So I’m gonna do my best to get to the bottom of how historically accurate, or not, Gladiator II is. More From the Colosseum ...

Gladiator combo, Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott, couldn't replicate their success in another historical blockbuster.

Reteaming with Napoleon and All The Money In the World scribe David Scarpa, Scott lays down a story of Lucius Verus, son of Lucilla ... the revolutionary gladiator Maximus (Russell Crowe).

Foremost among them is Lucius Verus, a warrior in Numidia who’s taken prisoner and forced to fight as a gladiator. He’s the son of Lucilla and Maximus (Crowe in Gladiator). Following the ...