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In the first film he's named after his official father, Lucius Verus.  Fun fact, the real Lucius Verus was co-emperor of Rome and adopted brother of Marcus Aurelius.

Since Maximus and Lucilla were exes, I guess he was conceived around the time they broke up and she didn't want her son to be considered a bastard.  Or she had an affair.

I always had the impression that Commodus had been trying to sleep with Lucilla for years but she had always been able to hold him off.

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‘Gladiator II’ First Reactions From Early Screening: “A Total Spectacle With a Pulsating Pace”
The sequel starring Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal opens in theaters on Nov. 22.
By Carly Thomas   Oct 18, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gladiator-2-first-reactions-screening-1236035517/ 

‘Gladiator 2’ Sends Ridley Scott, Denzel Washington and Paul Mescal into the Oscar Race; First Reactions Call Sequel ‘Epic’ and ‘Absolute Sicko Sh-t’
Paramount Pictures' sequel to the best picture winner from 2000 could net director Ridley Scott his long overdue Oscar and Denzel Washington's third for acting
By Clayton Davis   Oct 18, 2024
https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/gladiator-2-first-reaction-ridley-scott-oscars-1236182621/ 

The history between Lucilla/Maximus I remember being a big part of the film I just don’t think Lucious being his son was ever stated or even a potential plot point. Probably as it would have taken the impact out of his wife and son being murdered at the start of the film.

Agree though it doesn’t take away from it too much. Just if you’ve watched it the original recently its probably jarring to see Lucilla go from clearly being in love with Maximus but Lucious as his son never being mentioned to her stating Maximus is the father like it’s a well known fact.

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Gladiator II opened to $55M domestic and $220M worldwide...
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1778156289/?ref_=bo_hm_rd 


'Gladiator II' Slays One of 2024's Highest-Profile Sequels in Its Opening Weekend
Jake Hodges    Nov 25, 2024
https://collider.com/gladiator-2-box-office-joker-2/ 

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Remarkably, despite just one week at the box office and a mere three days in US theaters, Gladiator II has slashed right through to the edge of the top 20 movies of the year worldwide, and, in doing so, has already surpassed the global total of another of the year's highest-profile sequels, Joker: Folie á Deux. Ridley Scott's swords-and-sandals sequel has already amassed $221 million globally, $15 million higher than the Joker sequel's feeble $206 million.
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Although there's plenty to like in the Gladiator sequel, from breathtaking action sequences to smart political theming, there's not a soul who left their screening that didn't gush over the performance of Denzel Washington as Macrinus. Based on the real historical figure, Macrinus is a former slave owner with a dream of one day finding revenge by controlling Rome and delivering bloody punishment. Caught up in this evil plan as his prized possession is Paul Mescal's Lucius, with Washington easily delivering almost all the movie's most memorable moments. Because of this colossal performance, Washington is already being touted as a strong contender for the Best Supporting Actor award at next year's Oscars. ....

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Gladiator II got 2 Golden Globe nominations (winners to be announced during televised ceremony on CBS on Jan. 5)...

Golden Globes Nominations Full List Revealed: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Leads In Film & ‘The Bear’ Leads TV
By Andreas Wiseman   December 9, 2024 
https://deadline.com/2024/12/golden-globes-nominations-2025-list-film-tv-1236198070/

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Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Alien: Romulus (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Deadpool & Wolverine (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures)
Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Twisters (Universal Pictures)
Wicked (Universal Pictures)
The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)
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Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture
Yura Borisov (Anora)
Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)

Gladiator II (and Denzel Washington) got 4 Critics Choice Award nominations...

Critics Choice Awards Nominations: ‘Conclave’ and ‘Wicked’ Lead With 11 Nods Each
By Clayton Davis   Dec 12, 2024
https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/critics-choice-nominations-2024-1236246782/ 

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The 30th annual Critics Choice Awards will be broadcast live on E! on Jan. 12, 2025, at 7 p.m. ET, with Chelsea Handler returning to host the show. The show will be available to stream the next day on Peacock. Before the main event, E! will host a special one-hour red carpet pre-show.
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Yura Borisov – “Anora” 
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain” 
Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing” 
Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown” 
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist”
Denzel Washington – “Gladiator II” 
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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – “The Brutalist” 
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – “Wicked” 
Suzie Davies – “Conclave” 
Craig Lathrop – “Nosferatu”  
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – “Gladiator II”  
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – “Dune: Part Two”
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN 
Lisy Christl – “Conclave”  
Linda Muir – “Nosferatu”  
Massimo Cantini Parrini – “Maria”  
Paul Tazewell – “Wicked”  
Jacqueline West – “Dune: Part Two”  
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – “Gladiator II” 
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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – “Gladiator II”  
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – “Wicked”  
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – “Dune: Part Two” 
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – “Better Man”  
Visual Effects Team – “The Substance”  
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” 

Gladiator II got a Costume Designers Guild Award nomination...

‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Gladiator II,’ ‘Wicked’ Among Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominees
By Hilary Lewis   December 13, 2024
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-costume-designers-guild-awards-nominations-nominees-list-1236086199/

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Winners will be revealed at the 27th Costume Designers Guild Awards, set for Feb. 6, 2025 at The Ebell of Los Angeles.
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Excellence in Period Film
The Book of Clarence – Antoinette Messam, CDG
Gladiator II – Janty Yates, CDG and Dave Crossman
Maria – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
Saturday Night – Danny Glicker, CDG

Gladiator II got a nomination for a Casting Society of America's Artios Award (winners will be announced on Feb 12)...

‘Wicked,’ ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Gladiator 2’ Lead 2025 Artios Awards Nominations
By Jazz Tangcay   Dec 17, 2024
https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/casting-society-artios-awards-nominations-2025-1236251518/ 

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FEATURE: BIG BUDGET: DRAMA

“A Complete Unknown”: Yesi Ramirez. Location Casting Directors: Rori Bergman, Karlee Fomalont. Location Associate Casting Director: Kate Sprance

“Blitz”: Nina Gold. Associate Casting Director: Lucy Amos

“Civil War”: Francine Maisler. Associate Casting Director: Amber Wakefield. Location Casting Directors: Meagan Lewis, Rebecca Carfagna

“Dune: Part Two”: Francine Maisler. Associate Casting Directors: Kathy Driscoll-Mohler, Molly Rose. Location Casting Director: Dixie Chassay

“Gladiator II”: Kate Rhodes James

“Queer”: Jessica Ronane

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I watched this last night and it was good but not great. Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal are good actors but neither are early 2000's Russell Crowe. Although to be fair his run of great performances in the late 90's-early 2000's is pretty hard to beat. 

The action was good although the sharks were a bit corny. Reuse of some of the famous dialogue from the first movie was pretty corny too.

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On 1/4/2025 at 12:53 PM, Kel Varnsen said:

I watched this last night and it was good but not great. Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal are good actors but neither are early 2000's Russell Crowe. Although to be fair his run of great performances in the late 90's-early 2000's is pretty hard to beat. 

The action was good although the sharks were a bit corny. Reuse of some of the famous dialogue from the first movie was pretty corny too.

We watched NYE. It was good enough. The SNL musical spoof from Paul mescal’s episode is a great companion.  Hilarious. 

SAG Awards Nominations: ‘Wicked,’ ‘Shogun’ Lead With Five Nods Each
By Hilary Lewis   January 8, 2025 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-sag-awards-nominations-nominees-list-1236104098/ 

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The 31st annual SAG Awards is set for Sunday, Feb. 23, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall, with the event streaming live on Netflix at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
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Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
DUNE: PART TWO
THE FALL GUY
GLADIATOR II
WICKED

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Gladiator II got an SDSA Award nomination (winners will be announced on Feb. 2)...

SDSA AWARDS FILM 2024 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED 
January 3, 2025
https://www.setdecorators.org/sites/setdecorators/pdf/SDSA-Awards-Film2024-Nominations-Press1-3-25-v1.pdf 

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Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Period Feature Film 
THE BRUTALIST
- A24 
Set Decoration by Patricia Cuccia SDSA & Mercédesz Nagyváradi with Production Design by Judy Becker  
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN – Searchlight Pictures  
Set Decoration by Regina Graves SDSA with Production Design by François Auduoy 
GLADIATOR II - Paramount  
Set Decoration by Jille Azis & Elli Griff with Production Design by Arthur Max  
MARIA - Netflix  
Set Decoration by Sandro Piccarozzi SDSA with Production Design by Guy Hendrix Dyas 
NOSFERATU – Focus Features  
Set Decoration by Beatrice Brentnerova SDSA with Production Design by Craig Lathrop  


Gladiator II got an Art Directors Guild Award nomination (winners will be announced on Feb 15)...

