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Footage from ‘Gladiator 2’ was met with an enthusiastic thumbs up at CinemaCon, an annual gathering at which Hollywood studios showcase their upcoming titles for movie theater owners and managers from around the world – Copyright AFP Julie SEBADELHA<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

Andrew MARSZAL<\/em><\/p>\n

Paramount Pictures unveiled gory first-look footage from \u201cGladiator 2\u201d to movie theater bosses at Caesars Palace casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, raising cheers even as the studio and big-screen industry face uncertain times.<\/p>\n

In an extended trailer, the sequel\u2019s star Paul Mescal does battle in a Colosseum filled with rhinos, bloodthirsty baboons and even floating Roman warships, egged on by Denzel Washington\u2019s shadowy advisor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is possibly more extraordinary than the first,\u201d said director Ridley Scott, via video.<\/p>\n

The footage was met with an enthusiastic thumbs up at CinemaCon, an annual gathering at which Hollywood studios showcase their upcoming titles for movie theater owners and managers from around the world.<\/p>\n

Paramount \u2014 one of Hollywood\u2019s oldest studios \u2014 faces a turbulent future, with its parent company having entered exclusive merger talks earlier this month with Skydance, a media company founded by the billionaire Ellison family.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile overall global box office receipts are expected to fall in 2024, largely due to last year\u2019s actors and writer strikes, which shuttered and delayed film productions.<\/p>\n

Paramount executives nonetheless delivered a bullish presentation on Thursday, which also included titles such as \u201cA Quiet Place: Day One,\u201d \u201cSmile 2,\u201d and \u201cIF\u201d \u2014 a new comedy from John\u00a0Krasinski and starring Ryan Reynolds.<\/p>\n

Stars including Chris Hemsworth and Lupita Nyong\u2019o were brought on stage for the presentation.<\/p>\n

Paramount film chief Brian Robbins even joked about the merger talks, suggesting one of his executives had launched a crowd-funded Kickstarter campaign to buy the studio.<\/p>\n

But all eyes were on Scott\u2019s sequel to his Oscar best picture-winning 2000 historical epic \u201cGladiator.\u201d<\/p>\n

Promotional marble statues for \u201cGladiator 2\u201d had adorned the casino floors of Caesars Palace, the Ancient Rome-themed hotel where CinemaCon is being held.<\/p>\n

More than two decades later, Scott returns to direct the sequel.<\/p>\n

As the previous film\u2019s main characters, played by Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix, were killed off, a new crop of actors step in.<\/p>\n

Mescal portrays gladiator Lucius, the nephew of Phoenix\u2019s villainous emperor, who was seen briefly as a child in the original film.<\/p>\n

Pedro Pascal plays a military general, while Washington\u2019s mysterious character is seen in the extended footage plotting to topple the Roman Empire.<\/p>\n

\u201cRome must fall. I need only to give it a push,\u201d he says, in once scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cGladiator 2\u201d hits theaters in November.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Embattled studio Paramount showcases ‘Gladiator 2’ footage
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