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Go behind-the-scenes of battle with Gladiator II featurette

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Paramount Pictures is taking us behind-the-scenes of Ridley Scott’s forthcoming swords-and-sandals sequel Gladiator II by dropping a featurette focusing on the making of the historical epic.  24-years in the making, Gladiator II is the highly-anticipated sequel to 2000’s Oscar-snaffling original and stars Academy Award nominee Paul Mescal alongside Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred […]

The Last of Us Season 2 gets first teaser trailer

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Are you ready for another round of survival horror with The Last of Us Season 2? The eight-time Emmy-winning series (with 24 total nominations) returns to follow the story of Joel and Ellie, this time facing off with the fallout of the last season. Will everyone make it out alive? Only time will tell. Pedro […]

Movie Review – The Wild Robot (2024)

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The Wild Robot, 2024. Written and Directed by Chris Sanders. Featuring the voice talents of Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara, Ving Rhames, Matt Berry, Boone Storm, Alexandra Novelle, Raphael Alejandro, Paul-Mikél Williams, and Eddie Park. SYNOPSIS: After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded […]

New trailer for Gladiator II sends Maximus’ son into the Colosseum

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Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer for Gladiator II, the eagerly-anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 Oscar-winning epic which follows the journey of Lucius (Paul Mescal), the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus, as he is forced into slavery and sets out to fight as a gladiator to seek vengeance against those that invaded his […]

Latest trailer for DreamWorks’ The Wild Robot crash lands online

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Universal and DreamWorks Animation has unveiled another stunning looking trailer for The Wild Robot, their eagerly-anticipated adaptation of Peter Brown’s beloved New York Times bestseller, which tells the story of a ship-wrecked robot who must learn to adapt to her wild new surroundings.  Written and directed by three-time Academy Award nominee Chris Sanders (How to […]

Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four gets new title, teases villain at San Diego Comic-Con 2024

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The Fantastic Four is heading into production this week, and the film just got a new title. During the San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Marvel panels, the cast of the newly minted The Fantastic Four: First Steps shocked fans by appearing. Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach all showed up and hyped the upcoming […]

Gladiator II character posters showcase the cast of Ridley Scott’s sequel

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Hot on the heels of the first trailer for Gladiator II, a batch of character posters have arrived online for Ridley Scott’s hotly-anticipated sequel featuring Lucius (Paul Mescal), General Acacius (Pedro Pascal), Emperor Geta (Joseph Quinn), Emperor Caracalla (Fred Hechinger), Macrinus (Denzel Washington), and Lucilla (Connie Nielsen); take a look here… Several decades after the […]

Gladiator II trailer delivers everything you’d expect from a Ridley Scott epic

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Paramount Pictures is gearing up to take us back to the days of coliseums and brutality with the new Gladiator II trailer. Director Ridley Scott seemingly hasn’t missed a beat when it comes to this universe, as the first look of this new epic film showcases some epic battles and heartwrenching drama. The new trailer […]

Epic images and first poster for Gladiator II drop ahead of Tuesday’s trailer

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Ahead of tomorrow’s trailer Paramount Pictures has shared the official poster and 13 new images from Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, the follow-up to his Oscar-winning 2000 film, which stars Paul Mescal as our new warrior Lucius, alongside Pedro Pascal as General Acacius, Denzel Washington as Macrinus, Connie Nielsen as Lucilla, Fred Hechinger as Emperor Caracalla, […]

First look at Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 featuring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen and more

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With the first trailer set to drop on July 9th, Vanity Fair has shared the first images from Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, the follow-up to his Oscar-winning 2000 film, which give us a look at Paul Mescal as our new protagonist Lucius alongside Pedro Pascal as General Acacius, Denzel Washington as Macrinus, Connie Nielsen as […]