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  1. casting rumors
    "Gladiator II" New York Special Screening Hosted by GQ and Paramount Pictures
    Ridley Scott Let Paul Mescal’s Next Role SlipHeard of a little band called The Beatles?
    By Bethy Squires
  2. roman forensics
    The Gladiator II Line That Broke My BrainHistorical accuracy in movies can be a strange, slippery thing, and the way we respond to it can be even stranger.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  3. oscar futures
    Just How Glicked Will the 2025 Oscars Get?Denzel Washington will take his third statue now.
    By Nate Jones
  4. that’s politics
    Gladiator II Is Kind of a ComedyWhat, like the fall of Rome isn’t a little silly?
    By Fran Hoepfner
  5. movie review
    Alien: Romulus Gets the Job Done, But at What Cost?It’s a movie engineered mostly to provide basic genre thrills and keep the IP alive so the now-Disney-owned Fox can generate more Alien movies.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  6. swords and sandals
    Which Gladiator Movie Gets the Most Thumbs Up?We rank the XIII best gladiator movies by how good, and how gladiator-y, they are.
    By James Grebey
  7. performance review
    Denzel Washington Should Always Have a Little ShawlOnly one element of Gladiator II is serving the pomposity and archness the movie needs: Denzel Washington and his many, many lavish fits.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  8. endings
    It’s Thumbs-down for the Forgettable Ending of Gladiator IIThe final fight is satisfying neither as spectacle nor dramatic payoff. It just kind of … happens, and then the movie ends.
    By A.A. Dowd
  9. fact check
    Ask a Roman-History Professor: Were There Ever Sharks in the Colosseum?Gladiator II director Ridley Scott famously does not care about historical accuracy in his films but we had to ask.
    By Louis Peitzman
  10. vulture lists
    Every Ridley Scott Movie, RankedSizing up the director’s decades-long career.
    By Scott Tobias
  11. movie review
    I Hate to Say This, But Men Deserve Better Than Gladiator IIRidley Scott’s sequel might make you wonder if we’ve lost the ability to treat brawny historical epics earnestly.
    By Alison Willmore
  12. sliding doors
    And Now, a Moment of Silence for All the Alien Movies That Never Got MadeImagine the timeline in which James Cameron returned to the franchise, Joss Whedon wrote the fifth movie, or Michael Fassbender played David again.
    By Brian Tallerico
  13. big alien stompers to fill
    I’m Sorry, But It’s Not an Alien Movie Without RipleySigourney Weaver has moved on from Alien, but if the new legacy sequel, Alien: Romulus, is any indication, the franchise hasn’t moved on from her.
    By A.A. Dowd
  14. trailer mix
    Denzel Washington Gives Us a Giggle in Gladiator IIFor a trailer full of visual spectacle, two words from Denzel Washington steal the show.
    By Jason P. Frank
  15. now why am i in it?
    Ridley Scott Unable to Get Home Due to Diddy RaidsPolice blocked access to his Holmby Hills home, which is near Diddy’s property.
    By Zoe Guy
  16. movie review
    Napoleon Charges in Without a PlanRidley Scott’s new historical epic isn’t good, but at least it gives us an unforgettably weird Joaquin Phoenix performance.
    By Alison Willmore
  17. on the record
    Ridley Scott Cares Diddly Squat About France’s FeelingsThe Napoleon director isn’t trying to win over the Académie des Beaux-Arts here.
    By Rebecca Alter
  18. screen time
    Recreating Napoleon’s Biggest, Baddest TrapIn Ridley Scott’s blockbuster about the French sovereign, no battle is too crazy to pull off.
    By Lane Brown
  19. creative freedom
    Ridley Scott Isn’t Here to Make a DocumentaryMarie Antoinette does not need to serve bob in 2023.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  20. coming soon
    Joaquin Phoenix Has a Napoleon ComplexAnd he’s getting more one-liners in than the sauciest old queens.
    By Zoe Guy
  21. boundaries
    Please Stop Asking Russell Crowe About Gladiator 2Leave the man alone!
    By Charu Sinha
  22. sick gains
    Yawn! Paul Mescal Is Bored With How Swole He’s GettingAny sick gains Mescal makes must be in service to the story.
    By Bethy Squires
  23. gladia2r
    Pedro Pascal’s Knee to Star in Gladiator 2The Ridley Scott-directed sequel will release on November 22, 2024.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  24. anyone but you
    Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney Flirt in Front of CinemaConDay one of CinemaCon brought banter from the Anyone But You stars and bloodshed in the first footage from Kraven and Ridley Scott’s Napoleon.
