Does ‘Gladiator II’ Have A Post-Credits Scene?

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II—the long-awaited sequel to Gladiator starring Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen and Pedro Pascal—is new in theaters. Does the film have a post-credits scene?

Directed by Scott, Gladiator II plays in Thursday previews before opening nationwide in theaters on Friday. The official logline for the film reads, “After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people.”

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Mescal stars as Lucius, while Nielsen reprises her role as his mother, Lucilla, from the first Gladiator film from 2000.

Washington also stars as Macrinus, a former slave and Lucius’ gladiator mentor who aspires to control Rome, while Pascal plays Roman General Marcus Acacius.

Russell Crowe, of course, starred in 2000’s Oscar-winning Best Picture Gladiatusr. Crowe also earned a Best Actor Oscar for playing General Maximus. In addition, Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his chilling turn as Emperor Commodus.

Note: The next section contains a spoiler from Gladiator II.

Do The End Credits Of ‘Gladiator II’ Tell Us Anything?

End credits scenes or post-credits scenes generally serve one of two purposes. They either wrap up a scene presented earlier in the film or tease a sequel.

For Gladiator II, there is no end credits or post-credits scene. The lack of a teaser, though, doesn’t mean there can’t be a Gladiator III. After all, nothing happened during the end credits of Gladiatorapart from a shot of an empty Roman Colosseum that eventually panned to the sky upward as Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerard’s stirring end title song Now We Are Free played.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Gladiator II ends with a similar scene, which is once again accompanied by Now We Are Free. But what does that mean for the potential production of another sequel?

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Clearly, Ridley Scott never gave up on the idea of ​​a Gladiator II and if the movie is successful at the box office, at the very least there will be discussions of a Gladiator III.

Plus, Scott appears to be on board with the idea. In an interview with Total Film in October, Scott, 86, said he’s already working on a plot for Gladiator III.

“I’ve already got eight pages, Scott told Total Film. “I’ve got the beginning of a very good footprint.”

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If Scott does indeed get a shot at someone Gladiator filmit appears he’s going to change up the setting from the first two chapters.

“If there’s a Gladiator 3“I don’t think you’d ever go back into the sand,” Scott told the publication. “But I had to go back into the sand.”

Gladiator II plays in Thursday previews before opening nationwide in theaters on Friday.

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