Gladiator II will be available to watch at home next week in time for Christmas... at least in the US.
Ridley Scott's sequel has grossed an impressive $401 million worldwide and is still out in cinemas if you want the big-screen experience this Christmas.
However, Paramount has now confirmed Gladiator 2's digital release date in the US for Monday, December 23 at 9pm PT. You can pre-order it from Prime Video and iTunes to be able to watch it as soon as it's released.
Gladiator 2 doesn't have a digital release date confirmed for the UK and unless there's a festive surprise, we wouldn't expect it to be released digitally in the UK next week.
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Paramount typically releases their movies digitally in the UK around two months after their cinema release. That points to a mid-January release in the UK, but that's speculation on our part.
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In the meantime, you can pre-order Gladiator 2 from Prime Video and iTunes in the UK to be able to watch it as soon as it's released.
You can also pre-order Gladiator 2 on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD ahead of its release in the UK. There's also a 4K Steelbook to pre-order, but Paramount has yet to confirm a release date for the physical edition of the sequel.
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Ahead of Gladiator 2's cinema release, the biggest discussion point was whether the sequel was historically accurate.
For Connie Nielsen though, she found the whole debate "so silly", saying: "I mean, can I just say: do you care whether there really were sharks in that water or not? Like, what are you talking about?"
Gladiator 2 is out now in cinemas, and will be released digitally in the US on December 23.
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