Gladiator 2024 Namesake. Christmas is coming early for cinephiles, with both gladiator ii and wicked set to drop in australian cinemas within days of one another in november. Decades after the events of gladiator, lucius—the grandson of rome's former emperor marcus aurelius & son of lucilla—lives with his wife.

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero maximus at the hands of his uncle, lucius is forced to enter the colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the empire at stake, lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the.