Gladiator 2 makes its digital debut tomorrow, December 24, Paramount has announced.Director Ridley Scott’s big budget sequel made over $416 million at the global box office, and now heads to digital just in time for Christmas. The 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray release, meanwhile, is set for March 4, 2025.The digital and 4K Ultra HD releases include over 100 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage and interviews, as detailed below. That includes deleted scenes, although there's no information yet on what those deleted scenes are.
Gladiator 2 digital bonus content:
- A Dream That Was Rome: Origins — Director Ridley Scott and producers delve into the history behind Gladiator …
The co-founder of Riot Games has responded to a report that claimed League of Legends animated series Arcane was a “financial miss.”Bloomberg reported that Arcane's two seasons cost an eye-watering $250 million to produce and market, and ultimately failed to generate enough gaming revenue for Riot despite winning a big audience on Netflix. The publication said Netflix paid $3 million per episode, with Riot owner Tencent handing over an additional $3 million per episode to show Arcane in China. All told, that’s less than half the $250 million it cost Riot to bring Arcane to market. And, according to Bloomberg, Tencent started asking Riot difficult questions between the release of Season 1 and 2.The hope, Bloomberg reported, was that Arcane would fuel an increase in players of Lea…
The Suicide Squad star Idris Elba has teased that he’ll be playing a familiar face, kind of, in the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 2 film. A post on Twitter heavily implied he’ll be playing the part of Knuckles, the Sonic antagonist-turned-ally. It was followed up by confirmation from official movie accounts and actor Ben Schwartz.
It’s hard to interpret the tweet any other way considering he hashtags both the Sonic sequel and the name of the character. Knuckles has generally been a bit gruffer and grouchier than Sonic, though not traditionally British. We’ll have to see if he puts on an American accent for the role, as he has extensively in other past roles.
After Elba’s tweet, it was answered by Schwartz, who plays Sonic, with a “Who’s there?” The official Sonic Twit…