

Updated On: 10 July, 2024 12:22 PM IST | Los Angeles | PTI
`Gladiator 2` is set two decades after the events of the Russell Crowe-led movie. Paul Mescal plays the role of a grown-up Lucius.

A still from Gladiator 2
The trailer of Ridley Scott`s upcoming directorial "Gladiator 2", a follow up to his 2000 hit, has been unveiled on Tuesday. Starring Paul Mescal in the role of a grown-up Lucius, who was portrayed by Spencer Treat Clark in the original film, the story follows Lucius living in the northern African region of Numidia where he was earlier sent by his mother Lucilla to stay away from the reach of the Roman Empire. However, the ongoing events make him return to Rome as a gladiator.