Art Directors Guild Awards Nominations Include ‘Wicked’, ‘Dune: Part Two’, ‘Emilia Pérez’
By Patrick Hipes   Jan 9, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/01/2025-art-directors-guild-awards-nominations-list-1236252268/ 

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PERIOD FEATURE FILM

A Complete Unknown
Production Designer: François Audouy

The Brutalist
Production Designer: Judy Becker

Gladiator II
Production Designer: Arthur Max

Nosferatu
Production Designer: Craig Lathrop

Saturday Night
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor

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Gladiator 2 got two VES Awards nominations...

Visual Effects Society Announces Nominees for 23rd Annual VES Awards
Jan 14, 2025
https://www.vesglobal.org/press-releases/ves-announces-nominees-for-23rd-annual-ves-awards/ 

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Los Angeles (January 14, 2025) – Today, the Visual Effects Society (VES), the visual effects industry’s professional global honorary society, announced the nominees for the 23rd Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in features, animation, television, commercials, games and new media, and the VFX Supervisors, VFX Producers and hands-on Artists who bring this work to life.  Awards will be presented at the 23rd Annual VES Awards on February 11, 2025 at The Beverly Hilton hotel. (X tags: @VFXSociety #VESAwards)
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OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE

Civil War; Washington, D.C.
Matthew Chandler
James Harmer
Robert Moore
Adrien Zeppieri

Dune: Part Two; The Arrakeen Basin
Daniel Rhein
Daniel Anton Fernandez
Marc James Austin
Christopher Anciaume

Gladiator II; Rome
Oliver Kane
Stefano Farci
John Seru
Frederick Vallee

Wicked; The Emerald City
Alan Lam
Steve Bevins
Deepali Negi
Miguel Sanchez López-Ruíz
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OUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECT

Alien: Romulus; Renaissance Space Station
Waldemar Bartkowiak
Trevor Wide
Matt Middleton
Ben Shearman

Deadpool & Wolverine; Ant-Man Arena
Carlos Flores Gomez
Corinne Dy
Chris Byrnes
Gerald Blaise

Dune: Part Two; The Harkonnen Harvester
Andrew Hodgson
Timothy Russell
Erik Lehmann
Louie Cho

Gladiator II; The Colosseum
Oliver Kane
Marnie Pitts
Charlotte Fargier
Laurie Priest

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Denzel Washington was snubbed by the BAFTAs. However, Gladiator II did get BAFTA nominations for Outstanding British Film, Sound, and Special Visual Effects (winners will be announced on Feb. 16)...

BAFTA Nominations Snubs & Surprises: ‘Queer’, ‘Challengers’ & ‘Paddington’ Shut Out While Still No Love For Denzel Washington
By Andreas Wiseman   January 15, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/01/bafta-nominations-snubs-surprises-queer-challengers-paddington-shut-out-denzel-washington-1236257487/

BAFTA Nominations: ‘Conclave’ & ‘Emilia Pérez’ Lead The Field As Open Awards Race Takes Shape
By Andreas Wiseman    January 15, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/01/bafta-nominations-conclave-emilia-perez-wicked-hugh-grant-1236257429/

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OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
BIRD  Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge
BLITZ Steve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland
CONCLAVE Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan
GLADIATOR II  Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa, Peter Craig
HARD TRUTHS Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
KNEECAP Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh
LEE Ellen Kuras, Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Liz Hannah, Marion Hume, John Collee, Lem Dobbs
LOVE LIES BLEEDING Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman, Wereonika Tofilska
THE OUTRUN Nora Fingscheidt, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Liptrot
WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek, Mark Burton
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SOUND
BLITZ John Casali, Paul Cotterell, James Harrison
DUNE: PART TWO Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
GLADIATOR II  Stéphane Bucher, Matthew Collinge, Paul Massey Danny Sheehan
THE SUBSTANCE Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud, Stéphane Thiébaut, Emmanuelle Villard
WICKED Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
BETTER MAN Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
DUNE: PART TWO Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe
GLADIATOR II Mark Bakowski, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny, Pietro Ponti
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Erik Winquist, Rodney Burke, Paul Story, Stephen Unterfranz
WICKED Pablo Helman, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith

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