    By Chris Lee
  25. freaky friday
    Elizabeth Banks Could Do The Martian, But Could Matt Damon Do Cocaine Bear?“Matt Damon, love him. He’s having to figure out how to survive. I want that role.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  26. coming soon
    Blade Runner Is Replicating Once More for New Limited SeriesSet 50 years after the events of the 2017 film.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  27. house of smoochi
    Lady Gaga on House of Gucci: ‘So After Maurizio Dies, Maybe … It Gets Hot.’“You think she’s kidding,” said Salma Hayek.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  28. chat room
    House of Gucci Would Not Exist Without Ridley Scott’s Wife, Giannina FacioThe producer talks enlisting her husband to direct her passion project and spending 24 years bringing it to the screen.
    By Chris Lee
  29. trailer mix
    Raised by Wolves Season 2 Trailer: Mother and Father Are Back for MoreComing to HBO Max on February 3.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  30. house of gucci
    All the Fistfights, Heartbreaks, and Madness House of Gucci Left OutThe real Guccis’ family history is too messy for one movie to contain. We combed through three Gucci tell-alls to find what didn’t make it onscreen.
    By Nick Allen
  31. ‘boof!’
    What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in House of Gucci?Did Patrizia really stalk Maurizio? Did Paolo really say “boof” a lot? We dig into Gucci history to separate fact from fiction.
    By Robert Daniels
  32. holiday movies
    House of Gucci Is the Most Family Thanksgiving MovieGood or bad, a movie designed to unite your family in bafflement and joy.
    By Jackson McHenry
  33. movie review
    House of Gucci Isn’t a Good Movie, But It’s Definitely a Good TimeIt’s shapeless, hammy as hell, and no one in it agrees on what an Italian accent sounds like — but the Lady Gaga–led fashion saga is undeniably fun.
    By Alison Willmore
  34. house of gucci
    Lady Gaga’s Method Approach to House of Gucci Fooled Even Ridley Scott“I thought, I think this has always been her. But it wasn’t,” the director tells Vulture.
    By Chris Lee
  35. the italian job
    Lady Gaga Thinks We’re Talking About Her House of Gucci Accent Too MuchBut that’s not stopping her from saying more about it!
    By Justin Curto
  36. a long talk
    Tom Skerritt Has a Story to TellOn Orson Welles, his own regrets, and what makes a heart keep beating.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  37. trailer mix
    Another House of Gucci Trailer Is Here, SweetieAs Lady Gaga’s Patrizia Reggiani tells her hit men, “don’t miss” … this movie.
    By Justin Curto
  38. movie review
    The Last Duel Is a Bro-Down Epic With a Metal HeartIt’s not so much a history lesson as it is a savage, beautiful catharsis.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  39. medieval times
    Everyone’s Hair Is So Upsetting in The Last Duel TrailerMatt Damon has Morgan Wallen’s mullet, and Ben Affleck has Mugatu’s beard.
    By Rebecca Alter
  40. house of gucci
    Adam Driver and Lady Gaga Look Snow Good in House of GucciForce majeure? Oh honey, this is the force Gagaeure.
    By Rebecca Alter
  41. don’t tell mother
    All the Parenting Decisions on Raised by Wolves I Simply Cannot EndorseDon’t feed your children radioactive tubers!
    By Jackson McHenry
  42. obits
    Blade Runner Production Designer Lawrence Paull Has DiedHe was 81.
    By Bethy Squires
  43. it’s a-movie!
    Lady Gaga, Noted Italian, Will Star in Gucci Murder MovieIf you enjoyed the Star Is Born press tour, just get ready for this one.
    By Justin Curto
  44. casting
    Adam Driver Might Reshuffle Lead Roles in Ridley Scott’s The Last DuelHe would join a cast that includes Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Jodie Comer.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  45. movies
    Report: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Reunite in Ridley Scott’s Medieval MovieCo-written by Nicole Holofcener.
    By Hunter Harris
  46. alien: the play
    Watch Alien Play Staged by N.J. High School and Feel Your Chest Burst with PrideSigourney Weaver stopped by this weekend to introduce the show’s encore performance.
    By Halle Kiefer
  47. lets put on a show
    Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver Loved the High-School Production of AlienScott is funding an encore, and wants the drama club to do Gladiator next.
    By Bethy Squires
  48. sequels
    Ridley Scott Is Ready to Entertain You With Gladiator 2The new story would follow an all-grown-up Lucius.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  49. keeping it real
    Ridley Scott Says Young Directors Either Need to Get to Work or ‘Stop Moaning’The filmmaker spoke at a BAFTA retrospective of his career over the weekend.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  50. all the money in the world
    Report: Mark Wahlberg Refused to Approve Christopher Plummer Until He Got $1.5MAnonymous sources say Wahlberg wouldn’t sign off on Christopher Plummer until his new fee was in place.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
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