, many of the characters in ‘Gladiator’ and its new sequel are based on actual figures from ancient Rome Just as Joaquin Phoenix played Commodus, an actual Roman emperor, in the 2000 hit starring ...

Warning: Full spoilers follow for Gladiator II! 2024’s film lineup has been heavily loaded with big-budget sequels, some of them much more satisfying than others. For every Dune: Part Two or ...

Denzel Washington plays an important role in Ridley Scott's Gladiator II. If you're curious to learn more about the real life man behind his character Macrinus, read on. First, we should note that the ...

Enter Macrinus, a wealthy trader who spots Lucius and buys him for his own. But audiences aren’t quite sure of Macrinus and his motives at first. It’s clear he’s a powerful player in all of this, but ...

In an exclusive conversation with ESSENCE, the Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington opens up about his compelling role in Gladiator II, which is set to hit theaters on November 22. The sequel ...

One of the most intriguing characters in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, the sequel to Gladiator (2000) out Nov. 22, is Macrinus, a Black businessman raising an army of gladiators, played by Denzel ...