The first trailer for Gladiator 2 was released on Tuesday, July 9th and has had some mixed reviews.
The sequel to the 2000 Ridley Scott critically acclaimed Gladitor, stars Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal.
Gladiator 2 and the highly anticipated Wicked film are set to both come to theatres on November 22nd.
This has led leading man Mescal to hope for another Barbenheimer phenomenon.
With Barbie and Oppenheimer being very different films, their simultaneous theatrical release led fans to embrace their oppositions and constantly talk about which one to see first.
The constant comparison and discussion about the two films led them to huge success, with Barbie grossing $1.4 billion and Oppenheimer $976 million.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Mescal shared that he hopes the same effect happens for Gladiator 2 and Wicked.
“Wickdiator doesn’t really roll off the tongue does it? I think my preference would be Glicked if it has a similar effect to what it did for Barbie and Oppenheimer.”
Wicked, a musical fantasy film based in Oz, stars Ariana Grande as Glina and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.
Whilst the trailer for Gladiator 2 has had some mixed reviews with over 150,000 dislikes on Youtube (now over 280,000), Wicked fans seem to be beyond excited for a fantastical film with over 202,000 likes on Youtube.
Mescal continued his hopes for the films to help one another in success by stating: “It would be amazing ’cause I think the films couldn’t be more polar opposites and it worked in that context previously.”
“So fingers crossed people come out and see both films on opening weekend.”
Source: ET
