The tale of making “Gladiator” is every bit as epic as the movie itself. Twenty-four years after the film’s release, director Ridley Scott has brought a hotly-anticipated sequel starring Paul Mescal, ...

When you think of Gladiator, one of the very best movies of the 2000s, there’s a good chance one scene comes to mind first—Maximus Decimus Meridius, standing battered but defiant in the Colosseum, ...