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'Gladiator 2' took CinemaCon by storm with a hoard of soldiers and gave theater owners a first look at the highly anticipated film. Filmmaker Ridley Scott introduced the first footage of the movie via a video message sent from London. He said of the sequel, "It is possibly even more extraordinary than the first."

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00:00Gladiator 2 took CinemaCon by storm with a horde of soldiers

00:03and gave theater owners a first look at the highly anticipated movie.

00:08Filmmaker Ridley Scott introduced the first footage of the project

00:11via a video message sent from London.

00:13He said of the sequel,

00:14it is possibly even more extraordinary than the first.

00:17The first Gladiator movie was released in 2000

00:20and won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

00:23The film starring Russell Crowe told the story of a Roman general

00:26sold into slavery and forced to fight as a gladiator.

00:29Crowe won a Best Actor Oscar for the role.

00:31Paul Meskel stars in Gladiator 2.

00:33The footage that premiered exclusively at CinemaCon

00:36revealed him to be a gladiator

00:37and showed his character fighting murderous monkeys

00:40as well as a soldier on a rhinoceros.

00:42The project dives into anti-war politics

00:44with Pedro Pascal playing a military figure

00:47who no longer wants to throw away Rome's young men in war.

00:50As a result, he too is then condemned to fight as a gladiator.

00:53Meanwhile, Denzel Washington's character

00:55seems to be guiding Meskel's character to inspire revolution.

00:58Scott noted in his video remarks introducing the footage

01:01that it's been more than 20 years

01:03since the first film at theaters

01:04and said the sequel is well worth the wait.

01:07For much more on this story and the latest CinemaCon news,

01:10head to THR.com.

01:11This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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